Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 11 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 3% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7485.96 on Friday, October 11th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 17, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 33.44 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 65.88% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 14,497 acre feet

This is 94.3% of the average of 15,374 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 26,367 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 91,931 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,870 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 39.72% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 140.46% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -8.97 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 1.53 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.74 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
7485.96
-0.22
546,516
593
1429
67.9
32.2
Thu, Oct 10, 2024
7486.18
-0.23
548,191
575
1451
69.0
32.3
Wed, Oct 09, 2024
7486.41
-0.18
549,945
678
1362
69.6
33.1
Tue, Oct 08, 2024
7486.59
-0.15
551,320
617
1186
67.0
31.9
Mon, Oct 07, 2024
7486.74
-0.13
552,467
675
1167
67.6
30.6
Sun, Oct 06, 2024
7486.87
-0.14
553,462
594
1124
70.3
30.8
Sat, Oct 05, 2024
7487.01
-0.10
554,534
740
1116
71.3
40.6
Fri, Oct 04, 2024
7487.11
-0.13
555,301
623
1115
73.3
30.3
Thu, Oct 03, 2024
7487.24
-0.12
556,298
699
1153
71.6
34.2
Wed, Oct 02, 2024
7487.36
-0.13
557,219
708
1200
73.7
35.9
Tue, Oct 01, 2024
7487.49
-0.05
558,218
807
990
74.1
32.7
Mon, Sep 30, 2024
7487.54
-0.11
558,603
742
1157
73.0
46.0
Sun, Sep 29, 2024
7487.65
-0.05
559,449
805
987
75.0
39.2
Sat, Sep 28, 2024
7487.70
-0.08
559,834
832
1130
73.9
41.3
Averages of List
7486.99
-0.13
554,383
692.0
1183.4
71.2
35.1

Averages for October 11th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7488.99
-3.03
585,448
686.07
1145.87
58.38
28.70
All-Time
7489.34
-3.38
588,041
697.33
1139.89
58.38
28.70

Last 10 October 11th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
7494.93
-8.97
616,791
627
983
55.4
35.4
Tue, Oct 11, 2022
7444.77
41.19
281,451
484
1000
64.0
26.0
Mon, Oct 11, 2021
7433.06
52.90
224,729
1222
1079
63.0
23.0
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
7467.52
18.44
419,236
199
1292
59.0
27.0
Fri, Oct 11, 2019
7506.39
-20.43
714,810
155
1348
40.0
4.0
Thu, Oct 11, 2018
7440.59
45.37
262,561
436
939
47.0
31.0
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
7505.61
-19.65
708,183
656
1844
63.0
21.0
Tue, Oct 11, 2016
7497.71
-11.75
642,637
728
1579
60.0
33.0
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
7504.87
-18.91
701,922
368
1167
71.0
30.0
Sat, Oct 11, 2014
7491.21
-5.25
590,791
1022
1211
62.0
39.0
Averages of List
7478.45
7.51
514,831
532
1270
57.5
24.9


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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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