Blue Mesa

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Water Summary
Today is day 364 of 365 for water year 2023.
We are 100% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7497.80 on Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 28, 2023
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Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 21.6 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 77.16% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2023: 1,084,237 acre feet
This is 115.89% of the average of 935,612 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2023: 708,756 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 601,296 acre feet |
During WY 2023, water storage has risen by 349,805 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 375,481 AF |
Inflows for WY 2023 are 164.34% of WY 2022
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 98.15% of the September 30th avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is up 50.85 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 14.67 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is down -2.93 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Fri, Sep 29, 2023 |
7497.80 |
0.00 |
640,082 |
4498 |
1653 |
72.9 |
32.2 |
Thu, Sep 28, 2023 |
7497.80 |
-0.20 |
640,082 |
3306 |
1653 |
73.9 |
36.2 |
Wed, Sep 27, 2023 |
7498.00 |
-0.20 |
641,720 |
2938 |
1653 |
74.5 |
32.7 |
Tue, Sep 26, 2023 |
7498.20 |
-0.20 |
643,359 |
2575 |
1653 |
72.5 |
31.7 |
Mon, Sep 25, 2023 |
7498.40 |
-0.20 |
645,001 |
2402 |
1653 |
71.6 |
28.0 |
Sun, Sep 24, 2023 |
7498.60 |
-0.20 |
646,644 |
838 |
1654 |
68.5 |
30.7 |
Sat, Sep 23, 2023 |
7498.80 |
-0.20 |
648,289 |
837 |
1654 |
65.1 |
30.9 |
Fri, Sep 22, 2023 |
7499.00 |
-0.20 |
649,937 |
836 |
1653 |
67.0 |
33.5 |
Thu, Sep 21, 2023 |
7499.20 |
-0.15 |
651,586 |
1043 |
1653 |
68.6 |
32.3 |
Wed, Sep 20, 2023 |
7499.35 |
-0.21 |
652,824 |
794 |
1654 |
69.1 |
32.7 |
Tue, Sep 19, 2023 |
7499.56 |
-0.45 |
654,559 |
-209 |
1654 |
68.9 |
35.4 |
Mon, Sep 18, 2023 |
7500.01 |
-0.39 |
658,285 |
186 |
1802 |
72.1 |
34.0 |
Sun, Sep 17, 2023 |
7500.40 |
-0.33 |
661,521 |
620 |
1988 |
70.9 |
29.7 |
Sat, Sep 16, 2023 |
7500.73 |
-0.22 |
664,265 |
1077 |
1985 |
68.5 |
28.8 |
Averages of List |
7498.99 |
-0.23 |
649,868 |
1552.9 |
1711.6 |
70.3 |
32.1 |
Averages for September 29th
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7491.17 |
6.63 |
602,254 |
763.50 |
1463.87 |
68.27 |
32.80 |
All-Time |
7491.46 |
6.34 |
604,392 |
761.75 |
1458.62 |
68.27 |
32.80 |
Last 10 September 29th's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Thu, Sep 29, 2022 |
7446.95 |
50.85 |
292,867 |
393 |
1187 |
71.0 |
37.0 |
Wed, Sep 29, 2021 |
7437.02 |
60.78 |
243,132 |
413 |
1555 |
57.0 |
40.0 |
Tue, Sep 29, 2020 |
7470.67 |
27.13 |
440,330 |
139 |
1293 |
74.0 |
22.0 |
Sun, Sep 29, 2019 |
7509.05 |
-11.25 |
737,620 |
665 |
1610 |
75.0 |
33.0 |
Sat, Sep 29, 2018 |
7444.86 |
52.94 |
284,617 |
386 |
1500 |
73.0 |
24.0 |
Fri, Sep 29, 2017 |
7508.62 |
-10.82 |
733,910 |
866 |
1983 |
62.0 |
33.0 |
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 |
7500.53 |
-2.73 |
665,708 |
731 |
1799 |
68.0 |
37.0 |
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 |
7507.84 |
-10.04 |
727,204 |
725 |
1707 |
75.0 |
33.0 |
Mon, Sep 29, 2014 |
7492.23 |
5.57 |
598,804 |
982 |
1327 |
51.0 |
39.0 |
Sun, Sep 29, 2013 |
7456.17 |
41.63 |
348,078 |
1231 |
743 |
64.0 |
26.0 |
Averages of List |
7477.21 |
20.59 |
506,038 |
752 |
1341 |
67.1 |
34.3 |
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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
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Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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