Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 211 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7459.75 on Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 6, 2022
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 59.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 44.08% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 213,839 acre feet
This is 83.53% of the average of 255,999 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 274,167 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 50,564 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 60,328 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 82.62% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 26.74% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -21.58 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 8.71 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -4.20 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 |
7459.75 |
-0.31 |
365,644 |
499 |
1443 |
52.2 |
26.8 |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 |
7460.06 |
-0.30 |
367,539 |
569 |
1485 |
49.3 |
25.7 |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 |
7460.36 |
-0.24 |
369,378 |
891 |
1624 |
48.0 |
25.7 |
| Sun, Apr 26, 2026 |
7460.60 |
-0.41 |
370,853 |
352 |
1616 |
46.8 |
35.6 |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2026 |
7461.01 |
-0.41 |
373,382 |
345 |
1614 |
55.8 |
35.4 |
| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 |
7461.42 |
-0.34 |
375,920 |
415 |
1469 |
54.7 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2026 |
7461.76 |
-0.30 |
378,033 |
466 |
1398 |
48.6 |
31.0 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
7462.06 |
-0.34 |
379,903 |
394 |
1455 |
62.4 |
37.2 |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
7462.40 |
-0.31 |
382,029 |
481 |
1451 |
65.3 |
36.3 |
| Mon, Apr 20, 2026 |
7462.71 |
-0.30 |
383,974 |
472 |
1413 |
63.5 |
33.1 |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026 |
7463.01 |
-0.31 |
385,862 |
435 |
1412 |
58.8 |
23.4 |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026 |
7463.32 |
-0.31 |
387,820 |
447 |
1427 |
44.6 |
15.4 |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026 |
7463.63 |
-0.32 |
389,783 |
495 |
1510 |
36.1 |
19.9 |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026 |
7463.95 |
-0.28 |
391,817 |
594 |
1484 |
56.1 |
31.5 |
| Averages of List |
7461.86 |
-0.32 |
378,710 |
489.6 |
1485.8 |
53.0 |
28.7 |
Averages for April 29th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7468.33 |
-8.58 |
432,857 |
1727.73 |
1217.66 |
56.70 |
26.45 |
| All-Time |
7468.15 |
-8.4 |
431,369 |
1759.74 |
1228.36 |
56.70 |
26.45 |
Last 10 April 29th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Apr 29, 2025 |
7481.33 |
-21.58 |
511,798 |
1615 |
1192 |
46.0 |
23.5 |
| Mon, Apr 29, 2024 |
7486.40 |
-26.65 |
549,869 |
1461 |
946 |
54.0 |
24.9 |
| Sat, Apr 29, 2023 |
7457.75 |
2.00 |
353,566 |
2286 |
393 |
59.9 |
23.2 |
| Fri, Apr 29, 2022 |
7438.64 |
21.11 |
250,872 |
1182 |
277 |
50.0 |
30.0 |
| Thu, Apr 29, 2021 |
7459.80 |
-0.05 |
365,949 |
404 |
1565 |
68.0 |
21.0 |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2020 |
7480.34 |
-20.59 |
508,476 |
1596 |
1251 |
75.0 |
25.0 |
| Mon, Apr 29, 2019 |
7452.23 |
7.52 |
325,133 |
4829 |
476 |
62.0 |
37.0 |
| Sun, Apr 29, 2018 |
7479.05 |
-19.30 |
499,094 |
1293 |
1243 |
66.0 |
33.0 |
| Sat, Apr 29, 2017 |
7499.32 |
-39.57 |
655,766 |
1965 |
1371 |
39.0 |
26.0 |
| Fri, Apr 29, 2016 |
7488.53 |
-28.78 |
569,961 |
1236 |
950 |
39.0 |
32.0 |
| Averages of List |
7472.95 |
-13.20 |
462,740 |
1921 |
1025 |
60.3 |
30.8 |
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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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