Blue Mesa

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Water Summary
Today is day 365 of 365 for water year 2023.
We are 100% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7497.80 on Saturday, September 30th, 2023 Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 29, 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: 1,087,541 acre feet
This is 116.06% of the average of 937,046 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2023: 712,035 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 375,506 AF |
Inflows for WY 2023 are 164.55% of WY 2022
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 96.57% of the October 1st avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is up 51.08 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 -2.60 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Sat, Sep 30, 2023 |
7497.80 |
0.00 |
640,082 |
1666 |
1653 |
73.6 |
32.7 |
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 |
Averages of List |
7498.78 |
-0.21 |
648,141 |
1595.0 |
1687.9 |
70.7 |
32.3 |
Averages for September 30th
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7491.01 |
6.79 |
601,058 |
719.78 |
1310.96 |
67.84 |
32.53 |
All-Time |
7491.30 |
6.5 |
603,217 |
721.84 |
1302.80 |
67.84 |
32.53 |
Last 10 September 30th's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Fri, Sep 30, 2022 |
7446.72 |
51.08 |
291,650 |
595 |
1200 |
67.0 |
36.0 |
Thu, Sep 30, 2021 |
7436.58 |
61.22 |
241,051 |
460 |
1502 |
61.0 |
37.0 |
Wed, Sep 30, 2020 |
7470.42 |
27.38 |
438,635 |
396 |
1240 |
75.0 |
23.0 |
Mon, Sep 30, 2019 |
7508.84 |
-11.04 |
735,807 |
709 |
1610 |
73.0 |
38.0 |
Sun, Sep 30, 2018 |
7444.44 |
53.36 |
282,401 |
391 |
1500 |
75.0 |
27.0 |
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 |
7508.43 |
-10.63 |
732,274 |
880 |
1692 |
61.0 |
35.0 |
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 |
7500.48 |
-2.68 |
665,296 |
717 |
913 |
64.0 |
42.0 |
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 |
7507.65 |
-9.85 |
725,574 |
663 |
1471 |
75.0 |
44.0 |
Tue, Sep 30, 2014 |
7492.28 |
5.52 |
599,198 |
1562 |
1351 |
51.0 |
33.0 |
Mon, Sep 30, 2013 |
7456.24 |
41.56 |
348,493 |
1149 |
931 |
69.0 |
28.0 |
Averages of List |
7476.96 |
20.84 |
504,396 |
608 |
1425 |
66.8 |
32.7 |
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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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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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