Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 199 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7463.63 on Friday, April 17th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 9, 2022

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 55.77 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 46.99% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 202,402 acre feet

This is 93% of the average of 217,633 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 238,847 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 26,425 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 36,445 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 91.38% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 38.34% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -16.76 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 4.83 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -3.01 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
7463.63
-0.32
389,783
495
1510
36.1
19.9
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
7463.95
-0.28
391,817
594
1484
56.1
31.5
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
7464.23
-0.25
393,601
702
1497
51.4
24.4
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
7464.48
-0.25
395,199
652
1450
41.9
30.6
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
7464.73
-0.23
396,801
519
1254
51.3
33.3
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
7464.96
-0.25
398,279
450
1252
54.3
26.6
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
7465.21
-0.15
399,889
758
1236
53.2
34.2
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
7465.36
-0.26
400,856
496
1334
61.5
29.3
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
7465.62
-0.19
402,537
640
1252
61.5
34.0
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
7465.81
-0.21
403,769
568
1246
58.8
27.5
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
7466.02
-0.20
405,132
596
1243
56.5
27.3
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
7466.22
-0.22
406,433
544
1259
56.8
25.5
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
7466.44
-0.20
407,867
583
1233
54.7
21.9
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
7466.64
-0.25
409,174
634
1451
49.6
26.1
Averages of List
7465.24
-0.23
400,081
587.9
1335.8
53.1
28.0

Averages for April 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7467.19
-3.56
425,617
1332.36
1259.64
54.02
25.18
All-Time
7466.95
-3.32
423,785
1342.43
1277.16
54.02
25.18

Last 10 April 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
7480.39
-16.76
504,876
2379
1111
51.9
32.8
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
7485.33
-21.70
541,731
1513
1271
57.3
33.3
Mon, Apr 17, 2023
7451.91
11.72
319,889
1732
147
56.5
24.4
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
7436.43
27.20
240,344
835
1256
58.0
29.0
Sat, Apr 17, 2021
7463.64
-0.01
389,847
805
1467
43.0
23.0
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
7481.87
-18.24
519,713
654
1424
53.0
20.0
Wed, Apr 17, 2019
7441.25
22.38
265,902
1604
727
60.0
27.0
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
7480.61
-16.98
510,451
717
1407
50.0
26.0
Mon, Apr 17, 2017
7493.62
-29.99
609,797
3221
1050
64.0
25.0
Sun, Apr 17, 2016
7488.47
-24.84
569,499
1380
1251
42.0
26.0
Averages of List
7470.42
-6.79
447,628
1391
1167
54.6
24.8


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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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