Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 204 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7462.26 on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 21, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 57.14 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 45.95% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 208,073 acre feet
This is 89.58% of the average of 232,279 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 253,045 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 35,055 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 44,972 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 88.19% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 24.50% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -18.48 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 6.20 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -3.36 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
7462.26 |
-0.14 |
381,153 |
1024 |
1455 |
62.4 |
36.7 |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
7462.40 |
-0.31 |
382,029 |
481 |
1451 |
65.3 |
36.3 |
| Mon, Apr 20, 2026 |
7462.71 |
-0.30 |
383,974 |
472 |
1413 |
63.5 |
33.1 |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026 |
7463.01 |
-0.31 |
385,862 |
435 |
1412 |
58.8 |
23.4 |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026 |
7463.32 |
-0.31 |
387,820 |
447 |
1427 |
44.6 |
15.4 |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026 |
7463.63 |
-0.32 |
389,783 |
495 |
1510 |
36.1 |
19.9 |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026 |
7463.95 |
-0.28 |
391,817 |
594 |
1484 |
56.1 |
31.5 |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 |
7464.23 |
-0.25 |
393,601 |
702 |
1497 |
51.4 |
24.4 |
| Tue, Apr 14, 2026 |
7464.48 |
-0.25 |
395,199 |
652 |
1450 |
41.9 |
30.6 |
| Mon, Apr 13, 2026 |
7464.73 |
-0.23 |
396,801 |
519 |
1254 |
51.3 |
33.3 |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026 |
7464.96 |
-0.25 |
398,279 |
450 |
1252 |
54.3 |
26.6 |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026 |
7465.21 |
-0.15 |
399,889 |
758 |
1236 |
53.2 |
34.2 |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026 |
7465.36 |
-0.26 |
400,856 |
496 |
1334 |
61.5 |
29.3 |
| Thu, Apr 09, 2026 |
7465.62 |
-0.19 |
402,537 |
640 |
1252 |
61.5 |
34.0 |
| Averages of List |
7463.99 |
-0.25 |
392,114 |
583.2 |
1387.6 |
54.4 |
29.2 |
Averages for April 22nd
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7467.46 |
-5.2 |
427,269 |
1552.84 |
1284.54 |
58.63 |
27.13 |
| All-Time |
7467.22 |
-4.96 |
425,434 |
1572.60 |
1294.74 |
58.63 |
27.13 |
Last 10 April 22nd's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Apr 22, 2025 |
7480.74 |
-18.48 |
507,448 |
1261 |
1249 |
55.4 |
22.9 |
| Mon, Apr 22, 2024 |
7485.18 |
-22.92 |
540,594 |
1919 |
1677 |
61.3 |
33.5 |
| Sat, Apr 22, 2023 |
7454.52 |
7.74 |
334,689 |
1387 |
134 |
45.3 |
22.1 |
| Fri, Apr 22, 2022 |
7436.65 |
25.61 |
241,382 |
2113 |
1344 |
67.0 |
29.0 |
| Thu, Apr 22, 2021 |
7462.07 |
0.19 |
379,965 |
682 |
1712 |
52.0 |
25.0 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2020 |
7480.97 |
-18.71 |
513,089 |
652 |
1343 |
56.0 |
33.0 |
| Mon, Apr 22, 2019 |
7444.08 |
18.18 |
280,510 |
2346 |
626 |
58.0 |
23.0 |
| Sun, Apr 22, 2018 |
7479.79 |
-17.53 |
504,465 |
603 |
1178 |
62.0 |
24.0 |
| Sat, Apr 22, 2017 |
7496.81 |
-34.55 |
635,347 |
2900 |
568 |
55.0 |
23.0 |
| Fri, Apr 22, 2016 |
7488.17 |
-25.91 |
567,190 |
1242 |
1423 |
68.0 |
26.0 |
| Averages of List |
7471.17 |
-8.91 |
452,039 |
1629 |
1168 |
57.2 |
27.9 |
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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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