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Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 158 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 43% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7468.04 on Saturday, March 7th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 6, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 51.36 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 50.44% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 149,074 acre feet

This is 98.44% of the average of 151,437 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 157,543 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 2,184 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 8,469 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 102.12% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 106.27% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -12.94 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 0.42 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.54 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
7468.04
-0.07
418,392
471
699
37.4
22.6
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
7468.11
-0.02
418,857
516
578
32.9
23.7
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
7468.13
0.06
418,989
583
378
46.6
29.7
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
7468.07
0.06
418,591
521
316
47.5
25.2
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
7468.01
0.06
418,193
548
343
38.7
25.5
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
7467.95
0.10
417,796
663
325
51.6
34.7
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
7467.85
0.09
417,134
619
314
51.6
29.8
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
7467.76
-0.03
416,539
283
378
46.4
28.6
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
7467.79
0.12
416,737
774
370
42.1
23.9
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
7467.67
0.07
415,944
619
381
42.3
25.9
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
7467.60
0.05
415,482
502
332
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
Averages of List
7467.83
0.03
416,970
505.6
393.9
43.3
23.1

Averages for March 7th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7470.73
-2.69
447,064
465.63
978.36
38.96
14.97
All-Time
7470.70
-2.66
446,610
467.14
1026.33
38.96
14.97

Last 10 March 7th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 07, 2025
7480.98
-12.94
509,216
508
651
30.6
17.5
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
7487.99
-19.95
562,069
534
488
32.3
7.6
Tue, Mar 07, 2023
7447.58
20.46
296,216
359
812
36.5
5.2
Mon, Mar 07, 2022
7436.48
31.56
240,580
367
482
29.0
6.0
Sun, Mar 07, 2021
7465.59
2.45
402,343
364
327
47.0
12.0
Sat, Mar 07, 2020
7484.10
-16.06
536,296
475
544
48.0
15.0
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
7437.59
30.45
247,684
553
746
42.0
25.0
Wed, Mar 07, 2018
7485.30
-17.26
545,320
474
544
46.0
7.0
Tue, Mar 07, 2017
7487.46
-19.42
561,742
360
1435
32.0
9.0
Mon, Mar 07, 2016
7486.88
-18.84
557,310
791
823
37.0
26.0
Averages of List
7469.94
-1.90
445,482
455
649
39.2
13.5


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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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