Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 215 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7486.55 on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 1, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 32.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 66.43% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 264,091 acre feet

This is 97% of the average of 272,259 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 334,638 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 87,432 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 70,547 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 101.16% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 74.74% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 25.75 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.87 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.41 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
7485.18
0.06
540,594
1919
1677
61.3
33.5
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
7485.12
0.01
540,140
1695
1644
58.9
28.8
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
7485.11
-0.03
540,064
1596
1698
56.6
29.6
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
7485.14
-0.07
540,291
1445
1700
58.1
31.7
Averages of List
7485.80
0.1
545,290
1798.9
1418.3
55.7
32.4

Averages for May 2nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7468.92
17.63
436,819
1977.07
1207.41
58.31
27.70
All-Time
7468.73
17.82
435,339
2004.88
1222.00
58.31
27.70

Last 10 May 2nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 02, 2023
7460.80
25.75
372,085
3786
34
63.9
33.4
Mon, May 02, 2022
7439.72
46.83
256,103
1522
532
60.0
34.0
Sun, May 02, 2021
7459.37
27.18
363,329
1571
1651
67.0
31.0
Sat, May 02, 2020
7480.92
5.63
512,723
2160
1112
72.0
28.0
Thu, May 02, 2019
7456.53
30.02
350,219
3417
0
48.0
26.0
Wed, May 02, 2018
7478.71
7.84
496,636
1041
1501
52.0
35.0
Tue, May 02, 2017
7499.65
-13.10
658,471
1748
1691
55.0
27.0
Mon, May 02, 2016
7488.63
-2.08
570,732
1140
1087
53.0
33.0
Sat, May 02, 2015
7492.10
-5.55
597,780
1446
1272
64.0
35.0
Fri, May 02, 2014
7481.04
5.51
513,603
1846
797
62.0
21.0
Averages of List
7474.06
12.49
471,102
1978
990
60.6
29.5


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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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