Blue Mesa

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Water Summary
Today is day 137 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.35 on Saturday, February 14th, 2026 Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 13, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.05 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.89% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 128,574 acre feet
This is 96.53% of the average of 133,198 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 141,777 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 2,375 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 13,203 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 103.58% of WY 2025
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 124.32% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.16 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 1.11 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is up 0.18 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Feb 14, 2026 |
7467.35 |
0.04 |
413,833 |
490 |
354 |
39.6 |
22.8 |
| Fri, Feb 13, 2026 |
7467.31 |
0.04 |
413,570 |
487 |
351 |
38.1 |
26.4 |
| Thu, Feb 12, 2026 |
7467.27 |
0.03 |
413,307 |
458 |
355 |
37.9 |
25.5 |
| Wed, Feb 11, 2026 |
7467.24 |
0.01 |
413,109 |
402 |
365 |
40.8 |
24.1 |
| Tue, Feb 10, 2026 |
7467.23 |
0.01 |
413,044 |
431 |
395 |
41.5 |
17.8 |
| Mon, Feb 09, 2026 |
7467.22 |
0.01 |
412,978 |
402 |
366 |
41.0 |
17.8 |
| Sun, Feb 08, 2026 |
7467.21 |
0.02 |
412,912 |
431 |
361 |
41.2 |
22.8 |
| Sat, Feb 07, 2026 |
7467.19 |
0.00 |
412,781 |
380 |
377 |
42.8 |
19.9 |
| Fri, Feb 06, 2026 |
7467.19 |
0.03 |
412,781 |
447 |
345 |
40.3 |
11.7 |
| Thu, Feb 05, 2026 |
7467.16 |
-0.02 |
412,583 |
426 |
489 |
38.5 |
11.8 |
| Wed, Feb 04, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
399 |
363 |
32.5 |
5.0 |
| Tue, Feb 03, 2026 |
7467.17 |
-0.01 |
412,649 |
334 |
364 |
37.2 |
13.1 |
| Mon, Feb 02, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
387 |
351 |
40.8 |
19.8 |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2026 |
7467.17 |
0.00 |
412,649 |
369 |
366 |
36.1 |
5.7 |
| Averages of List |
7467.22 |
0.01 |
412,973 |
417.4 |
371.6 |
39.2 |
17.4 |
Averages for February 14th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7473.93 |
-6.58 |
468,363 |
437.91 |
935.00 |
31.32 |
5.91 |
| All-Time |
7474.08 |
-6.73 |
469,292 |
439.16 |
962.91 |
31.32 |
5.91 |
Last 10 February 14th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Feb 14, 2025 |
7481.51 |
-14.16 |
513,128 |
737 |
584 |
33.4 |
19.0 |
| Wed, Feb 14, 2024 |
7488.14 |
-20.79 |
563,226 |
393 |
622 |
31.6 |
-5.9 |
| Tue, Feb 14, 2023 |
7447.77 |
19.58 |
297,230 |
414 |
304 |
28.8 |
10.6 |
| Mon, Feb 14, 2022 |
7435.90 |
31.45 |
237,854 |
360 |
287 |
33.0 |
-1.0 |
| Sun, Feb 14, 2021 |
7465.46 |
1.89 |
401,502 |
516 |
611 |
28.0 |
3.0 |
| Fri, Feb 14, 2020 |
7485.09 |
-17.74 |
543,736 |
467 |
767 |
34.0 |
-3.0 |
| Thu, Feb 14, 2019 |
7437.99 |
29.36 |
249,638 |
467 |
638 |
35.0 |
6.0 |
| Wed, Feb 14, 2018 |
7486.06 |
-18.71 |
551,072 |
515 |
626 |
37.0 |
23.0 |
| Tue, Feb 14, 2017 |
7489.97 |
-22.62 |
581,112 |
598 |
947 |
30.0 |
12.0 |
| Sun, Feb 14, 2016 |
7489.14 |
-21.79 |
574,672 |
431 |
1051 |
28.0 |
-5.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.66 |
-3.31 |
450,977 |
433 |
601 |
32.2 |
9.3 |
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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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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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