Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 210 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7460.06 on Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 3, 2022
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 59.34 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 44.31% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 212,849 acre feet
This is 84.31% of the average of 252,469 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 271,305 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 48,669 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 58,456 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 83.28% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 25.11% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -21.16 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 8.40 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -4.17 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 |
7460.06 |
-0.30 |
367,539 |
569 |
1485 |
49.3 |
24.8 |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 |
7460.36 |
-0.24 |
369,378 |
891 |
1624 |
48.0 |
25.7 |
| Sun, Apr 26, 2026 |
7460.60 |
-0.41 |
370,853 |
352 |
1616 |
46.8 |
35.6 |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2026 |
7461.01 |
-0.41 |
373,382 |
345 |
1614 |
55.8 |
35.4 |
| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 |
7461.42 |
-0.34 |
375,920 |
415 |
1469 |
54.7 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2026 |
7461.76 |
-0.30 |
378,033 |
466 |
1398 |
48.6 |
31.0 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
7462.06 |
-0.34 |
379,903 |
394 |
1455 |
62.4 |
37.2 |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
7462.40 |
-0.31 |
382,029 |
481 |
1451 |
65.3 |
36.3 |
| Mon, Apr 20, 2026 |
7462.71 |
-0.30 |
383,974 |
472 |
1413 |
63.5 |
33.1 |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026 |
7463.01 |
-0.31 |
385,862 |
435 |
1412 |
58.8 |
23.4 |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026 |
7463.32 |
-0.31 |
387,820 |
447 |
1427 |
44.6 |
15.4 |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026 |
7463.63 |
-0.32 |
389,783 |
495 |
1510 |
36.1 |
19.9 |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026 |
7463.95 |
-0.28 |
391,817 |
594 |
1484 |
56.1 |
31.5 |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 |
7464.23 |
-0.25 |
393,601 |
702 |
1497 |
51.4 |
24.4 |
| Averages of List |
7462.18 |
-0.32 |
380,707 |
504.1 |
1489.6 |
53.0 |
28.4 |
Averages for April 28th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.18 |
-8.12 |
431,870 |
1745.20 |
1291.02 |
57.07 |
28.06 |
| All-Time |
7467.99 |
-7.93 |
430,339 |
1786.76 |
1304.57 |
57.07 |
28.06 |
Last 10 April 28th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Apr 28, 2025 |
7481.22 |
-21.16 |
510,986 |
1839 |
1305 |
48.7 |
25.6 |
| Sun, Apr 28, 2024 |
7486.27 |
-26.21 |
548,877 |
1712 |
1045 |
48.0 |
32.1 |
| Fri, Apr 28, 2023 |
7457.12 |
2.94 |
349,834 |
1817 |
233 |
40.8 |
23.9 |
| Thu, Apr 28, 2022 |
7438.27 |
21.79 |
249,093 |
1097 |
364 |
67.0 |
22.0 |
| Wed, Apr 28, 2021 |
7460.18 |
-0.12 |
368,274 |
425 |
1683 |
55.0 |
21.0 |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2020 |
7480.25 |
-20.19 |
507,819 |
1193 |
1290 |
68.0 |
36.0 |
| Sun, Apr 28, 2019 |
7450.71 |
9.35 |
316,521 |
4619 |
0 |
67.0 |
39.0 |
| Sat, Apr 28, 2018 |
7479.04 |
-18.98 |
499,021 |
1226 |
1432 |
66.0 |
26.0 |
| Fri, Apr 28, 2017 |
7499.18 |
-39.12 |
654,619 |
2258 |
925 |
39.0 |
24.0 |
| Thu, Apr 28, 2016 |
7488.46 |
-28.40 |
569,422 |
1360 |
1036 |
55.0 |
35.0 |
| Averages of List |
7472.66 |
-12.60 |
460,987 |
1924 |
934 |
60.1 |
29.0 |
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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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