Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 147 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 40% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.55 on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 23, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.05% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 137,010 acre feet
This is 96.71% of the average of 141,667 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 148,822 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,056 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,812 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 102.54% 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 -13.49 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.91 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.31 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Feb 24, 2026 |
7467.55 |
0.03 |
415,152 |
521 |
417 |
45.1 |
17.2 |
| Mon, Feb 23, 2026 |
7467.52 |
0.02 |
414,954 |
420 |
350 |
41.5 |
9.5 |
| Sun, Feb 22, 2026 |
7467.50 |
-0.09 |
414,822 |
55 |
350 |
38.7 |
-2.4 |
| Sat, Feb 21, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.11 |
415,416 |
700 |
330 |
28.8 |
4.1 |
| Fri, Feb 20, 2026 |
7467.48 |
-0.01 |
414,690 |
318 |
348 |
23.4 |
3.4 |
| Thu, Feb 19, 2026 |
7467.49 |
-0.10 |
414,756 |
11 |
340 |
18.9 |
7.3 |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.13 |
415,416 |
802 |
366 |
32.0 |
18.9 |
| Tue, Feb 17, 2026 |
7467.46 |
0.06 |
414,558 |
552 |
349 |
30.7 |
25.0 |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 |
7467.40 |
0.03 |
414,163 |
438 |
335 |
43.2 |
29.1 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.44 |
0.02 |
414,408 |
435.0 |
355.5 |
35.7 |
16.3 |
Averages for February 24th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7472.45 |
-4.9 |
458,294 |
424.66 |
917.89 |
31.35 |
5.89 |
| All-Time |
7472.51 |
-4.96 |
458,572 |
425.47 |
932.57 |
31.35 |
5.89 |
Last 10 February 24th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Feb 24, 2025 |
7481.04 |
-13.49 |
509,658 |
559 |
591 |
45.2 |
25.0 |
| Sat, Feb 24, 2024 |
7487.82 |
-20.27 |
560,758 |
337 |
293 |
31.3 |
6.7 |
| Fri, Feb 24, 2023 |
7447.56 |
19.99 |
296,109 |
373 |
396 |
30.2 |
0.1 |
| Thu, Feb 24, 2022 |
7436.43 |
31.12 |
240,344 |
406 |
189 |
22.0 |
3.0 |
| Wed, Feb 24, 2021 |
7465.53 |
2.02 |
401,955 |
436 |
596 |
37.0 |
0.0 |
| Mon, Feb 24, 2020 |
7484.47 |
-16.92 |
539,071 |
404 |
703 |
39.0 |
9.0 |
| Sun, Feb 24, 2019 |
7437.58 |
29.97 |
247,635 |
337 |
457 |
28.0 |
-17.0 |
| Sat, Feb 24, 2018 |
7485.70 |
-18.15 |
548,344 |
499 |
609 |
24.0 |
14.0 |
| Fri, Feb 24, 2017 |
7489.03 |
-21.48 |
573,821 |
450 |
1070 |
21.0 |
1.0 |
| Wed, Feb 24, 2016 |
7487.74 |
-20.19 |
563,887 |
401 |
1016 |
21.0 |
-5.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.24 |
-2.69 |
447,788 |
399 |
581 |
29.6 |
1.5 |
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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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