Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 65 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7483.05 on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 3, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 36.35 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 63.24% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 73,520 acre feet

This is 99.45% of the average of 73,925 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 106,792 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 113,873 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 33,272 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 81.14% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 156.06% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -8.63 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.30 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.45 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Dec 04, 2024
7483.05
0.02
524,574
498
420
35.9
9.1
Tue, Dec 03, 2024
7483.03
0.01
524,424
397
357
35.0
6.1
Mon, Dec 02, 2024
7483.02
0.01
524,350
370
329
36.6
3.9
Sun, Dec 01, 2024
7483.01
-0.01
524,275
306
340
37.7
5.8
Sat, Nov 30, 2024
7483.02
-0.02
524,350
304
376
35.7
5.5
Fri, Nov 29, 2024
7483.04
0.00
524,499
339
335
31.9
5.1
Thu, Nov 28, 2024
7483.04
-0.02
524,499
401
473
27.2
-4.1
Wed, Nov 27, 2024
7483.06
0.09
524,648
771
429
32.3
-6.0
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
7482.97
0.12
523,976
813
358
34.5
22.0
Mon, Nov 25, 2024
7482.85
0.08
523,081
652
348
33.0
20.0
Sun, Nov 24, 2024
7482.77
0.01
522,484
422
381
38.9
24.8
Sat, Nov 23, 2024
7482.76
0.05
522,410
569
378
46.4
14.7
Fri, Nov 22, 2024
7482.71
0.11
522,037
793
376
45.4
19.6
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
7482.60
-0.08
521,217
78
375
44.6
17.7
Averages of List
7482.92
0.03
523,630
479.5
376.8
36.8
10.3

Averages for December 4th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7484.37
-1.32
547,613
466.31
904.85
33.91
4.41
All-Time
7484.82
-1.77
550,768
466.21
907.02
33.91
4.41

Last 10 December 4th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
7491.68
-8.63
590,879
789
587
38.1
15.3
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
7445.29
37.76
284,149
492
18
37.0
5.5
Sat, Dec 04, 2021
7432.11
50.94
220,423
375
305
54.0
12.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2020
7464.47
18.58
399,370
271
300
27.0
-5.0
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
7497.12
-14.07
637,854
479
1210
45.0
14.0
Tue, Dec 04, 2018
7437.98
45.07
249,589
267
265
27.0
-15.0
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
7499.09
-16.04
653,883
968
1502
39.0
12.0
Sun, Dec 04, 2016
7492.31
-9.26
599,434
448
564
30.0
-2.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2015
7499.51
-16.46
657,322
516
513
39.0
10.0
Thu, Dec 04, 2014
7491.79
-8.74
595,342
577
733
37.0
28.0
Averages of List
7475.10
7.95
488,502
461
621
37.0
8.3


Search DB For More Water Data Facts



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



Page took 4.058 seconds to create!
Copyright Water-Data.com
Water data courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
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
Weather forecast for Gunnison, CO
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification


Copyright Water-Data.com
1999 - 2024



Site Views Today: 0       Page Views Today: 0


Blue Mesa Water Database
Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose