Blue Mesa

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