Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 66 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7465.96 on Friday, December 5th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 4, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 53.44 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 48.79% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 81,040 acre feet

This is 108.18% of the average of 74,910 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 92,844 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 153,476 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 11,804 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 108.66% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 123.95% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -17.09 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.95 feet from the low for water year.

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

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Fri, Nov 28, 2025
7465.79
0.12
403,639
686
291
45.5
21.6
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
7465.67
0.06
402,861
508
309
45.5
22.5
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
7465.61
0.02
402,473
376
307
42.3
16.0
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
7465.59
0.05
402,343
520
354
37.0
18.9
Mon, Nov 24, 2025
7465.54
0.06
402,020
549
350
36.0
21.0
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
7465.48
0.03
401,632
456
355
36.5
28.6
Sat, Nov 22, 2025
7465.45
0.03
401,438
506
405
43.0
18.1
Averages of List
7465.74
0.04
403,293
475.1
346.1
36.3
15.8

Averages for December 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7483.93
-17.97
544,132
446.24
887.24
32.66
6.46
All-Time
7484.38
-18.42
547,331
448.46
885.47
32.66
6.46

Last 10 December 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Dec 05, 2024
7483.05
-17.09
524,574
419
416
33.3
10.7
Tue, Dec 05, 2023
7491.61
-25.65
590,326
454
729
44.8
8.4
Mon, Dec 05, 2022
7445.39
20.57
284,670
534
269
34.5
17.6
Sun, Dec 05, 2021
7432.22
33.74
220,919
448
196
52.0
10.0
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
7464.48
1.48
399,434
316
281
31.0
-2.0
Thu, Dec 05, 2019
7497.03
-31.07
637,126
637
1000
40.0
18.0
Wed, Dec 05, 2018
7437.96
28.00
249,491
269
316
18.0
-11.0
Tue, Dec 05, 2017
7498.80
-32.84
651,513
347
1538
34.0
3.0
Mon, Dec 05, 2016
7492.24
-26.28
598,883
366
640
37.0
7.0
Sat, Dec 05, 2015
7499.50
-33.54
657,241
505
543
37.0
8.0
Averages of List
7474.19
-8.23
481,063
415
591
35.2
5.3


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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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