Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa



Water Summary
Today is day 169 of 366 for water year 2024. We are 46% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7487.53 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 16, 2024

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 31.87 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 67.33% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 173,673 acre feet

This is 106.36% of the average of 163,287 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 225,992 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 712,035 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 79,921 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 52,319 AF
Inflows for WY 2024 are 114.46% of WY 2023          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 125.01% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is up 39.40 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.52 feet from the low for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.47 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
7487.53
-0.08
558,526
990
1591
39.1
14.6
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
7487.61
-0.20
559,141
1008
2533
40.5
16.9
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
7487.81
-0.14
560,681
968
2033
37.4
14.0
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
7487.95
-0.01
561,760
1160
1222
33.3
17.5
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
7487.96
0.01
561,837
1123
1031
35.0
18.5
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
7487.95
0.01
561,760
1156
1065
39.6
24.5
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
7487.94
0.00
561,683
895
881
36.9
11.1
Sun, Mar 10, 2024
7487.94
-0.01
561,683
1039
1103
33.6
7.7
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
7487.95
-0.03
561,760
789
1010
32.3
7.3
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
7487.98
-0.01
561,992
926
990
32.1
9.4
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
7487.99
0.98
562,069
1059
968
32.3
7.6
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
7487.01
-0.97
554,534
-6514
930
34.0
15.3
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
7487.98
-0.02
561,992
774
916
31.2
5.2
Mon, Mar 04, 2024
7488.00
-0.03
562,146
916
1137
34.0
11.2
Averages of List
7487.83
-0.04
560,826
891.0
2466.6
35.1
12.9

Averages for March 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7468.85
18.68
435,360
1205.29
2068.30
-5.39
19.03
All-Time
7468.73
18.8
434,260
1191.29
2101.46
-5.39
19.03

Last 10 March 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
7448.13
39.40
299,158
877
811
35.2
-3.1
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
7435.73
51.80
237,058
1002
1462
39.0
23.0
Wed, Mar 17, 2021
7465.90
21.63
404,352
1129
920
41.0
17.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
7484.48
3.05
539,146
1404
1014
56.0
24.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2019
7437.41
50.12
246,807
700
837
n/a
n/a
Fri, Mar 17, 2017
7485.71
1.82
548,420
2293
3794
48.0
23.0
Thu, Mar 17, 2016
7487.34
0.19
560,824
1162
1377
50.0
19.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2015
7485.81
1.72
549,177
1579
958
59.0
24.0
Mon, Mar 17, 2014
7463.22
24.31
391,386
940
674
50.0
17.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2013
7453.26
34.27
331,044
875
575
48.2
28.4
Averages of List
7464.77
22.76
411,294
1384
1032
45.2
16.9


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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 - 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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*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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