Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 160 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 44% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7467.94 on Monday, March 9th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 8, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 51.46 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 50.36% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 151,030 acre feet

This is 98.46% of the average of 153,391 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 160,140 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 1,522 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 9,110 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 101.9% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 124.79% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -13.00 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 0.52 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.39 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
7467.94
-0.04
417,730
503
631
50.0
27.1
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
7467.98
-0.06
417,995
483
678
45.5
20.5
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
7468.04
-0.07
418,392
471
699
37.4
22.6
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
7468.11
-0.02
418,857
516
578
32.9
23.7
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
7468.13
0.06
418,989
583
378
46.6
29.7
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
7468.07
0.06
418,591
521
316
47.5
25.2
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
7468.01
0.06
418,193
548
343
38.7
25.5
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
7467.95
0.10
417,796
663
325
51.6
34.7
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
7467.85
0.09
417,134
619
314
51.6
29.8
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
7467.76
-0.03
416,539
283
378
46.4
28.6
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
7467.79
0.12
416,737
774
370
42.1
23.9
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
7467.67
0.07
415,944
619
381
42.3
25.9
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
7467.60
0.05
415,482
502
332
43.7
29.3
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
7467.55
0.03
415,152
504
400
45.1
17.2
Averages of List
7467.89
0.03
417,395
542.1
437.4
44.4
26.0

Averages for March 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7470.46
-2.52
445,322
501.70
927.45
40.90
14.65
All-Time
7470.40
-2.46
444,668
500.17
977.53
40.90
14.65

Last 10 March 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
7480.94
-13.00
508,921
607
601
42.7
9.8
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
7487.95
-20.01
561,760
398
509
32.3
7.3
Thu, Mar 09, 2023
7447.63
20.31
296,482
384
272
34.3
6.4
Wed, Mar 09, 2022
7436.61
31.33
241,193
402
470
34.0
14.0
Tue, Mar 09, 2021
7465.66
2.28
402,796
537
369
47.0
20.0
Mon, Mar 09, 2020
7484.15
-16.21
536,670
595
476
48.0
25.0
Sat, Mar 09, 2019
7437.21
30.73
245,835
364
776
37.0
21.0
Fri, Mar 09, 2018
7484.90
-16.96
542,304
551
1191
52.0
16.0
Thu, Mar 09, 2017
7487.05
-19.11
558,607
554
1396
37.0
5.0
Wed, Mar 09, 2016
7486.88
-18.94
557,310
699
462
42.0
15.0
Averages of List
7469.87
-1.93
444,918
495
625
39.1
14.5


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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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