Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 46 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 13% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7464.95 on Saturday, November 15th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 14, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 54.45 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 48.01% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 60,423 acre feet
This is 106.25% of the average of 56,870 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 78,108 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 160,004 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 17,685 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 108.67% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 109.73% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -17.59 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.94 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.29 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Nov 15, 2025 |
7464.95 |
-0.02 |
398,214 |
547 |
608 |
52.2 |
31.6 |
| Fri, Nov 14, 2025 |
7464.97 |
-0.12 |
398,343 |
n/a |
n/a |
54.9 |
27.3 |
| Thu, Nov 13, 2025 |
7465.09 |
0.01 |
399,115 |
549 |
513 |
53.8 |
27.9 |
| Wed, Nov 12, 2025 |
7465.08 |
-0.01 |
399,051 |
459 |
488 |
53.6 |
26.6 |
| Tue, Nov 11, 2025 |
7465.09 |
0.01 |
399,115 |
570 |
533 |
52.9 |
25.7 |
| Mon, Nov 10, 2025 |
7465.08 |
-0.02 |
399,051 |
516 |
577 |
53.1 |
19.9 |
| Sun, Nov 09, 2025 |
7465.10 |
0.05 |
399,180 |
462 |
296 |
47.7 |
16.0 |
| Sat, Nov 08, 2025 |
7465.05 |
0.07 |
398,858 |
516 |
285 |
46.4 |
18.3 |
| Fri, Nov 07, 2025 |
7464.98 |
0.05 |
398,407 |
462 |
296 |
48.7 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Nov 06, 2025 |
7464.93 |
0.08 |
398,086 |
568 |
305 |
51.6 |
29.3 |
| Wed, Nov 05, 2025 |
7464.85 |
0.08 |
397,572 |
552 |
288 |
56.3 |
25.7 |
| Tue, Nov 04, 2025 |
7464.77 |
0.04 |
397,058 |
519 |
385 |
57.6 |
32.2 |
| Mon, Nov 03, 2025 |
7464.73 |
0.07 |
396,801 |
568 |
337 |
57.0 |
33.3 |
| Sun, Nov 02, 2025 |
7464.66 |
0.04 |
396,352 |
585 |
451 |
61.5 |
24.6 |
| Averages of List |
7464.95 |
0.02 |
398,229 |
528.7 |
412.5 |
53.4 |
25.9 |
Averages for November 15th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7485.54 |
-20.59 |
557,595 |
514.49 |
784.33 |
44.63 |
13.56 |
| All-Time |
7485.94 |
-20.99 |
560,665 |
512.05 |
790.95 |
44.63 |
13.56 |
Last 10 November 15th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Nov 15, 2024 |
7482.54 |
-17.59 |
520,770 |
563 |
334 |
49.0 |
16.2 |
| Wed, Nov 15, 2023 |
7491.22 |
-26.27 |
587,251 |
486 |
323 |
53.5 |
19.0 |
| Tue, Nov 15, 2022 |
7443.39 |
21.56 |
274,369 |
430 |
17 |
32.5 |
10.0 |
| Mon, Nov 15, 2021 |
7430.70 |
34.25 |
214,106 |
444 |
285 |
61.0 |
20.0 |
| Sun, Nov 15, 2020 |
7463.91 |
1.04 |
395,782 |
326 |
290 |
38.0 |
8.0 |
| Fri, Nov 15, 2019 |
7499.71 |
-34.76 |
658,963 |
633 |
1374 |
53.0 |
12.0 |
| Thu, Nov 15, 2018 |
7438.15 |
26.80 |
250,422 |
423 |
223 |
38.0 |
3.0 |
| Wed, Nov 15, 2017 |
7500.19 |
-35.24 |
662,908 |
540 |
784 |
51.0 |
12.0 |
| Tue, Nov 15, 2016 |
7493.00 |
-28.05 |
604,883 |
428 |
543 |
63.0 |
16.0 |
| Sun, Nov 15, 2015 |
7501.49 |
-36.54 |
673,644 |
524 |
520 |
44.0 |
8.0 |
| Averages of List |
7474.43 |
-9.48 |
484,240 |
407 |
506 |
45.9 |
14.6 |
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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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