Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 138 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.37 on Sunday, February 15th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 14, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.03 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.91% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 129,439 acre feet
This is 96.56% of the average of 134,057 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 142,505 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 2,243 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 13,066 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 103.48% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 123.56% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.10 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 1.09 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.19 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Feb 15, 2026 |
7467.37 |
0.02 |
413,965 |
436 |
367 |
40.8 |
17.8 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.23 |
0.01 |
413,067 |
422.1 |
371.6 |
39.5 |
18.3 |
Averages for February 15th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7473.79 |
-6.42 |
467,373 |
428.73 |
924.09 |
32.88 |
8.19 |
| All-Time |
7473.93 |
-6.56 |
468,238 |
429.28 |
957.59 |
32.88 |
8.19 |
Last 10 February 15th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Feb 15, 2025 |
7481.47 |
-14.10 |
512,832 |
483 |
629 |
31.6 |
19.3 |
| Thu, Feb 15, 2024 |
7488.10 |
-20.73 |
562,918 |
451 |
603 |
31.1 |
3.2 |
| Wed, Feb 15, 2023 |
7447.79 |
19.58 |
297,337 |
433 |
377 |
19.4 |
-1.1 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 |
7435.90 |
31.47 |
237,854 |
349 |
346 |
39.0 |
6.0 |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2021 |
7465.43 |
1.94 |
401,309 |
321 |
415 |
25.0 |
-2.0 |
| Sat, Feb 15, 2020 |
7485.01 |
-17.64 |
543,133 |
413 |
714 |
31.0 |
-5.0 |
| Fri, Feb 15, 2019 |
7438.05 |
29.32 |
249,932 |
437 |
286 |
41.0 |
24.0 |
| Thu, Feb 15, 2018 |
7486.04 |
-18.67 |
550,920 |
466 |
539 |
37.0 |
27.0 |
| Wed, Feb 15, 2017 |
7489.83 |
-22.46 |
580,023 |
483 |
1028 |
28.0 |
8.0 |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2016 |
7488.99 |
-21.62 |
573,512 |
494 |
1075 |
39.0 |
14.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.62 |
-3.25 |
450,686 |
457 |
601 |
32.2 |
3.6 |
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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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