Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 232 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7458.00 on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 19, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 61.4 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.8% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 246,684 acre feet
This is 67.6% of the average of 364,902 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 314,601 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 61,154 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 67,917 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.42% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 26.38% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.41 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 1.13 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.55 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, May 20, 2026 |
7458.00 |
-0.13 |
355,054 |
283 |
660 |
60.3 |
37.3 |
| Tue, May 19, 2026 |
7458.13 |
0.15 |
355,830 |
1068 |
603 |
58.6 |
32.6 |
| Mon, May 18, 2026 |
7457.98 |
0.23 |
354,935 |
1305 |
602 |
49.1 |
38.0 |
| Sun, May 17, 2026 |
7457.75 |
0.18 |
353,566 |
1153 |
601 |
62.5 |
39.6 |
| Sat, May 16, 2026 |
7457.57 |
0.24 |
352,497 |
1331 |
602 |
72.6 |
39.9 |
| Fri, May 15, 2026 |
7457.33 |
0.19 |
351,075 |
1181 |
601 |
70.5 |
38.5 |
| Thu, May 14, 2026 |
7457.14 |
0.17 |
349,952 |
1120 |
602 |
70.8 |
44.7 |
| Wed, May 13, 2026 |
7456.97 |
0.10 |
348,949 |
910 |
601 |
74.6 |
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 |
| Averages of List |
7457.39 |
0 |
351,449 |
843.7 |
734.9 |
65.7 |
36.1 |
Averages for May 20th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7475.71 |
-17.71 |
481,803 |
3509.27 |
1544.25 |
65.50 |
34.76 |
| All-Time |
7475.94 |
-17.94 |
483,378 |
3613.16 |
1510.12 |
65.50 |
34.76 |
Last 10 May 20th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, May 20, 2025 |
7483.41 |
-25.41 |
527,266 |
1413 |
1132 |
57.3 |
26.4 |
| Mon, May 20, 2024 |
7484.78 |
-26.78 |
537,569 |
3405 |
5333 |
66.1 |
34.7 |
| Sat, May 20, 2023 |
7477.50 |
-19.50 |
483,878 |
5999 |
3235 |
63.5 |
34.3 |
| Fri, May 20, 2022 |
7449.27 |
8.73 |
305,318 |
4170 |
2681 |
63.0 |
32.0 |
| Thu, May 20, 2021 |
7455.56 |
2.44 |
340,698 |
1232 |
400 |
72.0 |
39.0 |
| Wed, May 20, 2020 |
7482.99 |
-24.99 |
528,011 |
2733 |
3879 |
66.0 |
37.0 |
| Mon, May 20, 2019 |
7472.74 |
-14.74 |
454,493 |
4192 |
1610 |
55.0 |
33.0 |
| Sun, May 20, 2018 |
7479.94 |
-21.94 |
505,558 |
1746 |
1399 |
64.0 |
32.0 |
| Sat, May 20, 2017 |
7507.05 |
-49.05 |
720,439 |
3452 |
5590 |
52.0 |
28.0 |
| Fri, May 20, 2016 |
7488.23 |
-30.23 |
567,651 |
2661 |
4314 |
68.0 |
35.0 |
| Averages of List |
7478.19 |
-20.19 |
497,138 |
3098 |
3056 |
60.5 |
31.6 |
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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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