Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 345 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 94% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7490.22 on Monday, September 9th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 8, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 29.18 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 69.85% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 896,302 acre feet

This is 98.84% of the average of 906,796 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 933,491 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 59,048 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 37,189 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 86.81% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 165.93% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -12.05 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 9.53 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.43 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Sep 09, 2024
7490.22
-0.14
579,399
876
1413
76.1
36.9
Sun, Sep 08, 2024
7490.36
-0.13
580,495
876
1374
76.8
37.0
Sat, Sep 07, 2024
7490.49
-0.09
581,514
914
1254
77.2
38.1
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
7490.58
-0.13
582,220
931
1430
77.8
35.3
Thu, Sep 05, 2024
7490.71
-0.13
583,240
923
1422
75.7
37.2
Wed, Sep 04, 2024
7490.84
-0.13
584,262
975
1474
78.4
40.7
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
7490.97
-0.15
585,284
958
1537
77.6
38.9
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
7491.12
-0.11
586,464
1086
1506
76.9
39.2
Sun, Sep 01, 2024
7491.23
-0.12
587,330
1008
1469
78.9
41.1
Sat, Aug 31, 2024
7491.35
-0.10
588,275
1038
1419
78.5
39.4
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
7491.45
-0.09
589,064
1106
1447
76.8
40.1
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
7491.54
-0.07
589,774
1134
1396
77.9
43.6
Wed, Aug 28, 2024
7491.61
-0.04
590,326
1264
1407
75.0
42.3
Tue, Aug 27, 2024
7491.65
-0.04
590,642
1292
1435
76.9
39.8
Averages of List
7491.01
-0.1
585,592
1027.2
1427.4
77.2
39.3

Averages for September 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7494.62
-4.4
628,658
794.96
1515.76
71.53
39.33
All-Time
7494.84
-4.62
630,258
795.41
1500.77
71.53
39.33

Last 10 September 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Sep 09, 2023
7502.27
-12.05
677,138
723
1638
79.5
35.6
Fri, Sep 09, 2022
7453.28
36.94
327,609
572
1793
84.0
40.0
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
7446.74
43.48
291,755
451
1616
84.0
32.0
Wed, Sep 09, 2020
7475.96
14.26
476,984
432
1096
n/a
n/a
Mon, Sep 09, 2019
7513.09
-22.87
772,920
528
1537
67.0
35.0
Sun, Sep 09, 2018
7449.70
40.52
310,874
308
1590
74.0
50.0
Sat, Sep 09, 2017
7514.09
-23.87
781,791
737
1706
75.0
39.0
Fri, Sep 09, 2016
7505.06
-14.84
703,527
754
1761
73.0
33.0
Wed, Sep 09, 2015
7511.55
-21.33
759,363
1021
1622
75.0
33.0
Tue, Sep 09, 2014
7494.60
-4.38
617,599
1378
1362
62.0
48.0
Averages of List
7486.39
3.83
570,251
694
1538
72.4
37.3


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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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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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