Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 169 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 46% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7487.53 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 16, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 31.87 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 67.33% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 173,673 acre feet

This is 106.36% of the average of 163,287 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 225,992 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 79,921 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 52,319 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 114.46% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.01% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 39.40 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.52 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.47 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
7487.53
-0.08
558,526
499
802
39.1
14.6
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
7487.61
-0.20
559,141
508
1277
40.5
16.9
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
7487.81
-0.14
560,681
488
1025
37.4
14.0
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
7487.95
-0.01
561,760
585
616
33.3
17.5
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
7487.96
0.01
561,837
566
520
35.0
18.5
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
7487.95
0.01
561,760
583
537
39.6
24.5
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
7487.94
0.00
561,683
451
444
36.9
11.1
Sun, Mar 10, 2024
7487.94
-0.01
561,683
524
556
33.6
7.7
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
7487.95
-0.03
561,760
398
509
32.3
7.3
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
7487.98
-0.01
561,992
467
499
32.1
9.4
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
7487.99
0.98
562,069
534
488
32.3
7.6
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
7487.01
-0.97
554,534
-3284
469
34.0
15.3
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
7487.98
-0.02
561,992
390
462
31.2
5.2
Mon, Mar 04, 2024
7488.00
-0.03
562,146
462
573
34.0
11.2
Averages of List
7487.83
-0.04
560,826
226.5
626.9
35.1
12.9

Averages for March 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7468.85
18.68
435,360
607.66
1042.75
-5.39
19.03
All-Time
7468.73
18.8
434,260
600.60
1059.47
-5.39
19.03

Last 10 March 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
7448.13
39.40
299,158
442
409
35.2
-3.1
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
7435.73
51.80
237,058
505
737
39.0
23.0
Wed, Mar 17, 2021
7465.90
21.63
404,352
569
464
41.0
17.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
7484.48
3.05
539,146
708
511
56.0
24.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2019
7437.41
50.12
246,807
353
422
n/a
n/a
Fri, Mar 17, 2017
7485.71
1.82
548,420
1156
1913
48.0
23.0
Thu, Mar 17, 2016
7487.34
0.19
560,824
586
694
50.0
19.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2015
7485.81
1.72
549,177
796
483
59.0
24.0
Mon, Mar 17, 2014
7463.22
24.31
391,386
474
340
50.0
17.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2013
7453.26
34.27
331,044
441
290
48.2
28.4
Averages of List
7464.77
22.76
411,294
698
520
45.2
16.9


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Gunnison, CO
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
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Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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