Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 110 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 30% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7468.38 on Sunday, January 18th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Jan 17, 2026
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 51.02 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 50.71% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 110,921 acre feet
This is 99.77% of the average of 111,177 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 114,783 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 4,442 AF yet total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 3,862 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 107.53% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 123.56% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -14.32 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is at high for water year and up 4.37 feet from the low.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 1.45 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Jan 18, 2026 |
7468.38 |
0.11 |
420,650 |
736 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Sat, Jan 17, 2026 |
7468.27 |
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419,919 |
736 |
0 |
25.0 |
1.9 |
| Mon, Jan 05, 2026 |
7466.93 |
0.04 |
411,073 |
891 |
625 |
34.9 |
26.2 |
| Sun, Jan 04, 2026 |
7466.89 |
-0.22 |
410,811 |
1105 |
2545 |
32.7 |
18.5 |
| Sat, Jan 03, 2026 |
7467.11 |
0.04 |
412,255 |
904 |
637 |
36.5 |
21.4 |
| Fri, Jan 02, 2026 |
7467.07 |
0.06 |
411,992 |
1103 |
704 |
36.7 |
26.8 |
| Thu, Jan 01, 2026 |
7467.01 |
-0.01 |
411,598 |
1053 |
1115 |
37.0 |
18.3 |
| Wed, Dec 31, 2025 |
7467.02 |
-0.07 |
411,664 |
768 |
1224 |
36.9 |
12.9 |
| Tue, Dec 30, 2025 |
7467.09 |
-0.06 |
412,123 |
645 |
1035 |
35.8 |
7.7 |
| Mon, Dec 29, 2025 |
7467.15 |
0.00 |
412,518 |
631 |
627 |
30.2 |
3.4 |
| Sun, Dec 28, 2025 |
7467.15 |
0.03 |
412,518 |
813 |
613 |
27.0 |
6.1 |
| Sat, Dec 27, 2025 |
7467.12 |
0.07 |
412,320 |
1097 |
633 |
30.4 |
19.8 |
| Fri, Dec 26, 2025 |
7467.05 |
0.04 |
411,861 |
897 |
629 |
35.6 |
24.1 |
| Thu, Dec 25, 2025 |
7467.01 |
0.09 |
411,598 |
1192 |
597 |
40.1 |
30.4 |
| Averages of List |
7467.23 |
0.01 |
413,064 |
897.9 |
784.6 |
33.8 |
16.7 |
Averages for January 18th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7477.91 |
-9.53 |
496,991 |
860.87 |
1948.26 |
24.30 |
-3.47 |
| All-Time |
7478.15 |
-9.77 |
498,686 |
858.21 |
1962.98 |
24.30 |
-3.47 |
Last 10 January 18th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Jan 18, 2025 |
7482.70 |
-14.32 |
521,962 |
968 |
1186 |
15.3 |
-0.5 |
| Thu, Jan 18, 2024 |
7489.38 |
-21.00 |
572,841 |
910 |
1061 |
34.0 |
0.3 |
| Wed, Jan 18, 2023 |
7447.05 |
21.33 |
293,397 |
827 |
557 |
23.5 |
-10.7 |
| Tue, Jan 18, 2022 |
7435.13 |
33.25 |
234,258 |
778 |
587 |
29.0 |
3.0 |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2021 |
7465.07 |
3.31 |
398,986 |
793 |
595 |
35.0 |
8.0 |
| Sat, Jan 18, 2020 |
7488.06 |
-19.68 |
566,344 |
831 |
1980 |
33.0 |
-6.0 |
| Fri, Jan 18, 2019 |
7438.38 |
30.00 |
251,552 |
948 |
847 |
29.0 |
7.0 |
| Thu, Jan 18, 2018 |
7488.31 |
-19.93 |
568,267 |
934 |
1623 |
35.0 |
-2.0 |
| Wed, Jan 18, 2017 |
7491.24 |
-22.86 |
591,026 |
952 |
869 |
28.0 |
0.0 |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2016 |
7492.80 |
-24.42 |
603,301 |
1057 |
1999 |
19.0 |
-5.0 |
| Averages of List |
7471.78 |
-3.40 |
459,915 |
817 |
1090 |
27.2 |
-3.8 |
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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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