Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 69 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 19% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7491.55 on Friday, December 8th, 2023
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 7, 2023

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 27.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 71.11% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 95,446 acre feet

This is 123.18% of the average of 77,488 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 109,743 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has risen by 299,576 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 14,297 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 130.84% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at % of the December 10th avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 46.03 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.37 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.26 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Dec 08, 2023
7491.55
-0.04
589,853
495
651
29.4
8.0
Thu, Dec 07, 2023
7491.59
-0.02
590,168
528
604
42.1
9.6
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
7491.61
0.00
590,326
595
592
46.0
3.0
Tue, Dec 05, 2023
7491.61
-0.07
590,326
454
729
44.8
8.4
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
7491.68
0.08
590,879
789
587
38.1
15.3
Sun, Dec 03, 2023
7491.60
-0.16
590,247
-5
629
33.4
13.1
Sat, Dec 02, 2023
7491.76
-0.03
591,511
541
657
27.1
2.2
Fri, Dec 01, 2023
7491.79
-0.06
591,748
562
798
31.6
10.6
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
7491.85
0.02
592,222
466
383
36.0
5.2
Wed, Nov 29, 2023
7491.83
-0.01
592,064
376
412
36.3
4.1
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
7491.84
0.02
592,143
372
288
44.6
0.5
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
7491.82
0.00
591,985
295
291
36.7
-9.0
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
7491.82
0.01
591,985
355
311
33.8
-9.9
Sat, Nov 25, 2023
7491.81
0.04
591,906
455
292
30.9
4.0
Averages of List
7491.73
-0.02
591,240
448.4
516.0
36.5
4.7

Averages for December 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7483.90
7.65
543,911
460.66
981.23
30.82
1.08
All-Time
7484.34
7.21
546,993
458.04
1010.44
30.82
1.08

Last 10 December 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Dec 08, 2022
7445.52
46.03
285,347
529
448
28.2
-8.1
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
7432.39
59.16
221,688
313
265
37.0
7.0
Tue, Dec 08, 2020
7464.49
27.06
395,263
365
330
33.0
-1.0
Sun, Dec 08, 2019
7496.77
-5.22
635,024
768
887
36.0
10.0
Sat, Dec 08, 2018
7437.98
53.57
249,589
417
267
34.0
2.0
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
7497.93
-6.38
644,424
550
1613
43.0
8.0
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
7492.14
-0.59
598,095
397
434
18.0
-6.0
Tue, Dec 08, 2015
7499.31
-7.76
655,684
321
648
48.0
10.0
Mon, Dec 08, 2014
7491.59
-0.04
593,771
628
704
39.0
14.0
Sun, Dec 08, 2013
7459.87
31.68
370,445
388
231
17.0
-13.0
Averages of List
7471.68
19.87
463,881
383
634
30.1
0.6


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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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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Gunnison, CO Weather
Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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