Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 189 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 52% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7466.02 on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 9, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 53.38 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 48.84% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 190,751 acre feet
This is 97.91% of the average of 194,827 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 212,040 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 11,076 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 21,289 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 100.41% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 53.54% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -12.98 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is down 2.44 feet from the high for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.52 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Tue, Apr 07, 2026 |
7466.02 |
-0.20 |
405,132 |
596 |
1243 |
56.5 |
27.3 |
| Mon, Apr 06, 2026 |
7466.22 |
-0.22 |
406,433 |
544 |
1259 |
56.8 |
25.5 |
| Sun, Apr 05, 2026 |
7466.44 |
-0.20 |
407,867 |
583 |
1233 |
54.7 |
21.9 |
| Sat, Apr 04, 2026 |
7466.64 |
-0.25 |
409,174 |
634 |
1451 |
49.6 |
26.1 |
| Fri, Apr 03, 2026 |
7466.89 |
-0.22 |
410,811 |
747 |
1467 |
36.9 |
25.5 |
| Thu, Apr 02, 2026 |
7467.11 |
-0.10 |
412,255 |
1130 |
1452 |
50.5 |
30.6 |
| Wed, Apr 01, 2026 |
7467.21 |
-0.14 |
412,912 |
797 |
1253 |
43.0 |
30.6 |
| Tue, Mar 31, 2026 |
7467.35 |
-0.09 |
413,833 |
849 |
1140 |
55.4 |
32.4 |
| Mon, Mar 30, 2026 |
7467.44 |
-0.10 |
414,426 |
841 |
1165 |
61.2 |
35.2 |
| Sun, Mar 29, 2026 |
7467.54 |
-0.02 |
415,086 |
894 |
952 |
60.8 |
32.5 |
| Sat, Mar 28, 2026 |
7467.56 |
-0.02 |
415,218 |
1008 |
1066 |
62.4 |
28.8 |
| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 |
7467.58 |
0.02 |
415,350 |
1101 |
1027 |
51.3 |
31.5 |
| Thu, Mar 26, 2026 |
7467.56 |
0.02 |
415,218 |
1003 |
928 |
66.4 |
43.2 |
| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 |
7467.54 |
0.06 |
415,086 |
908 |
701 |
70.7 |
33.1 |
| Averages of List |
7467.08 |
-0.1 |
412,057 |
831.1 |
1166.9 |
55.4 |
30.3 |
Averages for April 7th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7467.37 |
-1.35 |
426,379 |
897.43 |
1141.84 |
53.01 |
23.18 |
| All-Time |
7467.13 |
-1.11 |
424,543 |
918.83 |
1158.36 |
53.01 |
23.18 |
Last 10 April 7th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, Apr 07, 2025 |
7479.00 |
-12.98 |
494,723 |
408 |
764 |
39.4 |
6.7 |
| Sun, Apr 07, 2024 |
7485.47 |
-19.45 |
542,792 |
742 |
1305 |
37.3 |
21.3 |
| Fri, Apr 07, 2023 |
7448.46 |
17.56 |
300,933 |
484 |
477 |
46.2 |
10.8 |
| Thu, Apr 07, 2022 |
7436.67 |
29.35 |
241,476 |
102 |
0 |
49.0 |
14.0 |
| Wed, Apr 07, 2021 |
7464.47 |
1.55 |
395,135 |
942 |
1095 |
54.0 |
26.0 |
| Tue, Apr 07, 2020 |
7483.21 |
-17.19 |
529,648 |
698 |
1025 |
60.0 |
23.0 |
| Sun, Apr 07, 2019 |
7438.70 |
27.32 |
253,129 |
1180 |
453 |
51.0 |
27.0 |
| Sat, Apr 07, 2018 |
7482.19 |
-16.17 |
522,078 |
880 |
1504 |
59.0 |
39.0 |
| Fri, Apr 07, 2017 |
7490.19 |
-24.17 |
582,824 |
1587 |
1066 |
63.0 |
27.0 |
| Thu, Apr 07, 2016 |
7486.92 |
-20.90 |
557,615 |
898 |
1118 |
64.0 |
21.0 |
| Averages of List |
7469.61 |
-3.59 |
442,509 |
984 |
786 |
53.4 |
24.4 |
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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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