Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 222 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 61% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7486.80 on Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 8, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 32.6 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 66.66% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 285,176 acre feet

This is 93.53% of the average of 304,894 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 353,599 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 85,521 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 68,423 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 89.98% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 62.46% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 17.63 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 2.12 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.85 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 09, 2024
7486.80
-0.05
552,926
1377
1554
49.3
21.9
Wed, May 08, 2024
7486.85
0.03
553,309
1388
1256
45.3
20.4
Tue, May 07, 2024
7486.82
0.10
553,079
1641
1240
44.9
30.0
Mon, May 06, 2024
7486.72
0.05
552,314
1548
1341
42.8
26.3
Sun, May 05, 2024
7486.67
0.09
551,932
1778
1416
60.6
29.8
Sat, May 04, 2024
7486.58
0.03
551,244
1526
1395
59.4
27.4
Fri, May 03, 2024
7486.55
0.00
551,015
1372
1357
57.3
26.4
Thu, May 02, 2024
7486.55
-0.01
551,015
1419
1443
51.3
25.9
Wed, May 01, 2024
7486.56
0.11
551,091
1544
1106
58.9
38.0
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
7486.45
0.05
550,251
1360
1153
58.1
37.1
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
7486.40
0.13
549,869
1461
946
54.0
24.9
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
7486.27
0.17
548,877
1712
1045
48.0
32.1
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
7486.10
0.15
547,582
1904
1314
44.5
32.6
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
7485.95
0.27
546,439
2316
1267
49.1
35.8
Averages of List
7486.52
0.08
550,782
1596.1
1273.8
51.7
29.2

Averages for May 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7470.97
15.83
450,326
2473.57
1397.11
60.78
31.94
All-Time
7470.91
15.89
449,634
2519.02
1375.04
60.78
31.94

Last 10 May 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 09, 2023
7469.17
17.63
425,924
3679
35
64.9
28.6
Mon, May 09, 2022
7442.86
43.94
271,681
2916
1255
68.0
44.0
Sun, May 09, 2021
7457.88
28.92
354,340
1102
1721
56.0
25.0
Sat, May 09, 2020
7482.47
4.33
524,151
1695
1269
66.0
23.0
Thu, May 09, 2019
7461.69
25.11
381,740
3378
1162
n/a
n/a
Wed, May 09, 2018
7478.33
8.47
493,896
1801
916
73.0
32.0
Tue, May 09, 2017
7501.55
-14.75
674,141
3960
1189
63.0
36.0
Mon, May 09, 2016
7489.62
-2.82
578,392
1807
1048
55.0
37.0
Sat, May 09, 2015
7492.97
-6.17
604,646
2277
2499
44.0
33.0
Fri, May 09, 2014
7485.72
1.08
548,495
3087
558
53.0
30.0
Averages of List
7476.65
10.15
488,683
2567
1069
60.4
31.7


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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
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Gunnison, CO Weather
Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
Weather forecast for Gunnison, CO
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