Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 195 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 53% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7464.73 on Monday, April 13th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 16, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 54.67 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 47.84% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 197,557 acre feet
This is 95.07% of the average of 207,804 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 227,063 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 19,407 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 29,506 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 96.21% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 54.12% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.89 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 3.73 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.62 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Apr 13, 2026 |
7464.73 |
-0.23 |
396,801 |
519 |
1254 |
51.3 |
33.3 |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026 |
7464.96 |
-0.25 |
398,279 |
450 |
1252 |
54.3 |
26.6 |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026 |
7465.21 |
-0.15 |
399,889 |
758 |
1236 |
53.2 |
34.2 |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026 |
7465.36 |
-0.26 |
400,856 |
496 |
1334 |
61.5 |
29.3 |
| Thu, Apr 09, 2026 |
7465.62 |
-0.19 |
402,537 |
640 |
1252 |
61.5 |
34.0 |
| Wed, Apr 08, 2026 |
7465.81 |
-0.21 |
403,769 |
568 |
1246 |
58.8 |
27.5 |
| Tue, Apr 07, 2026 |
7466.02 |
-0.20 |
405,132 |
596 |
1243 |
56.5 |
27.3 |
| Mon, Apr 06, 2026 |
7466.22 |
-0.22 |
406,433 |
544 |
1259 |
56.8 |
25.5 |
| Sun, Apr 05, 2026 |
7466.44 |
-0.20 |
407,867 |
583 |
1233 |
54.7 |
21.9 |
| Sat, Apr 04, 2026 |
7466.64 |
-0.25 |
409,174 |
634 |
1451 |
49.6 |
26.1 |
| Fri, Apr 03, 2026 |
7466.89 |
-0.22 |
410,811 |
747 |
1467 |
36.9 |
25.5 |
| Thu, Apr 02, 2026 |
7467.11 |
-0.10 |
412,255 |
1130 |
1452 |
50.5 |
30.6 |
| Wed, Apr 01, 2026 |
7467.21 |
-0.14 |
412,912 |
797 |
1253 |
43.0 |
30.6 |
| Tue, Mar 31, 2026 |
7467.35 |
-0.09 |
413,833 |
849 |
1140 |
55.4 |
32.4 |
| Averages of List |
7466.11 |
-0.19 |
405,753 |
665.1 |
1290.9 |
53.1 |
28.9 |
Averages for April 13th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7467.17 |
-2.44 |
425,295 |
1160.82 |
1163.46 |
53.58 |
23.98 |
| All-Time |
7466.93 |
-2.2 |
423,490 |
1171.64 |
1180.62 |
53.58 |
23.98 |
Last 10 April 13th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Apr 13, 2025 |
7479.62 |
-14.89 |
499,240 |
1841 |
1241 |
54.2 |
31.2 |
| Sat, Apr 13, 2024 |
7484.68 |
-19.95 |
536,814 |
1103 |
1434 |
57.1 |
30.4 |
| Thu, Apr 13, 2023 |
7449.75 |
14.98 |
307,935 |
2157 |
336 |
55.4 |
36.9 |
| Wed, Apr 13, 2022 |
7436.92 |
27.81 |
242,659 |
615 |
871 |
32.0 |
17.0 |
| Tue, Apr 13, 2021 |
7464.14 |
0.59 |
393,027 |
481 |
1115 |
51.0 |
33.0 |
| Mon, Apr 13, 2020 |
7482.67 |
-17.94 |
525,634 |
848 |
1323 |
41.0 |
20.0 |
| Sat, Apr 13, 2019 |
7440.34 |
24.39 |
261,302 |
1047 |
583 |
42.0 |
18.0 |
| Fri, Apr 13, 2018 |
7481.05 |
-16.32 |
513,677 |
809 |
2021 |
37.0 |
25.0 |
| Thu, Apr 13, 2017 |
7491.53 |
-26.80 |
593,300 |
2270 |
1072 |
68.0 |
27.0 |
| Wed, Apr 13, 2016 |
7487.86 |
-23.13 |
564,808 |
1403 |
0 |
60.0 |
28.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.98 |
-5.25 |
444,625 |
1376 |
970 |
50.7 |
22.9 |
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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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