Blue Mesa Water Database

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Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 59 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 16% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7491.84 on Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 27, 2023

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 27.56 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 71.39% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 85,923 acre feet

This is 123.17% of the average of 69,761 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 97,759 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has risen by 301,866 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,836 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 135.41% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 112.61% of the November 30th avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 46.89 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.66 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.62 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
7491.84
0.02
592,143
372
288
44.6
0.5
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
7491.82
0.00
591,985
295
291
36.7
-9.0
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
7491.82
0.01
591,985
355
311
33.8
-9.9
Sat, Nov 25, 2023
7491.81
0.04
591,906
455
292
30.9
4.0
Fri, Nov 24, 2023
7491.77
0.17
591,590
984
303
36.4
19.5
Thu, Nov 23, 2023
7491.60
-0.04
590,247
133
289
46.2
23.8
Wed, Nov 22, 2023
7491.64
0.03
590,563
403
280
51.1
12.6
Tue, Nov 21, 2023
7491.61
0.06
590,326
520
278
43.0
10.2
Mon, Nov 20, 2023
7491.55
0.05
589,853
488
285
42.1
16.2
Sun, Nov 19, 2023
7491.50
0.07
589,458
561
278
39.8
24.1
Sat, Nov 18, 2023
7491.43
0.06
588,906
533
290
46.4
10.0
Fri, Nov 17, 2023
7491.37
0.07
588,433
565
283
48.4
22.1
Thu, Nov 16, 2023
7491.30
0.08
587,881
619
297
44.6
25.2
Wed, Nov 15, 2023
7491.22
0.04
587,251
486
323
53.5
19.0
Averages of List
7491.59
0.05
590,181
483.5
292.0
42.7
12.0

Averages for November 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7485.06
6.78
553,417
475.43
858.19
36.21
9.04
All-Time
7485.42
6.42
556,129
470.30
863.11
36.21
9.04

Last 10 November 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Nov 28, 2022
7444.95
46.89
282,383
550
287
40.1
18.0
Sun, Nov 28, 2021
7431.79
60.05
218,981
349
256
54.0
11.0
Sat, Nov 28, 2020
7464.50
27.34
399,562
385
188
27.0
1.0
Thu, Nov 28, 2019
7497.87
-6.03
643,936
557
1045
32.0
7.0
Wed, Nov 28, 2018
7438.01
53.83
249,736
383
504
30.0
-4.0
Tue, Nov 28, 2017
7499.79
-7.95
659,620
589
833
50.0
21.0
Mon, Nov 28, 2016
7492.69
-0.85
602,432
624
581
28.0
10.0
Sat, Nov 28, 2015
7499.98
-8.14
661,181
469
1086
37.0
21.0
Fri, Nov 28, 2014
7491.82
0.02
595,577
658
654
35.0
8.0
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
7459.23
32.61
366,519
410
191
35.0
8.0
Averages of List
7472.02
19.83
467,515
448
542
37.4
7.2


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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):    Gunnison, CO Weather
Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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