Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 219 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 60% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7486.72 on Monday, May 6th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 5, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 32.68 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 66.58% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 276,436 acre feet

This is 95.32% of the average of 290,014 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 345,565 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 86,133 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 69,129 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 93.95% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 78.88% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 20.75 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 2.04 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.46 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
7485.68
0.28
544,386
2644
1559
52.1
37.0
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
7485.40
0.14
542,261
2193
1645
63.9
33.3
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
7485.26
0.08
541,200
1977
1659
64.3
33.4
Averages of List
7486.22
0.11
548,534
1768.1
1331.9
54.6
31.4

Averages for May 6th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7470.06
16.66
444,155
2250.02
1204.80
63.35
30.41
All-Time
7469.94
16.78
443,025
2307.34
1198.77
63.35
30.41

Last 10 May 6th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, May 06, 2023
7465.97
20.75
404,807
3825
35
51.4
34.3
Fri, May 06, 2022
7440.97
45.75
262,234
1562
757
73.0
25.0
Thu, May 06, 2021
7458.55
28.17
358,353
981
1763
72.0
24.0
Wed, May 06, 2020
7482.03
4.69
520,895
1937
1178
72.0
23.0
Mon, May 06, 2019
7459.10
27.62
365,724
3353
887
66.0
28.0
Sun, May 06, 2018
7478.17
8.55
492,745
914
1408
71.0
32.0
Sat, May 06, 2017
7499.81
-13.09
659,784
2929
2169
71.0
32.0
Fri, May 06, 2016
7488.85
-2.13
572,430
1812
1058
69.0
41.0
Wed, May 06, 2015
7492.75
-6.03
602,906
2426
1813
57.0
42.0
Tue, May 06, 2014
7483.37
3.35
530,841
3379
403
64.0
33.0
Averages of List
7475.37
11.35
479,904
2471
1029
63.9
32.7


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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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