Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 158 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 43% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7468.04 on Saturday, March 7th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 6, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.36 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.44% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 149,074 acre feet
This is 98.44% of the average of 151,437 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 157,543 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 2,184 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 8,469 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 102.12% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 106.27% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -12.94 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.42 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.54 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Mar 07, 2026 |
7468.04 |
-0.07 |
418,392 |
471 |
699 |
37.4 |
22.6 |
| Fri, Mar 06, 2026 |
7468.11 |
-0.02 |
418,857 |
516 |
578 |
32.9 |
23.7 |
| Thu, Mar 05, 2026 |
7468.13 |
0.06 |
418,989 |
583 |
378 |
46.6 |
29.7 |
| Wed, Mar 04, 2026 |
7468.07 |
0.06 |
418,591 |
521 |
316 |
47.5 |
25.2 |
| Tue, Mar 03, 2026 |
7468.01 |
0.06 |
418,193 |
548 |
343 |
38.7 |
25.5 |
| Mon, Mar 02, 2026 |
7467.95 |
0.10 |
417,796 |
663 |
325 |
51.6 |
34.7 |
| Sun, Mar 01, 2026 |
7467.85 |
0.09 |
417,134 |
619 |
314 |
51.6 |
29.8 |
| Sat, Feb 28, 2026 |
7467.76 |
-0.03 |
416,539 |
283 |
378 |
46.4 |
28.6 |
| Fri, Feb 27, 2026 |
7467.79 |
0.12 |
416,737 |
774 |
370 |
42.1 |
23.9 |
| Thu, Feb 26, 2026 |
7467.67 |
0.07 |
415,944 |
619 |
381 |
42.3 |
25.9 |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 |
7467.60 |
0.05 |
415,482 |
502 |
332 |
43.7 |
29.3 |
| Tue, Feb 24, 2026 |
7467.55 |
0.03 |
415,152 |
504 |
400 |
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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.83 |
0.03 |
416,970 |
505.6 |
393.9 |
43.3 |
23.1 |
Averages for March 7th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7470.73 |
-2.69 |
447,064 |
465.63 |
978.36 |
38.96 |
14.97 |
| All-Time |
7470.70 |
-2.66 |
446,610 |
467.14 |
1026.33 |
38.96 |
14.97 |
Last 10 March 7th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Mar 07, 2025 |
7480.98 |
-12.94 |
509,216 |
508 |
651 |
30.6 |
17.5 |
| Thu, Mar 07, 2024 |
7487.99 |
-19.95 |
562,069 |
534 |
488 |
32.3 |
7.6 |
| Tue, Mar 07, 2023 |
7447.58 |
20.46 |
296,216 |
359 |
812 |
36.5 |
5.2 |
| Mon, Mar 07, 2022 |
7436.48 |
31.56 |
240,580 |
367 |
482 |
29.0 |
6.0 |
| Sun, Mar 07, 2021 |
7465.59 |
2.45 |
402,343 |
364 |
327 |
47.0 |
12.0 |
| Sat, Mar 07, 2020 |
7484.10 |
-16.06 |
536,296 |
475 |
544 |
48.0 |
15.0 |
| Thu, Mar 07, 2019 |
7437.59 |
30.45 |
247,684 |
553 |
746 |
42.0 |
25.0 |
| Wed, Mar 07, 2018 |
7485.30 |
-17.26 |
545,320 |
474 |
544 |
46.0 |
7.0 |
| Tue, Mar 07, 2017 |
7487.46 |
-19.42 |
561,742 |
360 |
1435 |
32.0 |
9.0 |
| Mon, Mar 07, 2016 |
7486.88 |
-18.84 |
557,310 |
791 |
823 |
37.0 |
26.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.94 |
-1.90 |
445,482 |
455 |
649 |
39.2 |
13.5 |
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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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