Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 214 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7486.56 on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 30, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 32.84 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 66.44% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 261,277 acre feet

This is 97.42% of the average of 268,184 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 331,776 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 87,356 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 70,499 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 103.3% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 73.88% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 26.98 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.88 feet from the low for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.35 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 01, 2024
7486.56
0.11
551,091
3063
2194
58.9
38.0
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
7486.45
0.05
550,251
2698
2287
58.1
37.1
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
7486.40
0.13
549,869
2898
1876
54.0
24.9
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
7486.27
0.17
548,877
3396
2073
48.0
32.1
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
7486.10
0.15
547,582
3777
2606
44.5
32.6
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
7485.95
0.27
546,439
4594
2513
49.1
35.8
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
7485.68
0.28
544,386
5244
3092
52.1
37.0
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
7485.40
0.14
542,261
4350
3263
63.9
33.3
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
7485.26
0.08
541,200
3921
3291
64.3
33.4
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
7485.18
0.06
540,594
3806
3326
61.3
33.5
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
7485.12
0.01
540,140
3362
3261
58.9
28.8
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
7485.11
-0.03
540,064
3166
3368
56.6
29.6
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
7485.14
-0.07
540,291
2866
3372
58.1
31.7
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
7485.21
-0.12
540,821
2739
3624
60.1
30.2
Averages of List
7485.70
0.09
544,562
7066.9
5687.8
56.3
32.7

Averages for May 1st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7468.68
17.88
435,316
3849.94
2377.08
57.40
29.54
All-Time
7468.49
18.07
433,810
3888.37
2406.48
57.40
29.54

Last 10 May 1st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 01, 2023
7459.58
26.98
364,607
6885
668
65.8
30.0
Sun, May 01, 2022
7439.32
47.24
254,159
3065
1206
65.0
26.0
Sat, May 01, 2021
7459.40
27.16
363,512
1440
3122
75.0
30.0
Fri, May 01, 2020
7480.64
5.92
510,671
3671
2547
76.0
32.0
Wed, May 01, 2019
7455.39
31.17
343,464
8680
0
52.0
32.0
Tue, May 01, 2018
7478.84
7.72
497,575
2343
3039
54.0
28.0
Mon, May 01, 2017
7499.64
-13.08
658,389
3586
2817
57.0
30.0
Sun, May 01, 2016
7488.62
-2.06
570,655
2261
2231
44.0
32.0
Fri, May 01, 2015
7492.06
-5.50
597,465
2432
2247
69.0
35.0
Thu, May 01, 2014
7480.76
5.80
511,550
3997
1553
51.0
19.0
Averages of List
7474.06
12.50
471,102
3923
1963
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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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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