Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 131 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 36% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.21 on Sunday, February 8th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 7, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.19 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.78% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 123,278 acre feet
This is 96.16% of the average of 128,206 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 137,441 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 3,296 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 14,163 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 104.53% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.08% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.49 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 1.25 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.15 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Feb 08, 2026 |
7467.21 |
0.02 |
412,912 |
431 |
361 |
41.2 |
22.8 |
| Sat, Feb 07, 2026 |
7467.19 |
0.00 |
412,781 |
380 |
377 |
42.8 |
19.9 |
| Fri, Feb 06, 2026 |
7467.19 |
0.03 |
412,781 |
447 |
345 |
40.3 |
11.7 |
| Thu, Feb 05, 2026 |
7467.16 |
-0.02 |
412,583 |
426 |
489 |
38.5 |
11.8 |
| Wed, Feb 04, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
399 |
363 |
32.5 |
5.0 |
| Tue, Feb 03, 2026 |
7467.17 |
-0.01 |
412,649 |
334 |
364 |
37.2 |
13.1 |
| Mon, Feb 02, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
387 |
351 |
40.8 |
19.8 |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2026 |
7467.17 |
0.00 |
412,649 |
369 |
366 |
36.1 |
5.7 |
| Sat, Jan 31, 2026 |
7467.17 |
0.00 |
412,649 |
361 |
358 |
37.0 |
10.0 |
| Fri, Jan 30, 2026 |
7467.17 |
-0.01 |
412,649 |
348 |
378 |
30.9 |
9.1 |
| Thu, Jan 29, 2026 |
7467.18 |
-0.03 |
412,715 |
323 |
419 |
31.5 |
11.1 |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 |
7467.21 |
-0.06 |
412,912 |
251 |
447 |
32.7 |
-1.7 |
| Tue, Jan 27, 2026 |
7467.27 |
-0.09 |
413,307 |
417 |
713 |
31.5 |
0.1 |
| Mon, Jan 26, 2026 |
7467.36 |
-0.17 |
413,899 |
304 |
867 |
23.9 |
-5.8 |
| Averages of List |
7467.20 |
-0.02 |
412,851 |
369.8 |
442.7 |
35.5 |
9.5 |
Averages for February 8th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7474.81 |
-7.6 |
474,563 |
411.20 |
957.09 |
31.18 |
2.69 |
| All-Time |
7474.99 |
-7.78 |
475,720 |
409.26 |
947.12 |
31.18 |
2.69 |
Last 10 February 8th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Feb 08, 2025 |
7481.70 |
-14.49 |
514,534 |
467 |
613 |
34.4 |
21.2 |
| Thu, Feb 08, 2024 |
7488.47 |
-21.26 |
565,777 |
585 |
621 |
27.8 |
4.5 |
| Wed, Feb 08, 2023 |
7447.58 |
19.63 |
296,216 |
251 |
249 |
23.0 |
-8.7 |
| Tue, Feb 08, 2022 |
7435.72 |
31.49 |
237,011 |
305 |
279 |
30.0 |
-10.0 |
| Mon, Feb 08, 2021 |
7465.37 |
1.84 |
400,921 |
346 |
310 |
42.0 |
7.0 |
| Sat, Feb 08, 2020 |
7485.52 |
-18.31 |
546,982 |
525 |
560 |
40.0 |
16.0 |
| Fri, Feb 08, 2019 |
7438.30 |
28.91 |
251,159 |
281 |
328 |
20.0 |
-24.0 |
| Thu, Feb 08, 2018 |
7486.37 |
-19.16 |
553,426 |
389 |
654 |
42.0 |
12.0 |
| Wed, Feb 08, 2017 |
7490.38 |
-23.17 |
584,305 |
594 |
1141 |
44.0 |
23.0 |
| Mon, Feb 08, 2016 |
7490.02 |
-22.81 |
581,501 |
377 |
1040 |
21.0 |
-11.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.90 |
-3.69 |
452,821 |
441 |
621 |
34.0 |
5.7 |
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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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