Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 178 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7487.50 on Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 21, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 31.9 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 67.31% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 177,065 acre feet

This is 100.6% of the average of 176,004 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 238,020 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 80,152 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 60,955 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 110.92% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 105.71% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 38.88 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.49 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.46 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
7487.50
-0.18
558,295
656
1345
33.0
12.1
Mon, Mar 25, 2024
7487.68
-0.23
559,680
641
1526
33.6
18.1
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
7487.91
-0.16
561,452
893
1507
38.3
22.7
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
7488.07
-0.11
562,686
791
1210
48.3
28.4
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
7488.18
0.62
563,535
675
356
47.6
29.3
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
7487.56
0.00
558,757
-1329
22
46.8
22.1
Wed, Mar 20, 2024
7487.56
0.00
558,757
-819
27
47.9
24.5
Tue, Mar 19, 2024
7487.56
0.00
558,757
41
34
44.7
22.5
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
7487.56
0.03
558,757
161
37
41.6
19.9
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
Averages of List
7487.75
-0.03
560,187
311.1
736.0
40.5
20.1

Averages for March 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7468.35
19.15
432,606
799.15
1001.07
46.01
19.77
All-Time
7468.14
19.36
430,956
796.02
1021.05
46.01
19.77

Last 10 March 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 26, 2023
7448.62
38.88
301,796
396
254
26.2
-8.1
Sat, Mar 26, 2022
7435.73
51.77
237,058
664
895
65.0
22.0
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
7465.88
21.62
404,223
751
743
41.0
22.0
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
7484.44
3.06
538,846
655
1328
55.0
28.0
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
7437.61
49.89
247,781
493
242
38.0
11.0
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
7484.72
2.78
540,950
483
1043
48.0
27.0
Sun, Mar 26, 2017
7487.27
0.23
560,288
1905
933
48.0
30.0
Sat, Mar 26, 2016
7487.66
-0.16
563,274
605
480
35.0
21.0
Thu, Mar 26, 2015
7487.81
-0.31
564,424
1080
414
53.0
19.0
Wed, Mar 26, 2014
7464.77
22.73
401,299
721
0
42.0
21.0
Averages of List
7468.57
18.93
436,781
791
626
48.6
17.6


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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
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