Blue Mesa

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Water Summary
Today is day 233 of 365 for water year 2025.
We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7483.42 on Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 20, 2025
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Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 35.98 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 63.57% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2025: 340,622 acre feet
This is 90.97% of the average of 374,451 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2025: 368,286 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet |
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 30,877 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 27,664 AF |
Inflows for WY 2025 are 102.02% of WY 2024
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 37.23% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -0.79 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 4.42 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is up 1.51 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Wed, May 21, 2025 |
7483.42 |
0.01 |
527,341 |
1364 |
1309 |
64.5 |
29.0 |
Tue, May 20, 2025 |
7483.41 |
0.07 |
527,266 |
1413 |
1132 |
57.3 |
26.4 |
Mon, May 19, 2025 |
7483.34 |
0.10 |
526,742 |
1528 |
1134 |
49.2 |
33.3 |
Sun, May 18, 2025 |
7483.24 |
0.11 |
525,994 |
1554 |
1122 |
53.9 |
37.6 |
Sat, May 17, 2025 |
7483.13 |
0.16 |
525,171 |
1676 |
1057 |
61.9 |
33.5 |
Fri, May 16, 2025 |
7482.97 |
0.19 |
523,976 |
1941 |
1210 |
58.8 |
29.7 |
Thu, May 15, 2025 |
7482.78 |
0.22 |
522,559 |
1933 |
1091 |
51.0 |
27.9 |
Wed, May 14, 2025 |
7482.56 |
0.33 |
520,919 |
2524 |
1271 |
51.6 |
33.3 |
Tue, May 13, 2025 |
7482.23 |
0.28 |
518,465 |
2211 |
1148 |
68.0 |
38.8 |
Mon, May 12, 2025 |
7481.95 |
0.10 |
516,386 |
1882 |
1493 |
68.0 |
35.1 |
Sun, May 11, 2025 |
7481.85 |
0.04 |
515,645 |
1629 |
1464 |
65.9 |
31.4 |
Sat, May 10, 2025 |
7481.81 |
0.00 |
515,349 |
1256 |
1240 |
63.5 |
26.5 |
Fri, May 09, 2025 |
7481.81 |
-0.10 |
515,349 |
1259 |
1618 |
61.8 |
27.2 |
Thu, May 08, 2025 |
7481.91 |
-0.01 |
516,090 |
1286 |
1309 |
59.8 |
25.4 |
Averages of List |
7482.60 |
0.11 |
521,232 |
1675.4 |
1257.0 |
59.7 |
31.1 |
Averages for May 21st
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7476.62 |
6.8 |
488,146 |
3711.07 |
1659.02 |
64.87 |
32.86 |
All-Time |
7476.88 |
6.54 |
489,940 |
3813.58 |
1624.07 |
64.87 |
32.86 |
Last 10 May 21st's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Tue, May 21, 2024 |
7484.21 |
-0.79 |
533,271 |
3824 |
5973 |
48.6 |
26.6 |
Sun, May 21, 2023 |
7478.53 |
4.89 |
491,313 |
6029 |
2264 |
64.6 |
32.2 |
Sat, May 21, 2022 |
7449.74 |
33.68 |
307,881 |
3597 |
2293 |
52.0 |
32.0 |
Fri, May 21, 2021 |
7455.61 |
27.81 |
340,988 |
1297 |
1138 |
63.0 |
47.0 |
Thu, May 21, 2020 |
7482.86 |
0.56 |
527,045 |
3008 |
3479 |
65.0 |
21.0 |
Tue, May 21, 2019 |
7473.47 |
9.95 |
459,543 |
4020 |
1459 |
45.0 |
31.0 |
Mon, May 21, 2018 |
7480.00 |
3.42 |
505,995 |
1593 |
1356 |
70.0 |
32.0 |
Sun, May 21, 2017 |
7506.20 |
-22.78 |
713,193 |
3338 |
6972 |
61.0 |
28.0 |
Sat, May 21, 2016 |
7487.86 |
-4.44 |
564,808 |
2905 |
4321 |
71.0 |
35.0 |
Thu, May 21, 2015 |
7495.00 |
-11.58 |
620,795 |
2179 |
912 |
60.0 |
33.0 |
Averages of List |
7479.35 |
4.07 |
506,255 |
3005 |
3103 |
62.6 |
32.4 |
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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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