Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 231 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 63% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7458.06 on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 18, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 61.34 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.85% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 245,704 acre feet
This is 68.67% of the average of 357,821 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 313,292 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 60,796 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 67,588 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.77% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 27.30% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.28 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 1.19 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.09 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, May 19, 2026 |
7458.06 |
0.08 |
355,412 |
857 |
603 |
58.6 |
29.8 |
| Mon, May 18, 2026 |
7457.98 |
0.23 |
354,935 |
1305 |
602 |
49.1 |
38.0 |
| Sun, May 17, 2026 |
7457.75 |
0.18 |
353,566 |
1153 |
601 |
62.5 |
39.6 |
| Sat, May 16, 2026 |
7457.57 |
0.24 |
352,497 |
1331 |
602 |
72.6 |
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 |
| Averages of List |
7457.39 |
0.01 |
351,406 |
875.6 |
754.1 |
64.6 |
35.4 |
Averages for May 19th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7475.14 |
-17.08 |
477,929 |
3404.46 |
1643.98 |
64.35 |
33.28 |
| All-Time |
7475.34 |
-17.28 |
479,231 |
3514.43 |
1607.02 |
64.35 |
33.28 |
Last 10 May 19th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, May 19, 2025 |
7483.34 |
-25.28 |
526,742 |
1528 |
1134 |
49.2 |
33.3 |
| Sun, May 19, 2024 |
7485.29 |
-27.23 |
541,427 |
3256 |
4577 |
64.9 |
35.3 |
| Fri, May 19, 2023 |
7476.74 |
-18.68 |
478,428 |
6116 |
3439 |
64.0 |
33.1 |
| Thu, May 19, 2022 |
7448.73 |
9.33 |
302,390 |
4207 |
2917 |
75.0 |
32.0 |
| Wed, May 19, 2021 |
7455.28 |
2.78 |
339,074 |
1292 |
200 |
70.0 |
32.0 |
| Tue, May 19, 2020 |
7483.30 |
-25.24 |
530,319 |
2529 |
3527 |
77.0 |
33.0 |
| Sun, May 19, 2019 |
7472.00 |
-13.94 |
449,403 |
4562 |
726 |
50.0 |
28.0 |
| Sat, May 19, 2018 |
7479.85 |
-21.79 |
504,902 |
1801 |
1417 |
68.0 |
30.0 |
| Fri, May 19, 2017 |
7507.55 |
-49.49 |
724,717 |
4080 |
4536 |
44.0 |
28.0 |
| Thu, May 19, 2016 |
7488.66 |
-30.60 |
570,964 |
2693 |
3999 |
60.0 |
39.0 |
| Averages of List |
7478.15 |
-20.09 |
497,088 |
3100 |
2957 |
62.7 |
33.1 |
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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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