Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 206 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7480.79 on Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 23, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 38.61 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 61.22% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 253,537 acre feet

This is 106.01% of the average of 239,168 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 301,528 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 50,402 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 47,991 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 110.12% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 105.55% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -4.61 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.79 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.43 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 24, 2025
7480.79
0.00
507,816
1439
1426
59.3
32.9
Wed, Apr 23, 2025
7480.79
0.05
507,816
1672
1473
57.3
22.8
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
7480.74
0.00
507,448
1261
1249
55.4
27.8
Mon, Apr 21, 2025
7480.74
0.07
507,448
1298
1026
53.5
22.8
Sun, Apr 20, 2025
7480.67
0.02
506,933
1376
1290
47.2
16.4
Sat, Apr 19, 2025
7480.65
0.14
506,786
1652
1121
38.2
22.6
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
7480.51
0.12
505,758
1636
1180
37.5
26.3
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
7480.39
0.34
504,876
2379
1111
51.9
32.8
Wed, Apr 16, 2025
7480.05
0.17
502,384
1951
1312
52.6
25.7
Tue, Apr 15, 2025
7479.88
0.13
501,140
1913
1422
47.9
19.7
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
7479.75
0.13
500,189
1810
1320
48.0
24.7
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
7479.62
0.16
499,240
1841
1241
54.2
31.2
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
7479.46
0.10
498,072
1558
1179
57.3
25.2
Fri, Apr 11, 2025
7479.36
-0.10
497,343
1288
1644
49.4
19.8
Averages of List
7480.24
0.09
503,804
1648.1
1285.3
50.7
25.1

Averages for April 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7467.78
13.01
429,509
1648.35
1224.13
55.60
27.77
All-Time
7467.53
13.26
427,652
1677.02
1242.74
55.60
27.77

Last 10 April 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
7485.40
-4.61
542,261
2193
1645
63.9
33.3
Mon, Apr 24, 2023
7455.24
25.55
338,842
1541
337
48.9
24.1
Sun, Apr 24, 2022
7437.17
43.62
243,844
1515
1076
47.0
19.0
Sat, Apr 24, 2021
7461.41
19.38
375,858
476
1624
61.0
21.0
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
7480.64
0.15
510,671
862
1366
54.0
29.0
Wed, Apr 24, 2019
7445.74
35.05
289,291
2879
460
64.0
25.0
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
7479.44
1.35
501,921
801
1374
60.0
37.0
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
7497.68
-16.89
642,393
2919
1025
57.0
36.0
Sun, Apr 24, 2016
7488.21
-7.42
567,497
1668
1344
57.0
26.0
Fri, Apr 24, 2015
7492.06
-11.27
597,465
1011
1394
51.0
28.0
Averages of List
7472.46
8.33
461,964
1610
1114
56.4
27.7


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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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