Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 178 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.58 on Friday, March 27th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 26, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.82 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.07% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 173,647 acre feet
This is 98.61% of the average of 176,087 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 184,904 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 858 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,257 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 101.43% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 189.85% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -11.82 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.88 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.09 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 |
7467.58 |
0.02 |
415,350 |
1101 |
1027 |
51.3 |
31.5 |
| Thu, Mar 26, 2026 |
7467.56 |
0.02 |
415,218 |
1003 |
928 |
66.4 |
43.2 |
| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 |
7467.54 |
0.06 |
415,086 |
908 |
701 |
70.7 |
33.1 |
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026 |
7467.48 |
0.03 |
414,690 |
814 |
707 |
64.8 |
34.3 |
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026 |
7467.45 |
0.00 |
414,492 |
750 |
743 |
64.4 |
31.8 |
| Sun, Mar 22, 2026 |
7467.45 |
0.10 |
414,492 |
794 |
455 |
64.6 |
39.0 |
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026 |
7467.35 |
0.00 |
413,833 |
648 |
641 |
69.6 |
30.7 |
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026 |
7467.35 |
-0.01 |
413,833 |
647 |
674 |
67.5 |
30.4 |
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026 |
7467.36 |
-0.07 |
413,899 |
546 |
772 |
63.7 |
27.3 |
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 |
7467.43 |
-0.16 |
414,360 |
129 |
655 |
60.3 |
28.9 |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.04 |
415,416 |
794 |
655 |
52.3 |
30.0 |
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 |
7467.55 |
-0.09 |
415,152 |
364 |
657 |
40.6 |
22.1 |
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026 |
7467.64 |
-0.03 |
415,746 |
556 |
650 |
36.1 |
18.0 |
| Sat, Mar 14, 2026 |
7467.67 |
-0.08 |
415,944 |
376 |
637 |
55.0 |
32.4 |
| Averages of List |
7467.50 |
-0.01 |
414,822 |
673.6 |
707.3 |
59.1 |
30.9 |
Averages for March 27th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.45 |
-0.87 |
432,960 |
814.77 |
1079.11 |
46.60 |
19.76 |
| All-Time |
7468.23 |
-0.65 |
431,318 |
812.50 |
1085.79 |
46.60 |
19.76 |
Last 10 March 27th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, Mar 27, 2025 |
7479.40 |
-11.82 |
497,635 |
740 |
2056 |
48.4 |
22.7 |
| Wed, Mar 27, 2024 |
7487.37 |
-19.79 |
557,296 |
610 |
1104 |
33.7 |
15.9 |
| Mon, Mar 27, 2023 |
7448.67 |
18.91 |
302,066 |
440 |
298 |
27.3 |
-13.4 |
| Sun, Mar 27, 2022 |
7435.76 |
31.82 |
237,198 |
781 |
705 |
67.0 |
22.0 |
| Sat, Mar 27, 2021 |
7465.88 |
1.70 |
404,223 |
778 |
770 |
44.0 |
20.0 |
| Fri, Mar 27, 2020 |
7484.32 |
-16.74 |
537,945 |
588 |
1033 |
38.0 |
20.0 |
| Wed, Mar 27, 2019 |
7437.70 |
29.88 |
248,220 |
467 |
240 |
38.0 |
13.0 |
| Tue, Mar 27, 2018 |
7484.53 |
-16.95 |
539,521 |
495 |
1207 |
46.0 |
24.0 |
| Mon, Mar 27, 2017 |
7487.63 |
-20.05 |
563,044 |
1810 |
412 |
53.0 |
24.0 |
| Sun, Mar 27, 2016 |
7487.74 |
-20.16 |
563,887 |
583 |
265 |
46.0 |
12.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.88 |
-2.30 |
444,861 |
814 |
928 |
47.1 |
17.6 |
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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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