Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 31 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 8% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7481.75 on Thursday, October 31st, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 30, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 37.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 62.07% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 38,726 acre feet

This is 95.91% of the average of 40,379 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 81,930 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 123,543 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 43,204 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 65.91% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 115.84% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -10.62 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 5.74 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.56 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Oct 31, 2024
7481.75
-0.02
514,904
593
662
40.4
10.9
Wed, Oct 30, 2024
7481.77
-0.21
515,052
642
1421
35.0
14.6
Tue, Oct 29, 2024
7481.98
-0.13
516,609
847
1328
45.1
25.2
Mon, Oct 28, 2024
7482.11
-0.21
517,574
569
1331
55.2
40.9
Sun, Oct 27, 2024
7482.32
-0.20
519,097
580
1342
60.4
28.4
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
7482.52
-0.21
520,622
649
1432
59.9
28.1
Fri, Oct 25, 2024
7482.73
-0.23
522,186
566
1424
62.2
26.7
Thu, Oct 24, 2024
7482.96
-0.28
523,902
508
1556
60.8
31.0
Wed, Oct 23, 2024
7483.24
-0.21
525,994
525
1311
63.4
27.5
Tue, Oct 22, 2024
7483.45
-0.22
527,566
576
1401
61.0
21.1
Mon, Oct 21, 2024
7483.67
-0.25
529,214
542
1481
49.3
28.7
Sun, Oct 20, 2024
7483.92
-0.08
531,091
1137
1433
53.1
28.6
Sat, Oct 19, 2024
7484.00
-0.31
531,692
185
1354
52.4
31.0
Fri, Oct 18, 2024
7484.31
-0.21
534,024
652
1442
55.2
33.2
Averages of List
7482.91
-0.2
523,538
612.2
1351.3
53.8
26.9

Averages for October 31st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7486.70
-4.95
567,565
577.04
877.81
50.97
18.30
All-Time
7487.12
-5.37
570,705
584.42
869.36
50.97
18.30

Last 10 October 31st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Oct 31, 2023
7492.37
-10.62
596,339
473
1067
47.8
2.1
Mon, Oct 31, 2022
7441.73
40.02
266,006
783
579
51.6
14.7
Sun, Oct 31, 2021
7429.52
52.23
208,892
505
790
57.0
21.0
Sat, Oct 31, 2020
7463.47
18.28
392,975
392
484
60.0
17.0
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
7502.51
-20.76
682,122
403
1363
18.0
-11.0
Wed, Oct 31, 2018
7437.59
44.16
247,684
496
713
42.0
26.0
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
7500.64
-18.89
666,615
790
1616
52.0
34.0
Mon, Oct 31, 2016
7493.44
-11.69
608,369
471
1465
64.0
27.0
Sat, Oct 31, 2015
7501.39
-19.64
672,815
496
490
53.0
23.0
Fri, Oct 31, 2014
7490.77
-9.02
587,349
718
555
60.0
19.0
Averages of List
7475.31
6.44
492,494
536
507
52.1
22.3


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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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