Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 209 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 57% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7460.36 on Monday, April 27th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 29, 2022
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 59.04 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 44.53% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 211,721 acre feet
This is 85.05% of the average of 248,947 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 268,360 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 46,830 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 56,639 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 84.05% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 26.76% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -20.72 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 8.10 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -4.12 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 |
7460.36 |
-0.24 |
369,378 |
891 |
1624 |
48.0 |
25.7 |
| Sun, Apr 26, 2026 |
7460.60 |
-0.41 |
370,853 |
352 |
1616 |
46.8 |
35.6 |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2026 |
7461.01 |
-0.41 |
373,382 |
345 |
1614 |
55.8 |
35.4 |
| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 |
7461.42 |
-0.34 |
375,920 |
415 |
1469 |
54.7 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2026 |
7461.76 |
-0.30 |
378,033 |
466 |
1398 |
48.6 |
31.0 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
7462.06 |
-0.34 |
379,903 |
394 |
1455 |
62.4 |
37.2 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7462.50 |
-0.31 |
382,682 |
510.1 |
1487.1 |
52.4 |
28.8 |
Averages for April 27th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.05 |
-7.69 |
430,993 |
1722.05 |
1206.59 |
58.15 |
27.82 |
| All-Time |
7467.84 |
-7.48 |
429,407 |
1764.62 |
1204.26 |
58.15 |
27.82 |
Last 10 April 27th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Apr 27, 2025 |
7481.08 |
-20.72 |
509,953 |
1904 |
1296 |
56.5 |
29.5 |
| Sat, Apr 27, 2024 |
7486.10 |
-25.74 |
547,582 |
1904 |
1314 |
44.5 |
32.6 |
| Thu, Apr 27, 2023 |
7456.59 |
3.77 |
346,713 |
1989 |
384 |
56.1 |
23.9 |
| Wed, Apr 27, 2022 |
7437.97 |
22.39 |
247,656 |
1135 |
380 |
63.0 |
28.0 |
| Tue, Apr 27, 2021 |
7460.59 |
-0.23 |
370,792 |
990 |
1662 |
50.0 |
33.0 |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2020 |
7480.28 |
-19.92 |
508,038 |
868 |
1224 |
69.0 |
25.0 |
| Sat, Apr 27, 2019 |
7449.07 |
11.29 |
307,380 |
4137 |
172 |
66.0 |
34.0 |
| Fri, Apr 27, 2018 |
7479.10 |
-18.74 |
499,456 |
1481 |
1431 |
69.0 |
24.0 |
| Thu, Apr 27, 2017 |
7498.86 |
-38.50 |
652,003 |
2479 |
1105 |
45.0 |
30.0 |
| Wed, Apr 27, 2016 |
7488.38 |
-28.02 |
568,806 |
1310 |
1063 |
51.0 |
30.0 |
| Averages of List |
7472.34 |
-11.98 |
459,048 |
1787 |
966 |
55.9 |
27.6 |
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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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