Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 13 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 4% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7464.48 on Monday, October 13th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 12, 2021
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 54.92 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 47.64% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 16,711 acre feet
This is 92.6% of the average of 18,047 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 39,154 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 163,019 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 22,443 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 98.57% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 235.51% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -20.97 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 3.23 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -3.48 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Oct 13, 2025 |
7464.48 |
-0.23 |
395,199 |
880 |
1616 |
56.7 |
24.8 |
| Sun, Oct 12, 2025 |
7464.71 |
-0.23 |
396,673 |
902 |
1639 |
53.6 |
38.3 |
| Sat, Oct 11, 2025 |
7464.94 |
-0.24 |
398,150 |
743 |
1515 |
61.2 |
48.2 |
| Fri, Oct 10, 2025 |
7465.18 |
-0.27 |
399,695 |
599 |
1470 |
57.4 |
40.8 |
| Thu, Oct 09, 2025 |
7465.45 |
-0.28 |
401,438 |
475 |
1380 |
68.4 |
32.0 |
| Wed, Oct 08, 2025 |
7465.73 |
-0.23 |
403,250 |
623 |
1367 |
66.2 |
28.0 |
| Tue, Oct 07, 2025 |
7465.96 |
-0.28 |
404,742 |
528 |
1438 |
64.9 |
26.4 |
| Mon, Oct 06, 2025 |
7466.24 |
-0.16 |
406,563 |
895 |
1412 |
61.5 |
31.3 |
| Sun, Oct 05, 2025 |
7466.40 |
-0.36 |
407,606 |
268 |
1445 |
57.4 |
29.1 |
| Sat, Oct 04, 2025 |
7466.76 |
-0.43 |
409,959 |
374 |
1787 |
62.1 |
35.1 |
| Fri, Oct 03, 2025 |
7467.19 |
-0.28 |
412,781 |
911 |
1831 |
69.4 |
34.3 |
| Thu, Oct 02, 2025 |
7467.47 |
-0.24 |
414,624 |
584 |
1373 |
70.3 |
34.3 |
| Wed, Oct 01, 2025 |
7467.71 |
-0.25 |
416,208 |
643 |
1467 |
66.0 |
40.1 |
| Tue, Sep 30, 2025 |
7467.96 |
-0.20 |
417,862 |
674 |
1333 |
64.6 |
36.9 |
| Averages of List |
7466.16 |
-0.26 |
406,054 |
649.9 |
1505.2 |
62.8 |
34.3 |
Averages for October 13th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7488.25 |
-23.77 |
579,733 |
681.22 |
1257.49 |
59.19 |
24.68 |
| All-Time |
7488.60 |
-24.12 |
582,374 |
689.29 |
1262.86 |
59.19 |
24.68 |
Last 10 October 13th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Oct 13, 2024 |
7485.45 |
-20.97 |
542,640 |
681 |
1399 |
66.7 |
32.6 |
| Fri, Oct 13, 2023 |
7494.75 |
-30.27 |
615,343 |
632 |
988 |
53.1 |
16.7 |
| Thu, Oct 13, 2022 |
7444.40 |
20.08 |
279,541 |
538 |
1000 |
65.0 |
22.0 |
| Wed, Oct 13, 2021 |
7432.56 |
31.92 |
222,458 |
450 |
1017 |
44.0 |
27.0 |
| Tue, Oct 13, 2020 |
7467.01 |
-2.53 |
415,876 |
321 |
1077 |
71.0 |
21.0 |
| Sun, Oct 13, 2019 |
7505.97 |
-41.49 |
711,238 |
526 |
1288 |
59.0 |
5.0 |
| Sat, Oct 13, 2018 |
7440.20 |
24.28 |
260,598 |
273 |
623 |
56.0 |
18.0 |
| Fri, Oct 13, 2017 |
7505.06 |
-40.58 |
703,527 |
573 |
1800 |
64.0 |
23.0 |
| Thu, Oct 13, 2016 |
7497.28 |
-32.80 |
639,149 |
582 |
1431 |
66.0 |
30.0 |
| Tue, Oct 13, 2015 |
7504.31 |
-39.83 |
697,200 |
556 |
1821 |
71.0 |
24.0 |
| Averages of List |
7477.51 |
-13.03 |
507,406 |
522 |
1195 |
62.6 |
20.8 |
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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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