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