Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 226 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7457.06 on Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 62.34 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 42.13% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 233,674 acre feet

This is 71.93% of the average of 324,857 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 307,323 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 66,728 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 73,649 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 76.09% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 43.24% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -25.50 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.19 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.09 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 14, 2026
7457.06
0.09
349,480
882
602
70.8
43.4
Wed, May 13, 2026
7456.97
0.10
348,949
910
601
72.7
41.0
Tue, May 12, 2026
7456.87
-0.01
348,360
760
778
74.8
37.6
Mon, May 11, 2026
7456.88
-0.12
348,419
582
926
73.3
34.4
Sun, May 10, 2026
7457.00
-0.14
349,126
523
928
65.7
32.7
Sat, May 09, 2026
7457.14
-0.14
349,952
522
927
64.6
34.3
Fri, May 08, 2026
7457.28
-0.17
350,780
552
928
64.0
32.7
Thu, May 07, 2026
7457.45
-0.52
351,786
522
929
57.7
22.6
Wed, May 06, 2026
7457.97
0.00
354,875
941
929
45.0
29.8
Tue, May 05, 2026
7457.97
0.00
354,875
947
936
54.3
35.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
7457.97
-0.11
354,875
819
1138
58.5
38.6
Sun, May 03, 2026
7458.08
-0.50
355,531
535
2037
60.4
31.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
7458.58
-0.57
358,534
460
2193
57.7
27.9
Fri, May 01, 2026
7459.15
-0.31
361,993
503
1442
51.1
27.9
Averages of List
7457.60
-0.17
352,681
675.6
1092.4
62.2
33.6

Averages for May 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7472.68
-15.62
461,503
2766.88
1415.70
64.75
31.54
All-Time
7472.74
-15.68
461,704
2848.97
1414.86
64.75
31.54

Last 10 May 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 14, 2025
7482.56
-25.50
520,919
2524
1271
51.6
33.3
Tue, May 14, 2024
7486.98
-29.92
554,304
1746
1691
64.2
37.6
Sun, May 14, 2023
7473.62
-16.56
456,374
3958
3029
56.7
34.7
Sat, May 14, 2022
7446.58
10.48
290,910
2911
1282
72.0
24.0
Fri, May 14, 2021
7455.16
1.90
338,379
957
3405
73.0
28.0
Thu, May 14, 2020
7483.43
-26.37
531,288
1845
1266
68.0
28.0
Tue, May 14, 2019
7465.48
-8.42
405,888
4051
622
70.0
30.0
Mon, May 14, 2018
7479.15
-22.09
499,818
1824
1443
66.0
28.0
Sun, May 14, 2017
7505.39
-48.33
706,319
5224
1245
70.0
34.0
Sat, May 14, 2016
7489.81
-32.75
579,868
2184
2990
71.0
30.0
Averages of List
7477.04
-19.98
490,001
2884
2065
66.1
31.5


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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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