Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 76 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 21% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7466.56 on Monday, December 15th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 14, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 52.84 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 49.26% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 89,964 acre feet
This is 107.67% of the average of 83,553 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 97,810 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 149,567 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 7,846 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 107.6% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 119.59% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -16.46 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 2.55 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 |
| Mon, Dec 15, 2025 |
7466.56 |
0.02 |
408,651 |
386 |
318 |
41.0 |
17.1 |
| 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 |
| Averages of List |
7466.20 |
0.05 |
406,333 |
453.4 |
284.4 |
35.5 |
12.6 |
Averages for December 15th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7482.69 |
-16.13 |
534,101 |
415.29 |
944.04 |
28.96 |
5.43 |
| All-Time |
7483.09 |
-16.53 |
536,882 |
414.81 |
960.96 |
28.96 |
5.43 |
Last 10 December 15th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Dec 15, 2024 |
7483.02 |
-16.46 |
524,312 |
424 |
473 |
31.1 |
11.3 |
| Fri, Dec 15, 2023 |
7491.68 |
-25.12 |
590,879 |
443 |
878 |
33.3 |
4.9 |
| Thu, Dec 15, 2022 |
7445.86 |
20.70 |
287,125 |
343 |
447 |
17.8 |
-8.0 |
| Wed, Dec 15, 2021 |
7433.21 |
33.35 |
225,413 |
333 |
262 |
29.0 |
8.0 |
| Tue, Dec 15, 2020 |
7464.50 |
2.06 |
395,327 |
292 |
354 |
22.0 |
-2.0 |
| Sun, Dec 15, 2019 |
7495.06 |
-28.50 |
621,275 |
526 |
1532 |
39.0 |
13.0 |
| Sat, Dec 15, 2018 |
7437.42 |
29.14 |
246,856 |
283 |
281 |
21.0 |
-13.0 |
| Fri, Dec 15, 2017 |
7495.87 |
-29.31 |
627,772 |
361 |
1331 |
39.0 |
1.0 |
| Thu, Dec 15, 2016 |
7492.10 |
-25.54 |
597,780 |
539 |
539 |
48.0 |
26.0 |
| Tue, Dec 15, 2015 |
7498.34 |
-31.78 |
647,760 |
592 |
1370 |
24.0 |
6.0 |
| Averages of List |
7473.65 |
-7.09 |
475,912 |
432 |
694 |
26.3 |
0.6 |
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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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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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