Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 149 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.66 on Thursday, February 26th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 25, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.74 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.14% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 139,133 acre feet
This is 97.06% of the average of 143,347 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 150,203 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 330 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,070 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 102.57% 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 -13.37 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 0.80 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.35 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, Feb 26, 2026 |
7467.66 |
0.06 |
415,878 |
585 |
381 |
42.3 |
25.9 |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 |
7467.60 |
0.05 |
415,482 |
502 |
332 |
43.7 |
29.3 |
| Tue, Feb 24, 2026 |
7467.55 |
0.03 |
415,152 |
504 |
400 |
45.1 |
17.2 |
| Mon, Feb 23, 2026 |
7467.52 |
0.02 |
414,954 |
420 |
350 |
41.5 |
9.5 |
| Sun, Feb 22, 2026 |
7467.50 |
-0.09 |
414,822 |
55 |
350 |
38.7 |
-2.4 |
| Sat, Feb 21, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.11 |
415,416 |
700 |
330 |
28.8 |
4.1 |
| Fri, Feb 20, 2026 |
7467.48 |
-0.01 |
414,690 |
318 |
348 |
23.4 |
3.4 |
| Thu, Feb 19, 2026 |
7467.49 |
-0.10 |
414,756 |
11 |
340 |
18.9 |
7.3 |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 |
7467.59 |
0.13 |
415,416 |
802 |
366 |
32.0 |
18.9 |
| Tue, Feb 17, 2026 |
7467.46 |
0.06 |
414,558 |
552 |
349 |
30.7 |
25.0 |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 |
7467.40 |
0.03 |
414,163 |
438 |
335 |
43.2 |
29.1 |
| Sun, Feb 15, 2026 |
7467.37 |
0.02 |
413,965 |
436 |
367 |
40.8 |
17.8 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.49 |
0.03 |
414,761 |
450.0 |
353.8 |
36.2 |
16.7 |
Averages for February 26th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7472.11 |
-4.45 |
456,068 |
414.84 |
961.84 |
29.61 |
4.79 |
| All-Time |
7472.17 |
-4.51 |
456,301 |
417.86 |
976.83 |
29.61 |
4.79 |
Last 10 February 26th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, Feb 26, 2025 |
7481.03 |
-13.37 |
509,584 |
526 |
521 |
32.9 |
19.4 |
| Mon, Feb 26, 2024 |
7487.82 |
-20.16 |
560,758 |
179 |
407 |
39.2 |
24.5 |
| Sun, Feb 26, 2023 |
7447.53 |
20.13 |
295,949 |
418 |
468 |
34.9 |
10.0 |
| Sat, Feb 26, 2022 |
7436.52 |
31.14 |
240,768 |
343 |
221 |
25.0 |
-1.0 |
| Fri, Feb 26, 2021 |
7465.47 |
2.19 |
401,567 |
430 |
361 |
34.0 |
1.0 |
| Wed, Feb 26, 2020 |
7484.31 |
-16.65 |
537,870 |
240 |
575 |
25.0 |
-11.0 |
| Tue, Feb 26, 2019 |
7437.56 |
30.10 |
247,537 |
362 |
310 |
14.0 |
-14.0 |
| Mon, Feb 26, 2018 |
7485.62 |
-17.96 |
547,739 |
451 |
522 |
37.0 |
-2.0 |
| Sun, Feb 26, 2017 |
7488.69 |
-21.03 |
571,195 |
524 |
1181 |
24.0 |
5.0 |
| Fri, Feb 26, 2016 |
7487.44 |
-19.78 |
561,589 |
495 |
1030 |
32.0 |
-2.0 |
| Averages of List |
7470.19 |
-2.53 |
447,355 |
445 |
492 |
30.3 |
1.0 |
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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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