Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 206 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7480.79 on Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 23, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 38.61 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 61.22% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 253,537 acre feet

This is 106.01% of the average of 239,168 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 301,528 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 50,402 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 47,991 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 110.12% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 106.36% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -4.61 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is up 1.79 feet from the low for water year.

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

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 24, 2025
7480.79
0.00
507,816
2854
2828
59.3
32.9
Wed, Apr 23, 2025
7480.79
0.05
507,816
3316
2922
57.3
22.8
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
7480.74
0.00
507,448
2501
2477
55.4
27.8
Mon, Apr 21, 2025
7480.74
0.07
507,448
2575
2035
53.5
22.8
Sun, Apr 20, 2025
7480.67
0.02
506,933
2729
2559
47.2
16.4
Sat, Apr 19, 2025
7480.65
0.14
506,786
3277
2224
38.2
22.6
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
7480.51
0.12
505,758
3245
2341
37.5
26.3
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
7480.39
0.34
504,876
4719
2204
51.9
32.8
Wed, Apr 16, 2025
7480.05
0.17
502,384
3870
2602
52.6
25.7
Tue, Apr 15, 2025
7479.88
0.13
501,140
3794
2821
47.9
19.7
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
7479.75
0.13
500,189
3590
2618
48.0
24.7
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
7479.62
0.16
499,240
3652
2462
54.2
31.2
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
7479.46
0.10
498,072
3090
2339
57.3
25.2
Fri, Apr 11, 2025
7479.36
-0.10
497,343
2555
3261
49.4
19.8
Averages of List
7480.24
0.09
503,804
3269.1
2549.5
50.7
25.1

Averages for April 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7467.78
13.01
429,509
3269.49
2428.06
55.60
27.77
All-Time
7467.53
13.26
427,652
3326.36
2464.97
55.60
27.77

Last 10 April 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
7485.40
-4.61
542,261
4350
3263
63.9
33.3
Mon, Apr 24, 2023
7455.24
25.55
338,842
3057
668
48.9
24.1
Sun, Apr 24, 2022
7437.17
43.62
243,844
3005
2134
47.0
19.0
Sat, Apr 24, 2021
7461.41
19.38
375,858
944
3221
61.0
21.0
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
7480.64
0.15
510,671
1710
2709
54.0
29.0
Wed, Apr 24, 2019
7445.74
35.05
289,291
5710
912
64.0
25.0
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
7479.44
1.35
501,921
1589
2725
60.0
37.0
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
7497.68
-16.89
642,393
5790
2033
57.0
36.0
Sun, Apr 24, 2016
7488.21
-7.42
567,497
3308
2666
57.0
26.0
Fri, Apr 24, 2015
7492.06
-11.27
597,465
2005
2765
51.0
28.0
Averages of List
7472.46
8.33
461,964
3193
2210
56.4
27.7


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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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