Blue Mesa

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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
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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
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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.
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Last 14 Measurements Blue Mesa is down -2.19 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Sun, Sep 28, 2025 |
7468.34 |
-0.06 |
420,384 |
1886 |
2265 |
63.3 |
38.1 |
Sat, Sep 27, 2025 |
7468.40 |
-0.25 |
420,783 |
589 |
2233 |
63.3 |
35.6 |
Fri, Sep 26, 2025 |
7468.65 |
-0.16 |
422,448 |
1063 |
2108 |
67.5 |
33.1 |
Thu, Sep 25, 2025 |
7468.81 |
-0.08 |
423,516 |
1402 |
1914 |
69.3 |
31.3 |
Wed, Sep 24, 2025 |
7468.89 |
-0.09 |
424,050 |
1412 |
1989 |
63.0 |
31.8 |
Tue, Sep 23, 2025 |
7468.98 |
-0.15 |
424,652 |
1200 |
2182 |
61.3 |
27.5 |
Mon, Sep 22, 2025 |
7469.13 |
-0.14 |
425,656 |
1390 |
2307 |
66.2 |
43.3 |
Sun, Sep 21, 2025 |
7469.27 |
-0.17 |
426,595 |
1269 |
2386 |
68.0 |
39.9 |
Sat, Sep 20, 2025 |
7469.44 |
-0.21 |
427,736 |
1333 |
2721 |
65.3 |
36.0 |
Fri, Sep 19, 2025 |
7469.65 |
-0.21 |
429,149 |
1226 |
2616 |
69.1 |
31.5 |
Thu, Sep 18, 2025 |
7469.86 |
-0.21 |
430,564 |
1347 |
2739 |
66.6 |
31.8 |
Wed, Sep 17, 2025 |
7470.07 |
-0.32 |
431,983 |
686 |
2826 |
67.3 |
38.3 |
Tue, Sep 16, 2025 |
7470.39 |
-0.14 |
434,149 |
2029 |
2953 |
69.1 |
39.9 |
Mon, Sep 15, 2025 |
7470.53 |
-0.22 |
435,099 |
1420 |
2888 |
69.6 |
37.6 |
Averages of List |
7469.32 |
-0.17 |
426,912 |
1303.7 |
2437.6 |
66.4 |
35.4 |
Averages for September 28th
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7490.90 |
-22.56 |
599,713 |
1471.01 |
2803.22 |
68.59 |
34.35 |
All-Time |
7491.18 |
-22.84 |
601,839 |
1469.46 |
2768.76 |
68.59 |
34.35 |
Last 10 September 28th's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (af) |
OUTFLOW (af) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
Sat, Sep 28, 2024 |
7487.70 |
-19.36 |
559,834 |
1650 |
2241 |
73.9 |
41.3 |
Thu, Sep 28, 2023 |
7497.80 |
-29.46 |
640,082 |
6557 |
3279 |
73.9 |
36.2 |
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 |
7447.25 |
21.09 |
294,459 |
960 |
2380 |
71.0 |
38.0 |
Tue, Sep 28, 2021 |
7437.50 |
30.84 |
245,412 |
833 |
3205 |
63.0 |
43.0 |
Mon, Sep 28, 2020 |
7471.01 |
-2.67 |
442,640 |
744 |
2767 |
61.0 |
26.0 |
Sat, Sep 28, 2019 |
7509.27 |
-40.93 |
739,521 |
1228 |
3191 |
71.0 |
31.0 |
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 |
7445.28 |
23.06 |
286,842 |
488 |
2975 |
72.0 |
25.0 |
Thu, Sep 28, 2017 |
7508.88 |
-40.54 |
736,152 |
1482 |
3699 |
57.0 |
42.0 |
Wed, Sep 28, 2016 |
7500.79 |
-32.45 |
667,853 |
1329 |
3533 |
78.0 |
30.0 |
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 |
7508.07 |
-39.73 |
729,178 |
1137 |
3602 |
75.0 |
32.0 |
Averages of List |
7481.10 |
-12.76 |
532,492 |
1909 |
3030 |
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 - 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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