Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 206 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7461.42 on Friday, April 24th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 22, 2022

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 57.98 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 45.32% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 208,571 acre feet

This is 87.4% of the average of 238,631 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 258,732 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 40,288 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 50,161 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 86.12% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 26.25% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -19.37 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 7.04 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -3.79 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
32.2
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
7462.06
-0.34
379,903
394
1455
62.4
36.7
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
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
7464.48
-0.25
395,199
652
1450
41.9
30.6
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
7464.73
-0.23
396,801
519
1254
51.3
33.3
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
7464.96
-0.25
398,279
450
1252
54.3
26.6
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
7465.21
-0.15
399,889
758
1236
53.2
34.2
Averages of List
7463.42
-0.28
388,494
520.0
1407.7
53.0
28.7

Averages for April 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7467.66
-6.24
428,552
1626.32
1228.50
55.57
27.41
All-Time
7467.43
-6.01
426,760
1655.26
1246.64
55.57
27.41

Last 10 April 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 24, 2025
7480.79
-19.37
507,816
1439
1426
59.3
28.3
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
7485.40
-23.98
542,261
2193
1645
63.9
33.3
Mon, Apr 24, 2023
7455.24
6.18
338,842
1541
337
48.9
24.1
Sun, Apr 24, 2022
7437.17
24.25
243,844
1515
1076
47.0
19.0
Sat, Apr 24, 2021
7461.41
0.01
375,858
476
1624
61.0
21.0
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
7480.64
-19.22
510,671
862
1366
54.0
29.0
Wed, Apr 24, 2019
7445.74
15.68
289,291
2879
460
64.0
25.0
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
7479.44
-18.02
501,921
801
1374
60.0
37.0
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
7497.68
-36.26
642,393
2919
1025
57.0
36.0
Sun, Apr 24, 2016
7488.21
-26.79
567,497
1668
1344
57.0
26.0
Averages of List
7471.54
-10.12
454,243
1660
1035
57.8
25.7


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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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