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Water Summary
Today is day 45 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 12% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7464.97 on Friday, November 14th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 13, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 54.43 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 48.02% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 59,338 acre feet

This is 106.21% of the average of 55,870 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 76,902 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 159,875 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 17,564 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 108.9% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 114.84% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -17.51 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.96 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.35 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
7464.97
-0.12
398,343
n/a
n/a
54.9
27.3
Thu, Nov 13, 2025
7465.09
0.01
399,115
549
513
53.8
27.9
Wed, Nov 12, 2025
7465.08
-0.01
399,051
459
488
53.6
26.6
Tue, Nov 11, 2025
7465.09
0.01
399,115
570
533
52.9
25.7
Mon, Nov 10, 2025
7465.08
-0.02
399,051
516
577
53.1
19.9
Sun, Nov 09, 2025
7465.10
0.05
399,180
462
296
47.7
16.0
Sat, Nov 08, 2025
7465.05
0.07
398,858
516
285
46.4
18.3
Fri, Nov 07, 2025
7464.98
0.05
398,407
462
296
48.7
24.1
Thu, Nov 06, 2025
7464.93
0.08
398,086
568
305
51.6
29.3
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
7464.85
0.08
397,572
552
288
56.3
25.7
Tue, Nov 04, 2025
7464.77
0.04
397,058
519
385
57.6
32.2
Mon, Nov 03, 2025
7464.73
0.07
396,801
568
337
57.0
33.3
Sun, Nov 02, 2025
7464.66
0.04
396,352
585
451
61.5
24.6
Sat, Nov 01, 2025
7464.62
0.05
396,096
542
376
52.7
19.6
Averages of List
7464.93
0.03
398,078
528.3
394.6
53.4
25.0

Averages for November 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7485.60
-20.63
558,138
548.76
790.26
45.01
16.40
All-Time
7486.01
-21.04
561,226
556.55
799.09
45.01
16.40

Last 10 November 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
7482.48
-17.51
520,324
560
369
47.1
18.5
Tue, Nov 14, 2023
7491.18
-26.21
586,936
413
568
53.5
18.7
Mon, Nov 14, 2022
7443.23
21.74
273,555
455
18
33.1
12.4
Sun, Nov 14, 2021
7430.63
34.34
213,795
477
318
58.0
17.0
Sat, Nov 14, 2020
7463.90
1.07
395,718
544
380
34.0
11.0
Thu, Nov 14, 2019
7499.89
-34.92
660,441
466
1373
53.0
11.0
Wed, Nov 14, 2018
7438.07
26.90
250,030
28
223
28.0
-1.0
Tue, Nov 14, 2017
7500.25
-35.28
663,401
522
684
57.0
16.0
Mon, Nov 14, 2016
7493.03
-28.06
605,120
623
579
59.0
17.0
Sat, Nov 14, 2015
7501.49
-36.52
673,644
464
544
46.0
8.0
Averages of List
7474.43
-9.46
484,310
480
469
48.3
12.4


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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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