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Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

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Water Summary
Today is day 113 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 31% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7482.55 on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Jan 20, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 36.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 62.79% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 114,256 acre feet

This is 100.49% of the average of 113,696 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 150,462 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 37,373 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 36,206 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 88.01% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 169.94% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -6.76 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.80 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.51 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Jan 21, 2025
7482.55
-0.04
520,845
431
578
21.2
-23.1
Mon, Jan 20, 2025
7482.59
-0.07
521,143
368
628
12.6
-17.9
Sun, Jan 19, 2025
7482.66
-0.04
521,664
453
600
13.2
-15.5
Sat, Jan 18, 2025
7482.70
-0.03
521,962
488
598
15.3
-0.5
Fri, Jan 17, 2025
7482.73
-0.05
522,186
426
611
28.4
4.2
Thu, Jan 16, 2025
7482.78
-0.08
522,559
300
599
33.0
6.4
Wed, Jan 15, 2025
7482.86
-0.07
523,155
204
465
23.8
-3.5
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
7482.93
0.00
523,678
606
603
23.3
-2.5
Mon, Jan 13, 2025
7482.93
-0.04
523,678
369
517
19.1
-4.6
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
7482.97
-0.04
523,976
343
491
19.1
-6.8
Sat, Jan 11, 2025
7483.01
0.00
524,275
503
500
22.2
1.1
Fri, Jan 10, 2025
7483.01
-0.01
524,275
453
488
23.5
-8.5
Thu, Jan 09, 2025
7483.02
-0.04
524,350
354
502
21.6
-5.5
Wed, Jan 08, 2025
7483.06
-0.01
524,648
468
503
16.9
-8.5
Averages of List
7482.84
-0.04
523,028
411.9
548.8
20.9
-6.1

Averages for January 21st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7477.64
4.91
495,130
409.24
942.31
23.16
-2.09
All-Time
7477.87
4.68
496,660
411.79
963.28
23.16
-2.09

Last 10 January 21st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Jan 21, 2024
7489.31
-6.76
572,296
585
542
29.4
6.8
Sat, Jan 21, 2023
7447.15
35.40
293,927
349
160
28.2
-10.7
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
7435.22
47.33
234,677
404
308
25.0
11.0
Thu, Jan 21, 2021
7465.19
17.36
399,760
431
233
34.0
4.0
Tue, Jan 21, 2020
7487.61
-5.06
562,891
566
1065
13.0
-13.0
Mon, Jan 21, 2019
7438.42
44.13
251,749
288
336
19.0
-8.0
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
7487.93
-5.38
565,345
396
1246
28.0
9.0
Sat, Jan 21, 2017
7491.06
-8.51
589,617
445
678
21.0
6.0
Thu, Jan 21, 2016
7492.39
-9.84
600,065
403
758
14.0
-14.0
Wed, Jan 21, 2015
7486.36
-3.81
553,350
477
1011
24.0
1.0
Averages of List
7472.02
10.53
461,965
440
640
24.2
-0.8


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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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