Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 148 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.61 on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 24, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.79 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.1% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 136,977 acre feet
This is 96.13% of the average of 142,498 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 148,788 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 660 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,811 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 101.74% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.46% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -13.42 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.85 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.34 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 |
7467.61 |
0.06 |
415,548 |
n/a |
n/a |
43.7 |
29.3 |
| Tue, Feb 24, 2026 |
7467.55 |
0.03 |
415,152 |
504 |
400 |
45.1 |
17.2 |
| Mon, Feb 23, 2026 |
7467.52 |
0.02 |
414,954 |
420 |
350 |
41.5 |
9.5 |
| Sun, Feb 22, 2026 |
7467.50 |
-0.09 |
414,822 |
55 |
350 |
38.7 |
-2.4 |
| Sat, Feb 21, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.11 |
415,416 |
700 |
330 |
28.8 |
4.1 |
| Fri, Feb 20, 2026 |
7467.48 |
-0.01 |
414,690 |
318 |
348 |
23.4 |
3.4 |
| Thu, Feb 19, 2026 |
7467.49 |
-0.10 |
414,756 |
11 |
340 |
18.9 |
7.3 |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.13 |
415,416 |
802 |
366 |
32.0 |
18.9 |
| Tue, Feb 17, 2026 |
7467.46 |
0.06 |
414,558 |
552 |
349 |
30.7 |
25.0 |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 |
7467.40 |
0.03 |
414,163 |
438 |
335 |
43.2 |
29.1 |
| Sun, Feb 15, 2026 |
7467.37 |
0.02 |
413,965 |
436 |
367 |
40.8 |
17.8 |
| Sat, Feb 14, 2026 |
7467.35 |
0.04 |
413,833 |
490 |
354 |
39.6 |
22.8 |
| Fri, Feb 13, 2026 |
7467.31 |
0.04 |
413,570 |
487 |
351 |
38.1 |
26.4 |
| Thu, Feb 12, 2026 |
7467.27 |
0.03 |
413,307 |
458 |
355 |
37.9 |
25.5 |
| Averages of List |
7467.46 |
0.03 |
414,582 |
436.2 |
353.5 |
35.9 |
16.7 |
Averages for February 25th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7472.28 |
-4.67 |
457,163 |
423.55 |
1003.11 |
31.65 |
5.36 |
| All-Time |
7472.34 |
-4.73 |
457,420 |
425.11 |
1015.32 |
31.65 |
5.36 |
Last 10 February 25th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Feb 25, 2025 |
7481.03 |
-13.42 |
509,584 |
501 |
534 |
42.9 |
23.6 |
| Sun, Feb 25, 2024 |
7487.88 |
-20.27 |
561,221 |
488 |
250 |
37.3 |
7.2 |
| Sat, Feb 25, 2023 |
7447.55 |
20.06 |
296,056 |
371 |
395 |
39.9 |
6.1 |
| Fri, Feb 25, 2022 |
7436.47 |
31.14 |
240,533 |
329 |
231 |
25.0 |
-1.0 |
| Thu, Feb 25, 2021 |
7465.45 |
2.16 |
401,438 |
94 |
350 |
33.0 |
6.0 |
| Tue, Feb 25, 2020 |
7484.40 |
-16.79 |
538,545 |
675 |
935 |
30.0 |
-2.0 |
| Mon, Feb 25, 2019 |
7437.54 |
30.07 |
247,440 |
316 |
411 |
15.0 |
-19.0 |
| Sun, Feb 25, 2018 |
7485.64 |
-18.03 |
547,890 |
327 |
551 |
26.0 |
3.0 |
| Sat, Feb 25, 2017 |
7488.86 |
-21.25 |
572,508 |
453 |
1110 |
21.0 |
-5.0 |
| Thu, Feb 25, 2016 |
7487.58 |
-19.97 |
562,661 |
434 |
1047 |
26.0 |
-4.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.20 |
-2.59 |
447,456 |
397 |
560 |
29.8 |
3.0 |
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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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