Blue Mesa Water Database

Blue Mesa, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Montrose

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Water Summary
Today is day 363 of 365 for water year 2025. We are 99% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7468.34 on Sunday, September 28th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 27, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Blue Mesa Dam Release Data
Blue Mesa is 51.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )

By content, Blue Mesa is 50.68% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 662,412 acre feet

This is 71.29% of the average of 929,151 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 792,428 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 990,435 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 137,834 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 130,016 AF
Inflows for WY 2025 are 71.35% of WY 2024          Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 118.96% of the avg. Click for Details

Blue Mesa is down -19.36 feet from one year ago.    Blue Mesa is at low for water year and down 22.45 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is down -2.19 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
7468.34
-0.06
420,384
951
1142
63.3
38.1
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
7468.40
-0.25
420,783
297
1126
63.3
35.6
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
7468.65
-0.16
422,448
536
1063
67.5
33.1
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
7468.81
-0.08
423,516
707
965
69.3
31.3
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
7468.89
-0.09
424,050
712
1003
63.0
31.8
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
7468.98
-0.15
424,652
605
1100
61.3
27.5
Mon, Sep 22, 2025
7469.13
-0.14
425,656
701
1163
66.2
43.3
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
7469.27
-0.17
426,595
640
1203
68.0
39.9
Sat, Sep 20, 2025
7469.44
-0.21
427,736
672
1372
65.3
36.0
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
7469.65
-0.21
429,149
618
1319
69.1
31.5
Thu, Sep 18, 2025
7469.86
-0.21
430,564
679
1381
66.6
31.8
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
7470.07
-0.32
431,983
346
1425
67.3
38.3
Tue, Sep 16, 2025
7470.39
-0.14
434,149
1023
1489
69.1
39.9
Mon, Sep 15, 2025
7470.53
-0.22
435,099
716
1456
69.6
37.6
Averages of List
7469.32
-0.17
426,912
657.4
1229.1
66.4
35.4

Averages for September 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (07-03-1970)
7490.90
-22.56
599,713
741.63
1413.27
68.59
34.35
All-Time
7491.18
-22.84
601,839
740.84
1395.89
68.59
34.35

Last 10 September 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Sep 28, 2024
7487.70
-19.36
559,834
832
1130
73.9
41.3
Thu, Sep 28, 2023
7497.80
-29.46
640,082
3306
1653
73.9
36.2
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
7447.25
21.09
294,459
484
1200
71.0
38.0
Tue, Sep 28, 2021
7437.50
30.84
245,412
420
1616
63.0
43.0
Mon, Sep 28, 2020
7471.01
-2.67
442,640
375
1395
61.0
26.0
Sat, Sep 28, 2019
7509.27
-40.93
739,521
619
1609
71.0
31.0
Fri, Sep 28, 2018
7445.28
23.06
286,842
246
1500
72.0
25.0
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
7508.88
-40.54
736,152
747
1865
57.0
42.0
Wed, Sep 28, 2016
7500.79
-32.45
667,853
670
1781
78.0
30.0
Mon, Sep 28, 2015
7508.07
-39.73
729,178
573
1816
75.0
32.0
Averages of List
7481.10
-12.76
532,492
962
1527
70.3
33.0


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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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