Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

Blue Mesa




Water Summary
Today is day 238 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 65% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7456.58 on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 27, 2023

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 62.82 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 41.79% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 258,516 acre feet

This is 62.98% of the average of 410,483 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 334,668 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 69,554 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 76,152 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 74.14% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 36.18% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -26.96 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 11.88 feet from the high.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -0.39 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 26, 2026
7456.58
-0.35
346,654
2077
4106
64.0
44.1
Mon, May 25, 2026
7456.93
-0.35
348,713
2059
4098
70.0
39.3
Sun, May 24, 2026
7457.28
-0.42
350,780
1630
4094
69.3
36.9
Sat, May 23, 2026
7457.70
-0.43
353,269
1559
4092
65.5
32.3
Fri, May 22, 2026
7458.13
-0.17
355,830
1593
2585
62.7
32.9
Thu, May 21, 2026
7458.30
0.30
356,848
2914
1093
63.0
31.8
Wed, May 20, 2026
7458.00
-0.13
355,054
561
1309
60.3
37.6
Tue, May 19, 2026
7458.13
0.15
355,830
2118
1196
58.6
32.6
Mon, May 18, 2026
7457.98
0.23
354,935
2588
1194
49.1
38.0
Sun, May 17, 2026
7457.75
0.18
353,566
2287
1192
62.5
39.6
Sat, May 16, 2026
7457.57
0.24
352,497
2640
1194
72.6
39.9
Fri, May 15, 2026
7457.33
0.19
351,075
2343
1192
70.5
38.5
Thu, May 14, 2026
7457.14
0.17
349,952
2222
1194
70.8
44.7
Wed, May 13, 2026
7456.97
0.10
348,949
1805
1192
74.6
41.0
Averages of List
7457.56
-0.02
352,425
2028.3
2123.6
65.3
37.8

Averages for May 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7479.03
-22.45
505,038
7404.90
3538.00
68.85
34.25
All-Time
7479.44
-22.86
508,011
7579.81
3536.68
68.85
34.25

Last 10 May 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 26, 2025
7483.54
-26.96
528,240
3935
4272
60.2
29.5
Sun, May 26, 2024
7480.19
-23.61
503,409
5242
11677
59.5
33.7
Fri, May 26, 2023
7484.32
-27.74
534,099
12425
1742
68.2
34.3
Thu, May 26, 2022
7451.68
4.90
318,603
3562
918
76.0
30.0
Wed, May 26, 2021
7455.57
1.01
340,756
3808
2503
67.0
32.0
Tue, May 26, 2020
7483.68
-27.10
533,154
3902
2075
72.0
26.0
Sun, May 26, 2019
7474.25
-17.67
464,970
5667
7309
70.0
28.0
Sat, May 26, 2018
7480.07
-23.49
506,505
3537
2844
77.0
33.0
Fri, May 26, 2017
7497.08
-40.50
637,530
11201
25718
68.0
37.0
Thu, May 26, 2016
7487.59
-31.01
562,737
7149
5962
57.0
33.0
Averages of List
7477.81
-21.23
492,891
6503
6577
69.5
33.4


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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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