Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 3 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 1% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7487.24 on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 2, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 32.16 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 67.06% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 4,391 acre feet

This is 97.04% of the average of 4,525 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 6,631 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 82,149 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 2,240 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 16.41% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 156.02% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -9.96 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 0.25 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.37 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Fri, Sep 27, 2024
7487.78
-0.02
560,450
1170
1235
74.2
38.4
Thu, Sep 26, 2024
7487.80
-0.22
560,604
435
1277
75.5
41.0
Wed, Sep 25, 2024
7488.02
-0.10
562,300
927
1303
74.8
36.0
Tue, Sep 24, 2024
7488.12
-0.12
563,072
946
1400
69.6
33.4
Mon, Sep 23, 2024
7488.24
-0.16
563,999
1027
1638
63.4
33.0
Sun, Sep 22, 2024
7488.40
-0.17
565,236
961
1610
57.4
34.4
Sat, Sep 21, 2024
7488.57
-0.04
566,552
1248
1390
60.7
40.3
Fri, Sep 20, 2024
7488.61
-0.12
566,861
876
1330
72.7
37.4
Averages of List
7487.89
-0.11
561,335
870.2
1271.4
70.7
37.4

Averages for October 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7490.20
-2.96
594,734
796.80
1311.67
63.65
32.63
All-Time
7490.51
-3.27
597,035
807.07
1299.73
63.65
32.63

Last 10 October 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Oct 03, 2023
7497.20
-9.96
635,181
6435
1303
57.2
32.0
Mon, Oct 03, 2022
7446.11
41.13
288,436
643
1086
61.0
36.0
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
7435.27
51.97
234,910
302
1425
67.0
31.0
Sat, Oct 03, 2020
7469.68
17.56
433,638
388
1228
71.0
25.0
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
7508.07
-20.83
729,178
542
1614
63.0
14.0
Wed, Oct 03, 2018
7442.81
44.43
273,898
-88
1500
60.0
45.0
Tue, Oct 03, 2017
7507.75
-20.51
726,431
814
1754
66.0
35.0
Mon, Oct 03, 2016
7499.65
-12.41
658,471
593
1782
57.0
33.0
Sat, Oct 03, 2015
7506.91
-19.67
719,243
626
1777
68.0
33.0
Fri, Oct 03, 2014
7492.15
-4.91
598,174
959
1186
60.0
26.0
Averages of List
7480.19
7.05
526,992
642
1431
66.2
28.8


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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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