Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 229 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 63% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7457.75 on Sunday, May 17th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 29, 2023
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 61.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.62% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 241,416 acre feet
This is 70.21% of the average of 343,859 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 310,902 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 62,642 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 69,486 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.88% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 33.74% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.38 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.88 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.22 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, May 17, 2026 |
7457.75 |
0.18 |
353,566 |
1153 |
601 |
62.2 |
38.9 |
| Sat, May 16, 2026 |
7457.57 |
0.24 |
352,497 |
1331 |
602 |
70.4 |
39.9 |
| Fri, May 15, 2026 |
7457.33 |
0.19 |
351,075 |
1181 |
601 |
70.5 |
38.5 |
| Thu, May 14, 2026 |
7457.14 |
0.17 |
349,952 |
1120 |
602 |
70.8 |
44.7 |
| Wed, May 13, 2026 |
7456.97 |
0.10 |
348,949 |
910 |
601 |
74.6 |
41.0 |
| Tue, May 12, 2026 |
7456.87 |
-0.01 |
348,360 |
760 |
778 |
74.8 |
37.6 |
| Mon, May 11, 2026 |
7456.88 |
-0.12 |
348,419 |
582 |
926 |
73.3 |
34.4 |
| Sun, May 10, 2026 |
7457.00 |
-0.14 |
349,126 |
523 |
928 |
65.7 |
32.7 |
| Sat, May 09, 2026 |
7457.14 |
-0.14 |
349,952 |
522 |
927 |
64.6 |
34.3 |
| Fri, May 08, 2026 |
7457.28 |
-0.17 |
350,780 |
552 |
928 |
64.0 |
32.7 |
| Thu, May 07, 2026 |
7457.45 |
-0.52 |
351,786 |
522 |
929 |
57.7 |
22.6 |
| Wed, May 06, 2026 |
7457.97 |
0.00 |
354,875 |
941 |
929 |
45.0 |
29.8 |
| Tue, May 05, 2026 |
7457.97 |
0.00 |
354,875 |
947 |
936 |
54.3 |
35.6 |
| Mon, May 04, 2026 |
7457.97 |
-0.11 |
354,875 |
819 |
1138 |
58.5 |
38.6 |
| Averages of List |
7457.38 |
-0.02 |
351,363 |
847.4 |
816.1 |
64.7 |
35.8 |
Averages for May 17th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7474.09 |
-16.34 |
470,855 |
3274.38 |
1550.73 |
66.81 |
35.03 |
| All-Time |
7474.22 |
-16.47 |
471,622 |
3356.55 |
1524.38 |
66.81 |
35.03 |
Last 10 May 17th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, May 17, 2025 |
7483.13 |
-25.38 |
525,171 |
1676 |
1057 |
61.9 |
33.5 |
| Fri, May 17, 2024 |
7485.98 |
-28.23 |
546,668 |
2598 |
4272 |
65.8 |
31.3 |
| Wed, May 17, 2023 |
7475.29 |
-17.54 |
468,112 |
5874 |
3475 |
68.0 |
32.7 |
| Tue, May 17, 2022 |
7448.01 |
9.74 |
298,514 |
3679 |
2966 |
77.0 |
29.0 |
| Mon, May 17, 2021 |
7454.47 |
3.28 |
334,402 |
1204 |
323 |
62.0 |
38.0 |
| Sun, May 17, 2020 |
7483.70 |
-25.95 |
533,303 |
2069 |
1639 |
76.0 |
36.0 |
| Fri, May 17, 2019 |
7469.59 |
-11.84 |
433,032 |
5783 |
414 |
73.0 |
37.0 |
| Thu, May 17, 2018 |
7479.54 |
-21.79 |
502,647 |
1999 |
1434 |
73.0 |
32.0 |
| Wed, May 17, 2017 |
7507.00 |
-49.25 |
720,012 |
3295 |
3018 |
51.0 |
28.0 |
| Tue, May 17, 2016 |
7489.30 |
-31.55 |
575,911 |
2777 |
3541 |
53.0 |
32.0 |
| Averages of List |
7478.07 |
-20.32 |
496,837 |
3206 |
2647 |
62.2 |
32.4 |
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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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