Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 345 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 94% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7490.22 on Monday, September 9th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 8, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 29.18 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 69.85% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 896,302 acre feet

This is 98.84% of the average of 906,796 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 933,491 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 59,048 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 37,189 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 86.81% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 165.93% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -12.05 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 9.53 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -1.43 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Sep 09, 2024
7490.22
-0.14
579,399
1738
2803
76.1
36.9
Sun, Sep 08, 2024
7490.36
-0.13
580,495
1738
2725
76.8
37.0
Sat, Sep 07, 2024
7490.49
-0.09
581,514
1813
2487
77.2
38.1
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
7490.58
-0.13
582,220
1847
2836
77.8
35.3
Thu, Sep 05, 2024
7490.71
-0.13
583,240
1831
2821
75.7
37.2
Wed, Sep 04, 2024
7490.84
-0.13
584,262
1934
2924
78.4
40.7
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
7490.97
-0.15
585,284
1900
3049
77.6
38.9
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
7491.12
-0.11
586,464
2154
2987
76.9
39.2
Sun, Sep 01, 2024
7491.23
-0.12
587,330
1999
2914
78.9
41.1
Sat, Aug 31, 2024
7491.35
-0.10
588,275
2059
2815
78.5
39.4
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
7491.45
-0.09
589,064
2194
2870
76.8
40.1
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
7491.54
-0.07
589,774
2249
2769
77.9
43.6
Wed, Aug 28, 2024
7491.61
-0.04
590,326
2507
2791
75.0
42.3
Tue, Aug 27, 2024
7491.65
-0.04
590,642
2563
2846
76.9
39.8
Averages of List
7491.01
-0.1
585,592
4041.6
5615.8
77.2
39.3

Averages for September 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7494.62
-4.4
628,658
1576.81
3006.52
71.53
39.33
All-Time
7494.84
-4.62
630,258
1577.70
2976.77
71.53
39.33

Last 10 September 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Sep 09, 2023
7502.27
-12.05
677,138
1434
3249
79.5
35.6
Fri, Sep 09, 2022
7453.28
36.94
327,609
1135
3556
84.0
40.0
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
7446.74
43.48
291,755
895
3205
84.0
32.0
Wed, Sep 09, 2020
7475.96
14.26
476,984
857
2174
n/a
n/a
Mon, Sep 09, 2019
7513.09
-22.87
772,920
1047
3049
67.0
35.0
Sun, Sep 09, 2018
7449.70
40.52
310,874
611
3154
74.0
50.0
Sat, Sep 09, 2017
7514.09
-23.87
781,791
1462
3384
75.0
39.0
Fri, Sep 09, 2016
7505.06
-14.84
703,527
1496
3493
73.0
33.0
Wed, Sep 09, 2015
7511.55
-21.33
759,363
2025
3217
75.0
33.0
Tue, Sep 09, 2014
7494.60
-4.38
617,599
2733
2702
62.0
48.0
Averages of List
7486.39
3.83
570,251
1376
3051
72.4
37.3


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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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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):    Gunnison, CO Weather
Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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