Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 281 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 77% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7488.07 on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 25, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 31.33 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 67.83% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 551,363 acre feet

This is 74.58% of the average of 739,277 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 541,728 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has risen by 4,468 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 9,635 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 73.99% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 41.94% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -11.56 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 2.72 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.53 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Jul 08, 2025
7488.07
-0.47
562,686
843
2653
81.7
40.3
Mon, Jul 07, 2025
7488.54
-0.31
566,319
918
2107
79.2
39.7
Sun, Jul 06, 2025
7488.85
-0.27
568,722
970
2005
81.1
39.9
Sat, Jul 05, 2025
7489.12
-0.24
570,819
1066
1986
79.4
39.9
Fri, Jul 04, 2025
7489.36
-0.17
572,685
1147
1793
76.9
38.9
Thu, Jul 03, 2025
7489.53
-0.14
574,010
1134
1662
69.8
44.7
Wed, Jul 02, 2025
7489.67
-0.17
575,101
1098
1745
78.0
38.4
Tue, Jul 01, 2025
7489.84
-0.19
576,428
1269
1996
77.4
38.8
Mon, Jun 30, 2025
7490.03
-0.20
577,913
1045
1812
78.8
39.9
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
7490.23
-0.15
579,477
1235
1806
78.6
40.2
Sat, Jun 28, 2025
7490.38
-0.12
580,652
1244
1697
79.3
40.1
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
7490.50
-0.12
581,593
1346
1798
77.7
38.1
Thu, Jun 26, 2025
7490.62
0.02
582,534
1774
1673
73.4
35.0
Wed, Jun 25, 2025
7490.60
-0.19
582,377
1117
1847
69.0
44.2
Averages of List
7489.67
-0.19
575,094
1157.6
1898.6
77.2
39.9

Averages for July 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7501.55
-13.48
681,248
2253.30
1945.79
80.63
44.17
All-Time
7501.56
-13.49
681,236
2258.02
1925.35
80.63
44.17

Last 10 July 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Jul 08, 2024
7499.63
-11.56
655,138
1808
1701
77.5
35.1
Sat, Jul 08, 2023
7510.83
-22.76
750,695
2537
1625
83.5
35.1
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
7463.73
24.34
390,418
1379
1585
84.0
46.0
Thu, Jul 08, 2021
7462.23
25.84
380,965
1027
1862
87.0
49.0
Wed, Jul 08, 2020
7490.42
-2.35
584,616
850
1654
83.0
36.0
Mon, Jul 08, 2019
7514.01
-25.94
781,079
5313
1754
77.0
48.0
Sun, Jul 08, 2018
7472.37
15.70
451,944
663
1754
86.0
43.0
Sat, Jul 08, 2017
7516.23
-28.16
800,954
2203
2132
84.0
43.0
Fri, Jul 08, 2016
7515.96
-27.89
798,523
1587
1652
82.0
41.0
Wed, Jul 08, 2015
7518.75
-30.68
823,831
2949
2277
69.0
51.0
Averages of List
7496.43
-8.36
642,152
1911
1719
82.5
42.1


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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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