Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 214 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7458.58 on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 30, 2023
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 60.82 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 43.22% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 216,824 acre feet
This is 81.06% of the average of 267,470 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 284,198 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 57,674 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 67,374 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 80.99% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 22.21% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -23.00 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 9.88 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -4.43 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, May 02, 2026 |
7458.58 |
-0.57 |
358,534 |
460 |
2193 |
57.7 |
27.9 |
| Fri, May 01, 2026 |
7459.15 |
-0.31 |
361,993 |
503 |
1442 |
51.1 |
27.9 |
| Thu, Apr 30, 2026 |
7459.46 |
-0.29 |
363,877 |
542 |
1422 |
53.4 |
29.5 |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 |
7459.75 |
-0.31 |
365,644 |
499 |
1443 |
52.2 |
26.8 |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 |
7460.06 |
-0.30 |
367,539 |
569 |
1485 |
49.3 |
25.7 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7460.88 |
-0.34 |
372,637 |
487.4 |
1531.2 |
54.8 |
30.0 |
Averages for May 2nd
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.96 |
-10.38 |
436,793 |
1940.27 |
1225.45 |
58.23 |
27.47 |
| All-Time |
7468.78 |
-10.2 |
435,364 |
1968.38 |
1238.91 |
58.23 |
27.47 |
Last 10 May 2nd's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, May 02, 2025 |
7481.58 |
-23.00 |
513,646 |
1433 |
1232 |
56.9 |
22.1 |
| Thu, May 02, 2024 |
7486.55 |
-27.97 |
551,015 |
1419 |
1443 |
51.3 |
25.9 |
| Tue, May 02, 2023 |
7460.80 |
-2.22 |
372,085 |
3786 |
34 |
63.9 |
33.4 |
| Mon, May 02, 2022 |
7439.72 |
18.86 |
256,103 |
1522 |
532 |
60.0 |
34.0 |
| Sun, May 02, 2021 |
7459.37 |
-0.79 |
363,329 |
1571 |
1651 |
67.0 |
31.0 |
| Sat, May 02, 2020 |
7480.92 |
-22.34 |
512,723 |
2160 |
1112 |
72.0 |
28.0 |
| Thu, May 02, 2019 |
7456.53 |
2.05 |
350,219 |
3417 |
0 |
48.0 |
26.0 |
| Wed, May 02, 2018 |
7478.71 |
-20.13 |
496,636 |
1041 |
1501 |
52.0 |
35.0 |
| Tue, May 02, 2017 |
7499.65 |
-41.07 |
658,471 |
1748 |
1691 |
55.0 |
27.0 |
| Mon, May 02, 2016 |
7488.63 |
-30.05 |
570,732 |
1140 |
1087 |
53.0 |
33.0 |
| Averages of List |
7473.71 |
-15.13 |
467,337 |
1944 |
1306 |
60.2 |
29.1 |
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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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