McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 106 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 29% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6869.23 on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Jan 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 59.77 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 48.74% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 21,140 acre feet

This is 109.77% of the average of 19,258 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,806 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 10,486 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 17,334 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 218.65% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 74.72% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -8.24 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 0.16 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.02 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
6869.23
0.01
185,735
n/a
16
49.8
29.7
Tue, Jan 13, 2026
6869.22
-0.01
185,708
38
15
52.3
27.9
Mon, Jan 12, 2026
6869.23
-0.05
185,735
-15
15
46.6
27.7
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
6869.28
-0.01
185,867
38
15
46.8
24.4
Sat, Jan 10, 2026
6869.29
-0.03
185,893
11
15
39.2
18.1
Fri, Jan 09, 2026
6869.32
-0.05
185,972
-15
15
34.3
18.9
Thu, Jan 08, 2026
6869.37
0.03
186,104
91
15
36.5
26.1
Wed, Jan 07, 2026
6869.34
-0.05
186,025
-15
15
43.7
29.1
Tue, Jan 06, 2026
6869.39
0.04
186,157
104
15
41.2
30.2
Mon, Jan 05, 2026
6869.35
0.01
186,051
64
15
36.3
31.6
Sun, Jan 04, 2026
6869.34
0.02
186,025
78
15
51.4
31.3
Sat, Jan 03, 2026
6869.32
0.00
185,972
51
15
43.7
28.9
Fri, Jan 02, 2026
6869.32
0.07
185,972
144
16
39.9
29.5
Thu, Jan 01, 2026
6869.25
0.03
185,787
91
15
39.6
32.4
Averages of List
6869.30
0
185,929
51.2
15.1
43.0
27.6

Averages for January 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6886.59
-17.36
245,381
62.66
36.76
42.90
18.92

Last 10 January 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
6877.47
-8.24
208,637
17
26
37.8
16.9
Sun, Jan 14, 2024
6902.32
-33.09
292,145
46
40
31.4
14.6
Sat, Jan 14, 2023
6870.22
-0.99
188,361
83
10
42.4
25.3
Fri, Jan 14, 2022
6861.10
8.13
165,576
33
5
48.0
18.0
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
6861.94
7.29
167,538
7
25
48.0
9.0
Tue, Jan 14, 2020
6901.33
-32.10
288,440
10
41
n/a
n/a
Mon, Jan 14, 2019
6862.23
7.00
168,222
35
29
n/a
n/a
Sun, Jan 14, 2018
6900.43
-31.20
285,097
27
40
n/a
n/a
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
6902.76
-33.53
293,802
142
31
n/a
n/a
Thu, Jan 14, 2016
6889.07
-19.84
244,980
70
31
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6882.90
-13.67
230,312
53
28
38.3
15.9


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Lewis, 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: McPhee Source Data
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McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado