Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 175 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 48% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.48 on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 23, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.92 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.99% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 167,673 acre feet
This is 97.81% of the average of 171,427 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 179,636 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,518 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,963 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 100.87% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 157.21% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -12.57 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.98 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.35 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026 |
7467.48 |
0.03 |
414,690 |
814 |
707 |
64.8 |
34.3 |
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026 |
7467.45 |
0.00 |
414,492 |
750 |
743 |
64.4 |
31.8 |
| Sun, Mar 22, 2026 |
7467.45 |
0.10 |
414,492 |
794 |
455 |
64.6 |
39.0 |
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026 |
7467.35 |
0.00 |
413,833 |
648 |
641 |
69.6 |
30.7 |
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026 |
7467.35 |
-0.01 |
413,833 |
647 |
674 |
67.5 |
30.4 |
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026 |
7467.36 |
-0.07 |
413,899 |
546 |
772 |
63.7 |
27.3 |
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 |
7467.43 |
-0.16 |
414,360 |
129 |
655 |
60.3 |
28.9 |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.04 |
415,416 |
794 |
655 |
52.3 |
30.0 |
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 |
7467.55 |
-0.09 |
415,152 |
364 |
657 |
40.6 |
22.1 |
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026 |
7467.64 |
-0.03 |
415,746 |
556 |
650 |
36.1 |
18.0 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.55 |
-0.03 |
415,143 |
573.2 |
657.3 |
55.6 |
29.4 |
Averages for March 24th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.69 |
-1.21 |
434,366 |
762.61 |
975.23 |
2.72 |
20.67 |
| All-Time |
7468.49 |
-1.01 |
432,832 |
758.86 |
999.83 |
2.72 |
20.67 |
Last 10 March 24th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Mar 24, 2025 |
7480.05 |
-12.57 |
502,384 |
682 |
1007 |
47.7 |
26.0 |
| Sun, Mar 24, 2024 |
7487.91 |
-20.43 |
561,452 |
893 |
1507 |
38.3 |
22.7 |
| Fri, Mar 24, 2023 |
7448.52 |
18.96 |
301,256 |
483 |
287 |
32.7 |
5.5 |
| Thu, Mar 24, 2022 |
7435.89 |
31.59 |
237,807 |
522 |
233 |
55.0 |
17.0 |
| Wed, Mar 24, 2021 |
7465.63 |
1.85 |
402,602 |
527 |
748 |
41.0 |
24.0 |
| Tue, Mar 24, 2020 |
7484.66 |
-17.18 |
540,498 |
636 |
438 |
50.0 |
28.0 |
| Sun, Mar 24, 2019 |
7437.53 |
29.95 |
247,391 |
502 |
398 |
42.0 |
21.0 |
| Sat, Mar 24, 2018 |
7485.01 |
-17.53 |
543,133 |
686 |
1020 |
54.0 |
19.0 |
| Fri, Mar 24, 2017 |
7486.71 |
-19.23 |
556,014 |
2082 |
1037 |
48.0 |
32.0 |
| Thu, Mar 24, 2016 |
7487.59 |
-20.11 |
562,737 |
699 |
150 |
44.0 |
21.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.96 |
-2.48 |
445,604 |
831 |
785 |
43.8 |
19.1 |
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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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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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