Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

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Water Summary
Today is day 234 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7483.33 on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 21, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 36.07 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 63.49% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 343,308 acre feet

This is 89.85% of the average of 382,101 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 371,611 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 31,551 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 28,303 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 100.5% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 51.34% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -0.22 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 4.33 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.52 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 22, 2025
7483.33
-0.09
526,667
1354
1676
71.2
30.7
Wed, May 21, 2025
7483.42
0.01
527,341
1364
1309
64.5
31.0
Tue, May 20, 2025
7483.41
0.07
527,266
1413
1132
57.3
26.4
Mon, May 19, 2025
7483.34
0.10
526,742
1528
1134
49.2
33.3
Sun, May 18, 2025
7483.24
0.11
525,994
1554
1122
53.9
37.6
Sat, May 17, 2025
7483.13
0.16
525,171
1676
1057
61.9
33.5
Fri, May 16, 2025
7482.97
0.19
523,976
1941
1210
58.8
29.7
Thu, May 15, 2025
7482.78
0.22
522,559
1933
1091
51.0
27.9
Wed, May 14, 2025
7482.56
0.33
520,919
2524
1271
51.6
33.3
Tue, May 13, 2025
7482.23
0.28
518,465
2211
1148
68.0
38.8
Mon, May 12, 2025
7481.95
0.10
516,386
1882
1493
68.0
35.1
Sun, May 11, 2025
7481.85
0.04
515,645
1629
1464
65.9
31.4
Sat, May 10, 2025
7481.81
0.00
515,349
1256
1240
63.5
26.5
Fri, May 09, 2025
7481.81
-0.10
515,349
1259
1618
61.8
27.2
Averages of List
7482.70
0.1
521,988
1680.3
1283.2
60.5
31.6

Averages for May 22nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7477.22
6.11
492,276
3776.84
1678.36
65.22
34.81
All-Time
7477.51
5.82
494,330
3880.51
1651.14
65.22
34.81

Last 10 May 22nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 22, 2024
7483.55
-0.22
528,315
3500
5982
59.6
21.7
Mon, May 22, 2023
7479.62
3.71
499,240
5942
1928
61.7
33.8
Sun, May 22, 2022
7450.14
33.19
310,072
1593
475
60.0
36.0
Sat, May 22, 2021
7455.39
27.94
339,711
2216
2846
71.0
38.0
Fri, May 22, 2020
7482.81
0.52
526,673
2663
2834
72.0
23.0
Wed, May 22, 2019
7474.13
9.20
464,133
3562
1232
50.0
27.0
Tue, May 22, 2018
7480.01
3.32
506,068
1567
1513
66.0
37.0
Mon, May 22, 2017
7504.93
-21.60
702,429
3449
8857
60.0
37.0
Sun, May 22, 2016
7487.65
-4.32
563,197
3533
4327
66.0
33.0
Fri, May 22, 2015
7495.24
-11.91
622,716
2026
1039
60.0
37.0
Averages of List
7479.16
4.17
504,429
2807
3287
64.5
30.9


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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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