Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 165 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 45% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.67 on Saturday, March 14th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 13, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.73 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.14% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 155,689 acre feet
This is 98.12% of the average of 158,678 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 166,527 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 264 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 10,838 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 101.04% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 92.05% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -13.09 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.79 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.18 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| 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 |
| Tue, Mar 03, 2026 |
7468.01 |
0.06 |
418,193 |
548 |
343 |
38.7 |
25.5 |
| Mon, Mar 02, 2026 |
7467.95 |
0.10 |
417,796 |
663 |
325 |
51.6 |
34.7 |
| Sun, Mar 01, 2026 |
7467.85 |
0.09 |
417,134 |
619 |
314 |
51.6 |
29.8 |
| Averages of List |
7467.93 |
-0.01 |
417,640 |
518.3 |
534.4 |
46.3 |
27.8 |
Averages for March 14th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7469.49 |
-1.82 |
439,028 |
560.18 |
1079.76 |
-1.02 |
18.11 |
| All-Time |
7469.38 |
-1.71 |
438,068 |
554.30 |
1101.84 |
-1.02 |
18.11 |
Last 10 March 14th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Mar 14, 2025 |
7480.76 |
-13.09 |
507,596 |
640 |
931 |
31.1 |
20.8 |
| Thu, Mar 14, 2024 |
7487.95 |
-20.28 |
561,760 |
585 |
616 |
33.3 |
17.5 |
| Tue, Mar 14, 2023 |
7447.96 |
19.71 |
298,247 |
386 |
274 |
39.4 |
7.3 |
| Mon, Mar 14, 2022 |
7436.11 |
31.56 |
238,839 |
411 |
738 |
43.0 |
15.0 |
| Sun, Mar 14, 2021 |
7465.79 |
1.88 |
403,639 |
382 |
343 |
34.0 |
22.0 |
| Sat, Mar 14, 2020 |
7484.32 |
-16.65 |
537,945 |
675 |
517 |
48.0 |
27.0 |
| Thu, Mar 14, 2019 |
7437.45 |
30.22 |
247,002 |
364 |
310 |
36.0 |
11.0 |
| Tue, Mar 14, 2017 |
7486.18 |
-18.51 |
551,983 |
831 |
1322 |
52.0 |
21.0 |
| Mon, Mar 14, 2016 |
7487.24 |
-19.57 |
560,059 |
890 |
536 |
50.0 |
28.0 |
| Sat, Mar 14, 2015 |
7485.60 |
-17.93 |
547,587 |
674 |
362 |
46.0 |
21.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.92 |
-2.25 |
445,313 |
570 |
641 |
42.6 |
19.3 |
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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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