Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 168 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 46% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.59 on Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 16, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.08% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 159,089 acre feet
This is 98.1% of the average of 162,165 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 170,418 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 792 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,329 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 100.74% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 92.54% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -13.20 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.87 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.48 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.04 |
415,416 |
794 |
655 |
52.3 |
30.0 |
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 |
7467.55 |
-0.09 |
415,152 |
364 |
657 |
40.6 |
22.1 |
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026 |
7467.64 |
-0.03 |
415,746 |
556 |
650 |
36.1 |
18.0 |
| Sat, Mar 14, 2026 |
7467.67 |
-0.08 |
415,944 |
376 |
637 |
55.0 |
32.4 |
| Fri, Mar 13, 2026 |
7467.75 |
-0.03 |
416,472 |
585 |
679 |
48.4 |
29.5 |
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026 |
7467.78 |
-0.05 |
416,671 |
427 |
588 |
47.1 |
27.7 |
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026 |
7467.83 |
-0.03 |
417,002 |
595 |
689 |
43.9 |
30.0 |
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026 |
7467.86 |
-0.08 |
417,200 |
366 |
627 |
52.0 |
30.4 |
| Mon, Mar 09, 2026 |
7467.94 |
-0.04 |
417,730 |
503 |
631 |
50.0 |
27.1 |
| Sun, Mar 08, 2026 |
7467.98 |
-0.06 |
417,995 |
483 |
678 |
45.5 |
20.5 |
| Sat, Mar 07, 2026 |
7468.04 |
-0.07 |
418,392 |
471 |
699 |
37.4 |
22.6 |
| Fri, Mar 06, 2026 |
7468.11 |
-0.02 |
418,857 |
516 |
578 |
32.9 |
23.7 |
| Thu, Mar 05, 2026 |
7468.13 |
0.06 |
418,989 |
583 |
378 |
46.6 |
29.7 |
| Wed, Mar 04, 2026 |
7468.07 |
0.06 |
418,591 |
521 |
316 |
47.5 |
25.2 |
| Averages of List |
7467.85 |
-0.03 |
417,154 |
510.0 |
604.4 |
45.4 |
26.4 |
Averages for March 17th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7469.05 |
-1.46 |
436,315 |
613.05 |
1027.65 |
-0.56 |
19.56 |
| All-Time |
7468.92 |
-1.33 |
435,220 |
606.05 |
1044.32 |
-0.56 |
19.56 |
Last 10 March 17th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Mar 17, 2025 |
7480.79 |
-13.20 |
507,816 |
718 |
600 |
43.1 |
19.3 |
| Sun, Mar 17, 2024 |
7487.53 |
-19.94 |
558,526 |
499 |
802 |
39.1 |
14.6 |
| Fri, Mar 17, 2023 |
7448.13 |
19.46 |
299,158 |
442 |
409 |
35.2 |
-3.1 |
| Thu, Mar 17, 2022 |
7435.73 |
31.86 |
237,058 |
505 |
737 |
39.0 |
23.0 |
| Wed, Mar 17, 2021 |
7465.90 |
1.69 |
404,352 |
569 |
464 |
41.0 |
17.0 |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2020 |
7484.48 |
-16.89 |
539,146 |
708 |
511 |
56.0 |
24.0 |
| Sun, Mar 17, 2019 |
7437.41 |
30.18 |
246,807 |
353 |
422 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Fri, Mar 17, 2017 |
7485.71 |
-18.12 |
548,420 |
1156 |
1913 |
48.0 |
23.0 |
| Thu, Mar 17, 2016 |
7487.34 |
-19.75 |
560,824 |
586 |
694 |
50.0 |
19.0 |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2015 |
7485.81 |
-18.22 |
549,177 |
796 |
483 |
59.0 |
24.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.89 |
-2.30 |
445,207 |
617 |
571 |
43.7 |
18.3 |
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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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