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Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 137 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.35 on Saturday, February 14th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 52.05 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 49.89% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 128,574 acre feet

This is 96.53% of the average of 133,198 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 141,777 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 2,375 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 13,203 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 103.58% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 124.32% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -14.16 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 1.11 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.18 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
7467.35
0.04
413,833
490
354
39.6
22.8
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
7467.31
0.04
413,570
487
351
38.1
26.4
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
7467.27
0.03
413,307
458
355
37.9
25.5
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
7467.24
0.01
413,109
402
365
40.8
24.1
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
7467.23
0.01
413,044
431
395
41.5
17.8
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
7467.22
0.01
412,978
402
366
41.0
17.8
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
Averages of List
7467.22
0.01
412,973
417.4
371.6
39.2
17.4

Averages for February 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7473.93
-6.58
468,363
437.91
935.00
31.32
5.91
All-Time
7474.08
-6.73
469,292
439.16
962.91
31.32
5.91

Last 10 February 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Feb 14, 2025
7481.51
-14.16
513,128
737
584
33.4
19.0
Wed, Feb 14, 2024
7488.14
-20.79
563,226
393
622
31.6
-5.9
Tue, Feb 14, 2023
7447.77
19.58
297,230
414
304
28.8
10.6
Mon, Feb 14, 2022
7435.90
31.45
237,854
360
287
33.0
-1.0
Sun, Feb 14, 2021
7465.46
1.89
401,502
516
611
28.0
3.0
Fri, Feb 14, 2020
7485.09
-17.74
543,736
467
767
34.0
-3.0
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
7437.99
29.36
249,638
467
638
35.0
6.0
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
7486.06
-18.71
551,072
515
626
37.0
23.0
Tue, Feb 14, 2017
7489.97
-22.62
581,112
598
947
30.0
12.0
Sun, Feb 14, 2016
7489.14
-21.79
574,672
431
1051
28.0
-5.0
Averages of List
7470.66
-3.31
450,977
433
601
32.2
9.3


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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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