Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 73 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 20% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7466.59 on Friday, December 12th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 11, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.29% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 88,248 acre feet
This is 109% of the average of 80,964 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 95,912 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 149,371 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 7,664 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 109.54% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 128.49% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -16.51 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 2.58 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.81 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, Dec 12, 2025 |
7466.59 |
0.15 |
408,847 |
798 |
302 |
40.3 |
14.7 |
| Thu, Dec 11, 2025 |
7466.44 |
0.13 |
407,867 |
568 |
138 |
41.5 |
18.5 |
| Wed, Dec 10, 2025 |
7466.31 |
0.13 |
407,019 |
435 |
5 |
40.3 |
19.6 |
| Tue, Dec 09, 2025 |
7466.18 |
0.15 |
406,173 |
500 |
6 |
38.7 |
8.8 |
| Mon, Dec 08, 2025 |
7466.03 |
0.05 |
405,197 |
384 |
218 |
31.8 |
10.8 |
| Sun, Dec 07, 2025 |
7465.98 |
-0.03 |
404,872 |
442 |
537 |
28.6 |
5.0 |
| Sat, Dec 06, 2025 |
7466.01 |
0.05 |
405,067 |
507 |
341 |
32.5 |
16.5 |
| Fri, Dec 05, 2025 |
7465.96 |
0.02 |
404,742 |
465 |
397 |
28.2 |
4.1 |
| Thu, Dec 04, 2025 |
7465.94 |
0.02 |
404,612 |
391 |
323 |
28.6 |
6.6 |
| Wed, Dec 03, 2025 |
7465.92 |
0.05 |
404,482 |
501 |
335 |
29.5 |
12.7 |
| Tue, Dec 02, 2025 |
7465.87 |
0.02 |
404,158 |
492 |
423 |
33.8 |
7.5 |
| Mon, Dec 01, 2025 |
7465.85 |
-0.01 |
404,028 |
370 |
400 |
31.1 |
11.8 |
| Sun, Nov 30, 2025 |
7465.86 |
0.08 |
404,093 |
564 |
300 |
35.2 |
15.8 |
| Sat, Nov 29, 2025 |
7465.78 |
-0.01 |
403,574 |
267 |
297 |
35.6 |
15.6 |
| Averages of List |
7466.05 |
0.06 |
405,338 |
477.4 |
287.3 |
34.0 |
12.0 |
Averages for December 12th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7483.07 |
-16.48 |
537,124 |
427.82 |
905.13 |
29.45 |
2.63 |
| All-Time |
7483.48 |
-16.89 |
540,019 |
429.75 |
927.23 |
29.45 |
2.63 |
Last 10 December 12th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Thu, Dec 12, 2024 |
7483.10 |
-16.51 |
524,947 |
607 |
491 |
34.1 |
-1.9 |
| Tue, Dec 12, 2023 |
7491.38 |
-24.79 |
588,512 |
37 |
34 |
33.0 |
2.8 |
| Mon, Dec 12, 2022 |
7445.89 |
20.70 |
287,282 |
483 |
296 |
30.0 |
4.5 |
| Sun, Dec 12, 2021 |
7432.95 |
33.64 |
224,229 |
209 |
0 |
18.0 |
-10.0 |
| Sat, Dec 12, 2020 |
7464.56 |
2.03 |
395,712 |
337 |
334 |
16.0 |
-3.0 |
| Thu, Dec 12, 2019 |
7495.75 |
-29.16 |
626,807 |
365 |
1456 |
22.0 |
-4.0 |
| Wed, Dec 12, 2018 |
7437.69 |
28.90 |
248,171 |
215 |
238 |
28.0 |
-7.0 |
| Tue, Dec 12, 2017 |
7496.65 |
-30.06 |
634,055 |
492 |
1670 |
45.0 |
3.0 |
| Mon, Dec 12, 2016 |
7492.10 |
-25.51 |
597,780 |
434 |
510 |
37.0 |
17.0 |
| Sat, Dec 12, 2015 |
7498.68 |
-32.09 |
650,533 |
434 |
1130 |
35.0 |
23.0 |
| Averages of List |
7473.79 |
-7.20 |
477,153 |
551 |
689 |
30.3 |
4.0 |
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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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