Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 125 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 34% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.18 on Monday, February 2nd, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 1, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.22 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.75% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 118,484 acre feet
This is 96.05% of the average of 123,352 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 132,881 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 3,493 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 14,397 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 105.61% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 123.94% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.72 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 1.28 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa unchanged over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Feb 02, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
387 |
351 |
40.8 |
19.8 |
| Sun, Feb 01, 2026 |
7467.17 |
0.00 |
412,649 |
369 |
366 |
36.1 |
5.7 |
| Sat, Jan 31, 2026 |
7467.17 |
0.00 |
412,649 |
361 |
358 |
37.0 |
10.0 |
| Fri, Jan 30, 2026 |
7467.17 |
-0.01 |
412,649 |
348 |
378 |
30.9 |
9.1 |
| Thu, Jan 29, 2026 |
7467.18 |
-0.03 |
412,715 |
323 |
419 |
31.5 |
11.1 |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 |
7467.21 |
-0.06 |
412,912 |
251 |
447 |
32.7 |
-1.7 |
| Tue, Jan 27, 2026 |
7467.27 |
-0.09 |
413,307 |
417 |
713 |
31.5 |
0.1 |
| Mon, Jan 26, 2026 |
7467.36 |
-0.17 |
413,899 |
304 |
867 |
23.9 |
-5.8 |
| Sun, Jan 25, 2026 |
7467.53 |
-0.34 |
415,020 |
231 |
1361 |
18.9 |
-0.8 |
| Sat, Jan 24, 2026 |
7467.87 |
-0.36 |
417,266 |
467 |
1667 |
29.7 |
14.9 |
| Fri, Jan 23, 2026 |
7468.23 |
-0.15 |
419,653 |
421 |
921 |
31.5 |
13.6 |
| Thu, Jan 22, 2026 |
7468.38 |
-0.08 |
420,650 |
403 |
669 |
34.0 |
11.3 |
| Wed, Jan 21, 2026 |
7468.46 |
-0.10 |
421,182 |
273 |
607 |
32.7 |
5.5 |
| Mon, Jan 05, 2026 |
7466.93 |
0.04 |
411,073 |
449 |
315 |
34.9 |
26.2 |
| Averages of List |
7467.51 |
-0.1 |
414,881 |
357.4 |
674.2 |
31.9 |
8.5 |
Averages for February 2nd
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7475.72 |
-8.54 |
481,018 |
418.80 |
924.82 |
26.84 |
2.65 |
| All-Time |
7475.90 |
-8.72 |
482,128 |
413.72 |
922.91 |
26.84 |
2.65 |
Last 10 February 2nd's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Feb 02, 2025 |
7481.90 |
-14.72 |
516,016 |
404 |
588 |
41.7 |
21.6 |
| Fri, Feb 02, 2024 |
7488.73 |
-21.55 |
567,791 |
552 |
666 |
33.8 |
14.8 |
| Thu, Feb 02, 2023 |
7447.43 |
19.75 |
295,416 |
350 |
321 |
34.7 |
-5.3 |
| Wed, Feb 02, 2022 |
7435.63 |
31.55 |
236,590 |
394 |
321 |
21.0 |
-1.0 |
| Tue, Feb 02, 2021 |
7465.25 |
1.93 |
400,147 |
352 |
349 |
38.0 |
13.0 |
| Sun, Feb 02, 2020 |
7486.30 |
-19.12 |
552,894 |
423 |
765 |
26.0 |
-10.0 |
| Sat, Feb 02, 2019 |
7438.45 |
28.73 |
251,897 |
285 |
258 |
18.0 |
-16.0 |
| Fri, Feb 02, 2018 |
7486.49 |
-19.31 |
554,339 |
366 |
368 |
50.0 |
21.0 |
| Thu, Feb 02, 2017 |
7490.64 |
-23.46 |
586,333 |
417 |
492 |
23.0 |
0.0 |
| Tue, Feb 02, 2016 |
7490.87 |
-23.69 |
588,130 |
469 |
938 |
17.0 |
1.0 |
| Averages of List |
7471.15 |
-3.97 |
454,752 |
417 |
517 |
29.2 |
3.7 |
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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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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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