Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 213 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7459.15 on Friday, May 1st, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 9, 2022
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 60.25 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 43.64% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 215,912 acre feet
This is 81.93% of the average of 263,527 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 279,848 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 54,215 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 63,936 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 81.52% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 23.29% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -22.38 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 9.31 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -4.17 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| 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 |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 |
7460.06 |
-0.30 |
367,539 |
569 |
1485 |
49.3 |
25.7 |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 |
7460.36 |
-0.24 |
369,378 |
891 |
1624 |
48.0 |
25.7 |
| Sun, Apr 26, 2026 |
7460.60 |
-0.41 |
370,853 |
352 |
1616 |
46.8 |
35.6 |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2026 |
7461.01 |
-0.41 |
373,382 |
345 |
1614 |
55.8 |
35.4 |
| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 |
7461.42 |
-0.34 |
375,920 |
415 |
1469 |
54.7 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2026 |
7461.76 |
-0.30 |
378,033 |
466 |
1398 |
48.6 |
31.0 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
7462.06 |
-0.34 |
379,903 |
394 |
1455 |
62.4 |
37.2 |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
7462.40 |
-0.31 |
382,029 |
481 |
1451 |
65.3 |
36.3 |
| Mon, Apr 20, 2026 |
7462.71 |
-0.30 |
383,974 |
472 |
1413 |
63.5 |
33.1 |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026 |
7463.01 |
-0.31 |
385,862 |
435 |
1412 |
58.8 |
23.4 |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026 |
7463.32 |
-0.31 |
387,820 |
447 |
1427 |
44.6 |
15.4 |
| Averages of List |
7461.22 |
-0.32 |
374,729 |
486.5 |
1476.5 |
53.9 |
29.1 |
Averages for May 1st
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.74 |
-9.59 |
435,399 |
1908.70 |
1203.86 |
57.05 |
29.50 |
| All-Time |
7468.56 |
-9.41 |
433,942 |
1928.52 |
1217.98 |
57.05 |
29.50 |
Last 10 May 1st's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, May 01, 2025 |
7481.53 |
-22.38 |
513,276 |
1571 |
1259 |
55.4 |
30.2 |
| Wed, May 01, 2024 |
7486.56 |
-27.41 |
551,091 |
1544 |
1106 |
58.9 |
38.0 |
| Mon, May 01, 2023 |
7459.58 |
-0.43 |
364,607 |
3471 |
337 |
65.8 |
30.0 |
| Sun, May 01, 2022 |
7439.32 |
19.83 |
254,159 |
1545 |
608 |
65.0 |
26.0 |
| Sat, May 01, 2021 |
7459.40 |
-0.25 |
363,512 |
726 |
1574 |
75.0 |
30.0 |
| Fri, May 01, 2020 |
7480.64 |
-21.49 |
510,671 |
1851 |
1284 |
76.0 |
32.0 |
| Wed, May 01, 2019 |
7455.39 |
3.76 |
343,464 |
4376 |
0 |
52.0 |
32.0 |
| Tue, May 01, 2018 |
7478.84 |
-19.69 |
497,575 |
1181 |
1532 |
54.0 |
28.0 |
| Mon, May 01, 2017 |
7499.64 |
-40.49 |
658,389 |
1808 |
1420 |
57.0 |
30.0 |
| Sun, May 01, 2016 |
7488.62 |
-29.47 |
570,655 |
1140 |
1125 |
44.0 |
32.0 |
| Averages of List |
7473.51 |
-14.36 |
466,099 |
1884 |
1062 |
58.9 |
28.5 |
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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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