McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 109 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 30% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6869.21 on Saturday, January 17th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Jan 16, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 59.79 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 48.73% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 21,394 acre feet

This is 108.83% of the average of 19,659 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,902 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 10,433 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 17,492 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 218.31% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 76.33% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -8.24 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 0.18 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.13 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Jan 17, 2026
6869.21
-0.06
185,682
-28
16
41.0
25.2
Fri, Jan 16, 2026
6869.27
0.02
185,840
78
16
48.7
26.6
Thu, Jan 15, 2026
6869.25
0.02
185,787
78
16
48.4
27.9
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
Averages of List
6869.29
-0.01
185,899
39.0
15.3
44.0
26.8

Averages for January 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6886.60
-17.39
245,426
65.05
43.83
38.80
18.32

Last 10 January 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Jan 17, 2025
6877.45
-8.24
208,578
32
25
40.4
24.8
Wed, Jan 17, 2024
6902.29
-33.08
292,033
27
40
34.9
18.5
Tue, Jan 17, 2023
6870.50
-1.29
189,110
191
10
32.5
21.4
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
6861.18
8.03
165,762
34
5
42.0
10.0
Sun, Jan 17, 2021
6861.93
7.28
167,515
43
26
42.0
10.0
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
6901.31
-32.10
288,365
10
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
6862.32
6.89
168,435
59
29
n/a
n/a
Wed, Jan 17, 2018
6900.39
-31.18
284,949
10
40
n/a
n/a
Tue, Jan 17, 2017
6902.80
-33.59
293,953
104
31
n/a
n/a
Sun, Jan 17, 2016
6889.13
-19.92
245,181
71
31
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6882.94
-13.73
230,398
40
27
37.5
15.3


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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