Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

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Water Summary
Today is day 128 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 35% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7481.83 on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 4, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 37.57 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 62.15% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 127,182 acre feet

This is 101.02% of the average of 125,896 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 168,639 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 42,721 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 41,457 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 89.15% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 173.67% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -6.75 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 0.08 feet from the low for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.59 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Feb 05, 2025
7481.83
0.01
515,497
1186
1105
39.0
19.0
Tue, Feb 04, 2025
7481.82
-0.06
515,423
740
1178
41.6
23.5
Mon, Feb 03, 2025
7481.88
-0.02
515,867
1057
1198
39.6
11.5
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
7481.90
-0.05
516,016
801
1166
41.7
21.6
Sat, Feb 01, 2025
7481.95
-0.03
516,386
857
1073
37.7
12.7
Fri, Jan 31, 2025
7481.98
-0.06
516,609
817
1256
35.6
-3.3
Thu, Jan 30, 2025
7482.04
0.04
517,054
1563
1260
33.7
1.0
Wed, Jan 29, 2025
7482.00
-0.14
516,757
222
1254
25.8
2.4
Tue, Jan 28, 2025
7482.14
-0.10
517,796
678
1414
29.8
4.8
Mon, Jan 27, 2025
7482.24
-0.04
518,539
853
1144
33.4
-0.7
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
7482.28
-0.03
518,836
1053
1269
31.3
2.5
Sat, Jan 25, 2025
7482.31
-0.08
519,059
659
1248
29.0
3.5
Fri, Jan 24, 2025
7482.39
-0.03
519,654
948
1166
27.3
-6.8
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
7482.42
-0.07
519,877
712
1226
16.7
-16.3
Averages of List
7482.08
-0.05
517,384
867.6
1211.2
33.0
5.4

Averages for February 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7475.42
6.41
479,008
831.92
1865.36
27.00
-0.86
All-Time
7475.60
6.23
480,112
822.80
1855.69
27.00
-0.86

Last 10 February 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Feb 05, 2024
7488.58
-6.75
566,629
672
1208
29.5
-2.1
Sun, Feb 05, 2023
7447.58
34.25
296,216
1260
561
40.5
5.9
Sat, Feb 05, 2022
7435.63
46.20
236,590
565
609
17.0
-18.0
Fri, Feb 05, 2021
7465.34
16.49
400,727
857
722
25.0
2.0
Wed, Feb 05, 2020
7485.99
-4.16
550,541
910
2118
19.0
-24.0
Tue, Feb 05, 2019
7438.56
43.27
252,439
817
714
31.0
10.0
Mon, Feb 05, 2018
7486.44
-4.61
553,959
934
926
46.0
30.0
Sun, Feb 05, 2017
7490.72
-8.89
586,958
1125
571
18.0
0.0
Fri, Feb 05, 2016
7490.43
-8.60
584,694
754
2073
8.0
-20.0
Thu, Feb 05, 2015
7485.35
-3.52
545,698
958
724
44.0
12.0
Averages of List
7471.40
10.43
456,978
856
1317
27.5
0.7


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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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