Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 224 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 61% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7456.87 on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 11, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 62.53 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 42% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 230,120 acre feet

This is 73.35% of the average of 313,734 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 304,937 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 67,848 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 74,817 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 77.31% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 35.62% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -25.08 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 11.59 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.88 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 12, 2026
7456.87
-0.01
348,360
760
778
74.8
37.6
Mon, May 11, 2026
7456.88
-0.12
348,419
582
926
73.3
34.4
Sun, May 10, 2026
7457.00
-0.14
349,126
523
928
65.7
32.7
Sat, May 09, 2026
7457.14
-0.14
349,952
522
927
64.6
34.3
Fri, May 08, 2026
7457.28
-0.17
350,780
552
928
64.0
32.7
Thu, May 07, 2026
7457.45
-0.52
351,786
522
929
57.7
22.6
Wed, May 06, 2026
7457.97
0.00
354,875
941
929
45.0
29.8
Tue, May 05, 2026
7457.97
0.00
354,875
947
936
54.3
35.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
7457.97
-0.11
354,875
819
1138
58.5
38.6
Sun, May 03, 2026
7458.08
-0.50
355,531
535
2037
60.4
31.8
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
Averages of List
7457.97
-0.23
354,902
621.9
1211.1
59.5
31.6

Averages for May 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7471.89
-15.02
456,277
2591.91
1367.93
62.92
30.59
All-Time
7471.90
-15.03
456,119
2676.64
1353.52
62.92
30.59

Last 10 May 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 12, 2025
7481.95
-25.08
516,386
1882
1493
68.0
35.1
Sun, May 12, 2024
7486.92
-30.05
553,845
1511
1379
54.8
27.7
Fri, May 12, 2023
7472.54
-15.67
448,871
3667
79
59.7
26.1
Thu, May 12, 2022
7445.25
11.62
283,941
3148
892
59.0
38.0
Wed, May 12, 2021
7456.86
0.01
348,301
879
2296
62.0
20.0
Tue, May 12, 2020
7483.06
-26.19
528,532
2071
1269
69.0
41.0
Sun, May 12, 2019
7463.64
-6.77
394,058
2899
516
60.0
26.0
Sat, May 12, 2018
7478.89
-22.02
497,936
2028
1321
73.0
42.0
Fri, May 12, 2017
7503.60
-46.73
691,235
4159
1145
72.0
32.0
Thu, May 12, 2016
7490.21
-33.34
582,980
1884
1750
64.0
24.0
Averages of List
7476.82
-19.95
488,407
2722
1824
66.3
30.8


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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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