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Western Colorado Area Office - Water Operations: Blue Mesa Reservoir

Live Capacity = 829500 acre-feet at 7519.4 feet Elevation

Pool Elevation: 7489.49 Feet
Reservoir Storage: 577384 Acre-Feet
Reservoir Inflow: 238 CFS
Reservoir Outflow: 821 CFS
Reservoir Live Storage Pool: 69.6 % Full
  114.5 % of Avg
Gunnison River (below Gunnison Tunnel) Flow : 851.50 CFS

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Colorado River Storage Project: Blue Mesa Reservoir

Colorado River Storage Projects provide for the comprehensive development of the Upper Colorado River Basin. The project furnishes the long-time regulatory storage needed to permit States in the upper basin to meet their flow obligation... Tell me more

Additional Data

Note: The information on this page is updated Monday-Friday, 10:40 a.m. & Noon Mountain Time

Note:

  • All Data are Provisional and Subject to Review and Modification.
  • AF = Acre-Feet
  • CFS = Cubic Feet/Second
  • FT = Feet Above Mean Sea Level
  • NA = Data Unavailable

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