Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 300 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 82% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7496.34 on Friday, July 26th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 10, 2019

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 23.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 75.73% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 796,778 acre feet

This is 98.36% of the average of 810,073 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 786,755 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 10,262 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 10,023 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 83.86% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 86.59% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -13.87 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 3.41 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.88 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Jul 26, 2024
7496.34
-0.27
628,185
1046
2130
77.2
45.4
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
7496.61
-0.26
630,378
1041
2086
86.3
42.0
Wed, Jul 24, 2024
7496.87
-0.30
632,493
1307
2517
83.6
40.8
Tue, Jul 23, 2024
7497.17
-0.21
634,936
1148
1990
82.6
37.7
Mon, Jul 22, 2024
7497.38
-0.31
636,650
1073
2328
77.4
38.7
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
7497.69
-0.21
639,183
1290
2134
79.1
41.7
Sat, Jul 20, 2024
7497.90
-0.23
640,901
1293
2220
76.6
42.6
Fri, Jul 19, 2024
7498.13
-0.12
642,785
1323
1796
80.3
43.3
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
7498.25
-0.34
643,770
947
2332
84.4
41.4
Wed, Jul 17, 2024
7498.59
-0.14
646,562
1634
2191
81.4
41.2
Tue, Jul 16, 2024
7498.73
-0.30
647,713
1409
2631
82.4
42.7
Mon, Jul 15, 2024
7499.03
-0.07
650,184
1476
1743
84.4
41.1
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
7499.10
-0.12
650,761
1400
1875
84.3
44.1
Sat, Jul 13, 2024
7499.22
-0.22
651,751
1340
2232
86.7
42.8
Averages of List
7497.93
-0.22
641,161
1266.2
2157.5
81.9
41.8

Averages for July 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7501.13
-4.79
679,384
1550.42
1779.04
79.70
50.06
All-Time
7501.23
-4.89
680,101
1556.04
1756.45
79.70
50.06

Last 10 July 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Jul 26, 2023
7510.21
-13.87
745,250
1219
2036
90.9
43.0
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
7460.71
35.63
371,531
1099
1456
79.0
49.0
Mon, Jul 26, 2021
7457.84
38.50
354,101
1572
1556
85.0
52.0
Sun, Jul 26, 2020
7487.01
9.33
558,302
1120
1447
77.0
53.0
Fri, Jul 26, 2019
7519.13
-22.79
827,310
3014
3082
77.0
51.0
Thu, Jul 26, 2018
7466.12
30.22
410,049
505
1772
83.0
49.0
Wed, Jul 26, 2017
7517.81
-21.47
815,258
2060
1990
79.0
55.0
Tue, Jul 26, 2016
7513.40
-17.06
775,664
1183
1920
80.0
48.0
Sun, Jul 26, 2015
7517.05
-20.71
808,361
1680
1930
71.0
42.0
Sat, Jul 26, 2014
7500.31
-3.97
663,895
1555
2281
78.0
48.0
Averages of List
7494.88
1.46
632,393
1556
1828
82.6
48.5


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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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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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