Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 75 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 21% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7466.54 on Sunday, December 14th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 13, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.86 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.25% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 89,198 acre feet
This is 107.8% of the average of 82,742 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 97,180 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 149,698 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 7,982 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 107.88% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 134.00% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -16.56 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 2.53 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.69 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Dec 14, 2025 |
7466.54 |
0.01 |
408,520 |
362 |
327 |
40.5 |
16.2 |
| Sat, Dec 13, 2025 |
7466.53 |
-0.06 |
408,455 |
117 |
312 |
41.0 |
17.8 |
| Fri, Dec 12, 2025 |
7466.59 |
0.15 |
408,847 |
798 |
302 |
40.3 |
14.7 |
| Thu, Dec 11, 2025 |
7466.44 |
0.13 |
407,867 |
568 |
138 |
41.5 |
18.5 |
| Wed, Dec 10, 2025 |
7466.31 |
0.13 |
407,019 |
435 |
5 |
40.3 |
19.6 |
| Tue, Dec 09, 2025 |
7466.18 |
0.15 |
406,173 |
500 |
6 |
38.7 |
8.8 |
| Mon, Dec 08, 2025 |
7466.03 |
0.05 |
405,197 |
384 |
218 |
31.8 |
10.8 |
| Sun, Dec 07, 2025 |
7465.98 |
-0.03 |
404,872 |
442 |
537 |
28.6 |
5.0 |
| Sat, Dec 06, 2025 |
7466.01 |
0.05 |
405,067 |
507 |
341 |
32.5 |
16.5 |
| Fri, Dec 05, 2025 |
7465.96 |
0.02 |
404,742 |
465 |
397 |
28.2 |
4.1 |
| Thu, Dec 04, 2025 |
7465.94 |
0.02 |
404,612 |
391 |
323 |
28.6 |
6.6 |
| Wed, Dec 03, 2025 |
7465.92 |
0.05 |
404,482 |
501 |
335 |
29.5 |
12.7 |
| Tue, Dec 02, 2025 |
7465.87 |
0.02 |
404,158 |
492 |
423 |
33.8 |
7.5 |
| Mon, Dec 01, 2025 |
7465.85 |
-0.01 |
404,028 |
370 |
400 |
31.1 |
11.8 |
| Averages of List |
7466.15 |
0.05 |
406,003 |
452.3 |
290.3 |
34.7 |
12.2 |
Averages for December 14th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7482.83 |
-16.29 |
535,161 |
470.40 |
954.53 |
30.18 |
4.75 |
| All-Time |
7483.22 |
-16.68 |
537,977 |
467.58 |
971.54 |
30.18 |
4.75 |
Last 10 December 14th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Dec 14, 2024 |
7483.10 |
-16.56 |
524,947 |
464 |
462 |
30.8 |
7.3 |
| Thu, Dec 14, 2023 |
7491.79 |
-25.25 |
591,748 |
1673 |
39 |
32.5 |
9.2 |
| Wed, Dec 14, 2022 |
7445.90 |
20.64 |
287,334 |
449 |
447 |
20.3 |
-10.3 |
| Tue, Dec 14, 2021 |
7433.18 |
33.36 |
225,276 |
373 |
73 |
27.0 |
1.0 |
| Mon, Dec 14, 2020 |
7464.52 |
2.02 |
395,455 |
127 |
351 |
14.0 |
-14.0 |
| Sat, Dec 14, 2019 |
7495.31 |
-28.77 |
623,277 |
659 |
1586 |
38.0 |
24.0 |
| Fri, Dec 14, 2018 |
7437.42 |
29.12 |
246,856 |
242 |
658 |
27.0 |
-15.0 |
| Thu, Dec 14, 2017 |
7496.11 |
-29.57 |
629,702 |
612 |
1584 |
39.0 |
12.0 |
| Wed, Dec 14, 2016 |
7492.08 |
-25.54 |
597,623 |
486 |
486 |
39.0 |
28.0 |
| Mon, Dec 14, 2015 |
7498.53 |
-31.99 |
649,309 |
426 |
1204 |
35.0 |
-2.0 |
| Averages of List |
7473.71 |
-7.17 |
476,450 |
414 |
747 |
30.4 |
4.7 |
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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 - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
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):
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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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