Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 226 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7457.06 on Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 13, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 62.34 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.13% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 233,674 acre feet
This is 71.93% of the average of 324,857 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 307,323 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 66,728 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 73,649 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 76.09% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 44.78% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.50 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.19 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.09 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, May 14, 2026 |
7457.06 |
0.09 |
349,480 |
882 |
602 |
70.8 |
43.4 |
| Wed, May 13, 2026 |
7456.97 |
0.10 |
348,949 |
910 |
601 |
72.7 |
41.0 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7457.60 |
-0.17 |
352,681 |
675.6 |
1092.4 |
62.2 |
33.6 |
Averages for May 14th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7472.68 |
-15.62 |
461,503 |
2766.88 |
1415.70 |
64.75 |
31.54 |
| All-Time |
7472.74 |
-15.68 |
461,704 |
2848.97 |
1414.86 |
64.75 |
31.54 |
Last 10 May 14th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, May 14, 2025 |
7482.56 |
-25.50 |
520,919 |
2524 |
1271 |
51.6 |
33.3 |
| Tue, May 14, 2024 |
7486.98 |
-29.92 |
554,304 |
1746 |
1691 |
64.2 |
37.6 |
| Sun, May 14, 2023 |
7473.62 |
-16.56 |
456,374 |
3958 |
3029 |
56.7 |
34.7 |
| Sat, May 14, 2022 |
7446.58 |
10.48 |
290,910 |
2911 |
1282 |
72.0 |
24.0 |
| Fri, May 14, 2021 |
7455.16 |
1.90 |
338,379 |
957 |
3405 |
73.0 |
28.0 |
| Thu, May 14, 2020 |
7483.43 |
-26.37 |
531,288 |
1845 |
1266 |
68.0 |
28.0 |
| Tue, May 14, 2019 |
7465.48 |
-8.42 |
405,888 |
4051 |
622 |
70.0 |
30.0 |
| Mon, May 14, 2018 |
7479.15 |
-22.09 |
499,818 |
1824 |
1443 |
66.0 |
28.0 |
| Sun, May 14, 2017 |
7505.39 |
-48.33 |
706,319 |
5224 |
1245 |
70.0 |
34.0 |
| Sat, May 14, 2016 |
7489.81 |
-32.75 |
579,868 |
2184 |
2990 |
71.0 |
30.0 |
| Averages of List |
7477.04 |
-19.98 |
490,001 |
2884 |
2065 |
66.1 |
31.5 |
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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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