Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 228 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7457.10 on Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on May 15, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 62.3 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 42.16% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 236,346 acre feet
This is 70.1% of the average of 337,179 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 309,710 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 66,492 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 73,364 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.06% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 39.29% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -25.87 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 0.23 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.98 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, May 16, 2026 |
7457.10 |
0.00 |
349,716 |
614 |
602 |
70.4 |
39.9 |
| Fri, May 15, 2026 |
7457.10 |
-0.04 |
349,716 |
495 |
601 |
70.9 |
38.5 |
| Thu, May 14, 2026 |
7457.14 |
0.17 |
349,952 |
1120 |
602 |
70.8 |
43.4 |
| Wed, May 13, 2026 |
7456.97 |
0.10 |
348,949 |
910 |
601 |
74.6 |
41.0 |
| Tue, May 12, 2026 |
7456.87 |
-0.01 |
348,360 |
760 |
778 |
74.8 |
37.6 |
| Mon, May 11, 2026 |
7456.88 |
-0.12 |
348,419 |
582 |
926 |
73.3 |
34.4 |
| Sun, May 10, 2026 |
7457.00 |
-0.14 |
349,126 |
523 |
928 |
65.7 |
32.7 |
| Sat, May 09, 2026 |
7457.14 |
-0.14 |
349,952 |
522 |
927 |
64.6 |
34.3 |
| Fri, May 08, 2026 |
7457.28 |
-0.17 |
350,780 |
552 |
928 |
64.0 |
32.7 |
| Thu, May 07, 2026 |
7457.45 |
-0.52 |
351,786 |
522 |
929 |
57.7 |
22.6 |
| Wed, May 06, 2026 |
7457.97 |
0.00 |
354,875 |
941 |
929 |
45.0 |
29.8 |
| Tue, May 05, 2026 |
7457.97 |
0.00 |
354,875 |
947 |
936 |
54.3 |
35.6 |
| Mon, May 04, 2026 |
7457.97 |
-0.11 |
354,875 |
819 |
1138 |
58.5 |
38.6 |
| Sun, May 03, 2026 |
7458.08 |
-0.50 |
355,531 |
535 |
2037 |
60.4 |
31.8 |
| Averages of List |
7457.35 |
-0.11 |
351,208 |
703.0 |
918.7 |
64.6 |
35.2 |
Averages for May 16th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7473.56 |
-16.46 |
467,417 |
3160.09 |
1570.75 |
67.01 |
34.17 |
| All-Time |
7473.67 |
-16.57 |
467,970 |
3224.45 |
1553.88 |
67.01 |
34.17 |
Last 10 May 16th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Fri, May 16, 2025 |
7482.97 |
-25.87 |
523,976 |
1941 |
1210 |
58.8 |
29.7 |
| Thu, May 16, 2024 |
7486.42 |
-29.32 |
550,022 |
2259 |
3475 |
62.7 |
30.0 |
| Tue, May 16, 2023 |
7474.62 |
-17.52 |
463,384 |
5319 |
3250 |
68.4 |
32.5 |
| Mon, May 16, 2022 |
7447.75 |
9.35 |
297,123 |
3835 |
2212 |
76.0 |
34.0 |
| Sun, May 16, 2021 |
7454.17 |
2.93 |
332,681 |
1247 |
1986 |
71.0 |
39.0 |
| Sat, May 16, 2020 |
7483.59 |
-26.49 |
532,482 |
2030 |
1638 |
69.0 |
31.0 |
| Thu, May 16, 2019 |
7468.00 |
-10.90 |
422,413 |
5216 |
781 |
73.0 |
40.0 |
| Wed, May 16, 2018 |
7479.39 |
-22.29 |
501,558 |
1838 |
1456 |
75.0 |
28.0 |
| Tue, May 16, 2017 |
7506.94 |
-49.84 |
719,500 |
5535 |
2380 |
57.0 |
34.0 |
| Mon, May 16, 2016 |
7489.50 |
-32.40 |
577,461 |
3049 |
3345 |
57.0 |
37.0 |
| Averages of List |
7477.60 |
-20.50 |
493,777 |
3095 |
2214 |
66.1 |
33.0 |
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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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