Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

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Water Summary
Today is day 148 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.61 on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 24, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 51.79 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 50.1% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 136,977 acre feet

This is 96.13% of the average of 142,498 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 148,788 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 660 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,811 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 101.74% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.46% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -13.42 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 0.85 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.34 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
7467.61
0.06
415,548
n/a
n/a
43.7
29.3
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
7467.55
0.03
415,152
504
400
45.1
17.2
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
7467.52
0.02
414,954
420
350
41.5
9.5
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
7467.50
-0.09
414,822
55
350
38.7
-2.4
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
7467.59
0.11
415,416
700
330
28.8
4.1
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
7467.48
-0.01
414,690
318
348
23.4
3.4
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
7467.49
-0.10
414,756
11
340
18.9
7.3
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
7467.59
0.13
415,416
802
366
32.0
18.9
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
7467.46
0.06
414,558
552
349
30.7
25.0
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
7467.40
0.03
414,163
438
335
43.2
29.1
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
7467.37
0.02
413,965
436
367
40.8
17.8
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
7467.35
0.04
413,833
490
354
39.6
22.8
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
7467.31
0.04
413,570
487
351
38.1
26.4
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
7467.27
0.03
413,307
458
355
37.9
25.5
Averages of List
7467.46
0.03
414,582
436.2
353.5
35.9
16.7

Averages for February 25th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7472.28
-4.67
457,163
423.55
1003.11
31.65
5.36
All-Time
7472.34
-4.73
457,420
425.11
1015.32
31.65
5.36

Last 10 February 25th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Feb 25, 2025
7481.03
-13.42
509,584
501
534
42.9
23.6
Sun, Feb 25, 2024
7487.88
-20.27
561,221
488
250
37.3
7.2
Sat, Feb 25, 2023
7447.55
20.06
296,056
371
395
39.9
6.1
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
7436.47
31.14
240,533
329
231
25.0
-1.0
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
7465.45
2.16
401,438
94
350
33.0
6.0
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
7484.40
-16.79
538,545
675
935
30.0
-2.0
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
7437.54
30.07
247,440
316
411
15.0
-19.0
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
7485.64
-18.03
547,890
327
551
26.0
3.0
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
7488.86
-21.25
572,508
453
1110
21.0
-5.0
Thu, Feb 25, 2016
7487.58
-19.97
562,661
434
1047
26.0
-4.0
Averages of List
7470.20
-2.59
447,456
397
560
29.8
3.0


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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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