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Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 156 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 43% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7468.13 on Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 4, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 51.27 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 50.51% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 147,116 acre feet

This is 98.27% of the average of 149,706 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 155,011 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 2,781 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 7,895 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 102.4% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 137.39% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -12.89 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is down 0.33 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.65 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
7468.13
0.06
418,989
1156
750
46.6
29.7
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
7468.07
0.06
418,591
1033
627
47.5
25.2
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
7468.01
0.06
418,193
1087
680
38.7
25.5
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
7467.95
0.10
417,796
1315
645
51.6
34.7
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
7467.85
0.09
417,134
1228
623
51.6
29.8
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
7467.76
-0.03
416,539
561
750
46.4
28.6
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
7467.79
0.12
416,737
1535
734
42.1
23.9
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
7467.67
0.07
415,944
1228
756
42.3
25.9
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
7467.60
0.05
415,482
996
659
43.7
29.3
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
7467.55
0.03
415,152
1000
793
45.1
17.2
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
7467.52
0.02
414,954
833
694
41.5
9.5
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
7467.50
-0.09
414,822
109
694
38.7
-2.4
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
7467.59
0.11
415,416
1388
655
28.8
4.1
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
7467.48
-0.01
414,690
631
690
23.4
3.4
Averages of List
7467.75
0.05
416,460
1007.1
696.4
42.0
20.3

Averages for March 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7471.03
-2.9
448,951
917.37
1792.59
35.94
9.28
All-Time
7471.02
-2.89
448,693
917.23
1881.32
35.94
9.28

Last 10 March 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Mar 05, 2025
7481.02
-12.89
509,510
1244
1232
35.9
18.1
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
7487.98
-19.85
561,992
774
916
31.2
5.2
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
7447.70
20.43
296,856
1069
528
33.1
5.4
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
7436.44
31.69
240,391
837
829
40.0
21.0
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
7465.54
2.59
402,020
851
518
42.0
12.0
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
7484.12
-15.99
536,446
795
934
42.0
8.0
Tue, Mar 05, 2019
7437.66
30.47
248,025
748
740
39.0
5.0
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
7485.34
-17.21
545,622
736
1632
30.0
10.0
Sun, Mar 05, 2017
7487.88
-19.75
564,962
867
2469
30.0
1.0
Sat, Mar 05, 2016
7486.91
-18.78
557,539
1327
1392
44.0
15.0
Averages of List
7469.96
-1.83
445,553
271
1044
36.7
14.4


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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 - 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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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