Blue Mesa

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Water Summary
Today is day 200 of 365 for water year 2025.
We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7480.51 on Friday, April 18th, 2025 Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 17, 2025
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Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 38.89 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 60.97% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2025: 236,284 acre feet
This is 107.07% of the average of 220,675 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2025: 286,483 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet |
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 52,460 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 50,199 AF |
Inflows for WY 2025 are 112.37% of WY 2024
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 131.70% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -4.70 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 1.51 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is up 1.05 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Fri, Apr 18, 2025 |
7480.51 |
0.12 |
505,758 |
1636 |
1180 |
38.7 |
24.9 |
Thu, Apr 17, 2025 |
7480.39 |
0.34 |
504,876 |
2379 |
1111 |
51.9 |
32.8 |
Wed, Apr 16, 2025 |
7480.05 |
0.17 |
502,384 |
1951 |
1312 |
54.2 |
25.7 |
Tue, Apr 15, 2025 |
7479.88 |
0.13 |
501,140 |
1913 |
1422 |
47.9 |
21.1 |
Mon, Apr 14, 2025 |
7479.75 |
0.13 |
500,189 |
1810 |
1320 |
48.0 |
24.7 |
Sun, Apr 13, 2025 |
7479.62 |
0.16 |
499,240 |
1841 |
1241 |
54.2 |
31.2 |
Sat, Apr 12, 2025 |
7479.46 |
0.10 |
498,072 |
1558 |
1179 |
57.3 |
25.2 |
Fri, Apr 11, 2025 |
7479.36 |
-0.10 |
497,343 |
1288 |
1644 |
49.4 |
19.8 |
Thu, Apr 10, 2025 |
7479.46 |
-0.05 |
498,072 |
1095 |
1268 |
47.1 |
17.2 |
Wed, Apr 09, 2025 |
7479.51 |
0.31 |
498,437 |
1152 |
3 |
47.9 |
19.4 |
Tue, Apr 08, 2025 |
7479.20 |
0.20 |
496,178 |
748 |
4 |
45.2 |
16.1 |
Mon, Apr 07, 2025 |
7479.00 |
-0.10 |
494,723 |
408 |
764 |
39.4 |
6.7 |
Sun, Apr 06, 2025 |
7479.10 |
-0.36 |
495,450 |
594 |
1906 |
39.7 |
3.4 |
Sat, Apr 05, 2025 |
7479.46 |
-0.35 |
498,072 |
626 |
1904 |
37.0 |
10.8 |
Averages of List |
7479.63 |
0.05 |
499,281 |
1357.1 |
1161.3 |
47.0 |
19.9 |
Averages for April 18th
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7467.28 |
13.23 |
426,433 |
1431.40 |
1338.00 |
54.00 |
24.93 |
All-Time |
7467.03 |
13.48 |
424,547 |
1440.37 |
1346.25 |
54.00 |
24.93 |
Last 10 April 18th's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Thu, Apr 18, 2024 |
7485.21 |
-4.70 |
540,821 |
1381 |
1827 |
60.1 |
30.2 |
Tue, Apr 18, 2023 |
7452.51 |
28.00 |
323,257 |
1919 |
212 |
55.8 |
34.7 |
Mon, Apr 18, 2022 |
7436.28 |
44.23 |
239,638 |
801 |
1149 |
67.0 |
22.0 |
Sun, Apr 18, 2021 |
7463.36 |
17.15 |
388,073 |
746 |
1630 |
50.0 |
22.0 |
Sat, Apr 18, 2020 |
7481.67 |
-1.16 |
518,238 |
657 |
1389 |
53.0 |
19.0 |
Thu, Apr 18, 2019 |
7441.57 |
38.94 |
267,531 |
1667 |
838 |
58.0 |
24.0 |
Wed, Apr 18, 2018 |
7480.45 |
0.06 |
509,280 |
602 |
1181 |
55.0 |
12.0 |
Tue, Apr 18, 2017 |
7494.22 |
-13.71 |
614,568 |
3327 |
908 |
68.0 |
28.0 |
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 |
7488.42 |
-7.91 |
569,114 |
1170 |
1352 |
42.0 |
30.0 |
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 |
7492.75 |
-12.24 |
602,906 |
1055 |
883 |
37.0 |
19.0 |
Averages of List |
7471.73 |
8.78 |
457,866 |
1418 |
1143 |
55.1 |
26.0 |
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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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