Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 12 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 3% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7485.64 on Saturday, October 12th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 18, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 33.76 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 65.59% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 15,660 acre feet

This is 93.63% of the average of 16,726 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 29,945 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 94,364 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 14,285 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 41.48% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 131.76% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -9.20 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 1.85 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.01 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
7485.64
-0.32
544,083
586
1804
68.3
32.7
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
7485.96
-0.22
546,516
593
1429
67.9
32.2
Thu, Oct 10, 2024
7486.18
-0.23
548,191
575
1451
69.0
32.3
Wed, Oct 09, 2024
7486.41
-0.18
549,945
678
1362
69.6
33.1
Tue, Oct 08, 2024
7486.59
-0.15
551,320
617
1186
67.0
31.9
Mon, Oct 07, 2024
7486.74
-0.13
552,467
675
1167
67.6
30.6
Sun, Oct 06, 2024
7486.87
-0.14
553,462
594
1124
70.3
30.8
Sat, Oct 05, 2024
7487.01
-0.10
554,534
740
1116
71.3
40.6
Fri, Oct 04, 2024
7487.11
-0.13
555,301
623
1115
73.3
30.3
Thu, Oct 03, 2024
7487.24
-0.12
556,298
699
1153
71.6
34.2
Wed, Oct 02, 2024
7487.36
-0.13
557,219
708
1200
73.7
35.9
Tue, Oct 01, 2024
7487.49
-0.05
558,218
807
990
74.1
32.7
Mon, Sep 30, 2024
7487.54
-0.11
558,603
742
1157
73.0
46.0
Sun, Sep 29, 2024
7487.65
-0.05
559,449
805
987
75.0
39.2
Averages of List
7486.84
-0.15
553,258
674.4
1231.5
70.8
34.5

Averages for October 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7488.84
-3.2
584,304
682.89
1250.74
58.09
25.77
All-Time
7489.19
-3.55
586,926
689.71
1243.13
58.09
25.77

Last 10 October 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
7494.84
-9.20
616,067
627
983
45.0
25.5
Wed, Oct 12, 2022
7444.58
41.06
280,469
511
1000
67.0
22.0
Tue, Oct 12, 2021
7432.81
52.83
223,592
468
1036
45.0
31.0
Mon, Oct 12, 2020
7467.24
18.40
417,390
377
1300
64.0
17.0
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
7506.15
-20.51
712,768
322
1342
50.0
3.0
Fri, Oct 12, 2018
7440.34
45.30
261,302
417
1046
50.0
31.0
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
7505.35
-19.71
705,980
574
1675
66.0
24.0
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
7497.49
-11.85
640,851
604
1495
64.0
32.0
Mon, Oct 12, 2015
7504.61
-18.97
699,728
548
1644
73.0
30.0
Sun, Oct 12, 2014
7491.13
-5.49
590,164
875
1182
51.0
33.0
Averages of List
7478.08
7.56
512,200
561
1198
62.4
19.5


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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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