Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 235 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7457.70 on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 17, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 61.7 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.59% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 252,749 acre feet
This is 65.23% of the average of 387,470 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 322,370 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 62,939 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 69,621 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.33% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 26.97% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.63 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.83 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.70 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, May 23, 2026 |
7457.70 |
-0.43 |
353,269 |
786 |
2063 |
65.5 |
32.3 |
| Fri, May 22, 2026 |
7458.13 |
-0.17 |
355,830 |
803 |
1303 |
62.7 |
32.9 |
| Thu, May 21, 2026 |
7458.30 |
0.30 |
356,848 |
1469 |
551 |
63.0 |
31.0 |
| Wed, May 20, 2026 |
7458.00 |
-0.13 |
355,054 |
283 |
660 |
60.3 |
37.6 |
| Tue, May 19, 2026 |
7458.13 |
0.15 |
355,830 |
1068 |
603 |
58.6 |
29.8 |
| Mon, May 18, 2026 |
7457.98 |
0.23 |
354,935 |
1305 |
602 |
49.1 |
38.0 |
| Sun, May 17, 2026 |
7457.75 |
0.18 |
353,566 |
1153 |
601 |
62.5 |
39.6 |
| Sat, May 16, 2026 |
7457.57 |
0.24 |
352,497 |
1331 |
602 |
72.6 |
39.9 |
| Fri, May 15, 2026 |
7457.33 |
0.19 |
351,075 |
1181 |
601 |
70.5 |
38.5 |
| Thu, May 14, 2026 |
7457.14 |
0.17 |
349,952 |
1120 |
602 |
70.8 |
44.7 |
| Wed, May 13, 2026 |
7456.97 |
0.10 |
348,949 |
910 |
601 |
74.6 |
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 |
| Averages of List |
7457.55 |
0.04 |
352,408 |
948.1 |
815.8 |
66.0 |
36.4 |
Averages for May 23rd
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7477.44 |
-19.74 |
493,731 |
3746.95 |
1768.70 |
64.07 |
35.21 |
| All-Time |
7477.77 |
-20.07 |
496,089 |
3839.48 |
1732.31 |
64.07 |
35.21 |
Last 10 May 23rd's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, May 23, 2025 |
7483.33 |
-25.63 |
526,667 |
1542 |
1524 |
70.9 |
38.9 |
| Thu, May 23, 2024 |
7482.74 |
-25.04 |
522,260 |
2955 |
5990 |
61.5 |
33.1 |
| Tue, May 23, 2023 |
7480.56 |
-22.86 |
506,125 |
5699 |
2211 |
66.9 |
33.3 |
| Mon, May 23, 2022 |
7450.43 |
7.27 |
311,668 |
2370 |
1553 |
58.0 |
36.0 |
| Sun, May 23, 2021 |
7455.20 |
2.50 |
338,611 |
1152 |
1693 |
60.0 |
34.0 |
| Sat, May 23, 2020 |
7482.96 |
-25.26 |
527,788 |
2517 |
1937 |
67.0 |
33.0 |
| Thu, May 23, 2019 |
7474.51 |
-16.81 |
466,787 |
3146 |
1791 |
57.0 |
35.0 |
| Wed, May 23, 2018 |
7479.85 |
-22.15 |
504,902 |
1666 |
2237 |
71.0 |
36.0 |
| Tue, May 23, 2017 |
7503.26 |
-45.56 |
688,387 |
3699 |
10759 |
60.0 |
34.0 |
| Mon, May 23, 2016 |
7487.58 |
-29.88 |
562,661 |
3773 |
4025 |
62.0 |
30.0 |
| Averages of List |
7477.92 |
-20.22 |
494,434 |
2793 |
3357 |
66.5 |
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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