Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 205 of 366 for water year 2024.
We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7485.18 on Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 21, 2024
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Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 34.22 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 65.17% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2024: 227,337 acre feet
This is 96.48% of the average of 235,638 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2024: 308,581 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet |
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 97,853 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 81,244 AF |
Inflows for WY 2024 are 105.38% of WY 2023
 
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 159.92% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is up 30.66 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.50 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is up 0.03 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Mon, Apr 22, 2024 |
7485.18 |
0.06 |
540,594 |
1919 |
1677 |
61.3 |
33.5 |
Sun, Apr 21, 2024 |
7485.12 |
0.01 |
540,140 |
1695 |
1644 |
58.9 |
28.8 |
Sat, Apr 20, 2024 |
7485.11 |
-0.03 |
540,064 |
1596 |
1698 |
56.6 |
29.6 |
Fri, Apr 19, 2024 |
7485.14 |
-0.07 |
540,291 |
1445 |
1700 |
58.1 |
31.7 |
Thu, Apr 18, 2024 |
7485.21 |
-0.12 |
540,821 |
1381 |
1827 |
60.1 |
30.2 |
Wed, Apr 17, 2024 |
7485.33 |
0.48 |
541,731 |
1513 |
1271 |
57.3 |
33.3 |
Tue, Apr 16, 2024 |
7484.85 |
0.00 |
538,098 |
45 |
33 |
48.7 |
25.9 |
Mon, Apr 15, 2024 |
7484.85 |
0.16 |
538,098 |
948 |
327 |
46.3 |
29.2 |
Sun, Apr 14, 2024 |
7484.69 |
0.01 |
536,889 |
1514 |
1464 |
60.4 |
28.8 |
Sat, Apr 13, 2024 |
7484.68 |
-0.09 |
536,814 |
1103 |
1434 |
57.1 |
30.4 |
Fri, Apr 12, 2024 |
7484.77 |
-0.03 |
537,493 |
1300 |
1403 |
57.6 |
25.9 |
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 |
7484.80 |
-0.21 |
537,720 |
455 |
1244 |
53.0 |
23.0 |
Wed, Apr 10, 2024 |
7485.01 |
-0.14 |
539,307 |
776 |
1299 |
47.4 |
22.5 |
Tue, Apr 09, 2024 |
7485.15 |
-0.16 |
540,367 |
646 |
1246 |
46.7 |
20.0 |
Averages of List |
7484.99 |
-0.01 |
539,173 |
1166.9 |
1304.8 |
55.0 |
28.1 |
Averages for April 22nd
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7467.31 |
17.87 |
426,638 |
1568.04 |
1282.04 |
58.60 |
26.86 |
All-Time |
7467.06 |
18.12 |
424,761 |
1587.96 |
1292.70 |
58.60 |
26.86 |
Last 10 April 22nd's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Sat, Apr 22, 2023 |
7454.52 |
30.66 |
334,689 |
1387 |
134 |
45.3 |
22.1 |
Fri, Apr 22, 2022 |
7436.65 |
48.53 |
241,382 |
2113 |
1344 |
67.0 |
29.0 |
Thu, Apr 22, 2021 |
7462.07 |
23.11 |
379,965 |
682 |
1712 |
52.0 |
25.0 |
Wed, Apr 22, 2020 |
7480.97 |
4.21 |
513,089 |
652 |
1343 |
56.0 |
33.0 |
Mon, Apr 22, 2019 |
7444.08 |
41.10 |
280,510 |
2346 |
626 |
58.0 |
23.0 |
Sun, Apr 22, 2018 |
7479.79 |
5.39 |
504,465 |
603 |
1178 |
62.0 |
24.0 |
Sat, Apr 22, 2017 |
7496.81 |
-11.63 |
635,347 |
2900 |
568 |
55.0 |
23.0 |
Fri, Apr 22, 2016 |
7488.17 |
-2.99 |
567,190 |
1242 |
1423 |
68.0 |
26.0 |
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 |
7492.36 |
-7.18 |
599,828 |
1204 |
1708 |
59.0 |
24.0 |
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 |
7473.57 |
11.61 |
460,237 |
4200 |
250 |
66.0 |
28.0 |
Averages of List |
7471.33 |
13.85 |
454,314 |
1742 |
1016 |
55.7 |
26.6 |
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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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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from Blue Mesa Source Data
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