Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 128 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 35% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.16 on Thursday, February 5th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 4, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.24 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.74% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 120,783 acre feet
This is 96.01% of the average of 125,806 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 135,293 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 3,625 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 14,510 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 104.85% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.08% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.67 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 1.30 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.07 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, Feb 05, 2026 |
7467.16 |
-0.02 |
412,583 |
426 |
489 |
38.5 |
11.8 |
| Wed, Feb 04, 2026 |
7467.18 |
0.01 |
412,715 |
399 |
363 |
32.5 |
5.0 |
| Tue, Feb 03, 2026 |
7467.17 |
-0.01 |
412,649 |
334 |
364 |
37.2 |
13.1 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7467.35 |
-0.09 |
413,813 |
359.9 |
647.4 |
32.3 |
7.6 |
Averages for February 5th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7475.28 |
-8.12 |
477,822 |
419.54 |
932.38 |
27.48 |
-0.33 |
| All-Time |
7475.45 |
-8.29 |
478,948 |
415.02 |
927.86 |
27.48 |
-0.33 |
Last 10 February 5th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Wed, Feb 05, 2025 |
7481.83 |
-14.67 |
515,497 |
598 |
557 |
39.0 |
19.0 |
| Mon, Feb 05, 2024 |
7488.58 |
-21.42 |
566,629 |
339 |
609 |
29.5 |
-2.1 |
| Sun, Feb 05, 2023 |
7447.58 |
19.58 |
296,216 |
635 |
283 |
40.5 |
5.9 |
| Sat, Feb 05, 2022 |
7435.63 |
31.53 |
236,590 |
285 |
307 |
17.0 |
-18.0 |
| Fri, Feb 05, 2021 |
7465.34 |
1.82 |
400,727 |
432 |
364 |
25.0 |
2.0 |
| Wed, Feb 05, 2020 |
7485.99 |
-18.83 |
550,541 |
459 |
1068 |
19.0 |
-24.0 |
| Tue, Feb 05, 2019 |
7438.56 |
28.60 |
252,439 |
412 |
360 |
31.0 |
10.0 |
| Mon, Feb 05, 2018 |
7486.44 |
-19.28 |
553,959 |
471 |
467 |
46.0 |
30.0 |
| Sun, Feb 05, 2017 |
7490.72 |
-23.56 |
586,958 |
567 |
288 |
18.0 |
0.0 |
| Fri, Feb 05, 2016 |
7490.43 |
-23.27 |
584,694 |
380 |
1045 |
8.0 |
-20.0 |
| Averages of List |
7471.04 |
-3.88 |
453,936 |
426 |
669 |
27.8 |
2.4 |
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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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