McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 177 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 48% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6868.57 on Thursday, March 26th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 10, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 60.43 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 48.29% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 37,421 acre feet

This is 95.71% of the average of 39,097 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 6,173 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 8,755 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 31,248 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 213.5% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 378.60% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -10.18 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 0.82 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is up 0.80 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
6868.57
0.46
184,004
862
28
77.4
52.3
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
6868.11
0.31
182,808
712
28
81.9
50.0
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
6867.80
0.19
182,006
552
28
78.6
48.7
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
6867.61
0.17
181,516
520
27
73.8
46.8
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6867.44
0.16
181,079
495
26
75.7
51.1
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6867.28
0.05
180,669
352
26
81.9
46.8
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6867.23
0.01
180,541
300
26
81.1
45.9
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6867.22
-0.15
180,516
108
26
79.5
40.5
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6867.37
-0.10
180,900
156
27
75.9
37.2
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6867.47
-0.12
181,157
128
27
67.8
34.5
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6867.59
-0.10
181,465
110
23
54.5
26.4
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6867.69
-0.04
181,722
122
15
43.7
25.9
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6867.73
-0.04
181,826
122
15
64.9
37.6
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6867.77
-0.05
181,929
110
15
64.6
33.3
Averages of List
6867.63
0.05
181,581
332.1
24.1
71.5
41.2

Averages for March 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6885.69
-17.12
249,189
499.00
84.67
57.90
32.84

Last 10 March 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Mar 26, 2025
6878.75
-10.18
212,400
214
10
72.2
37.8
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
6902.04
-33.47
291,094
40
76
43.0
25.4
Sun, Mar 26, 2023
6870.57
-2.00
189,298
115
11
39.7
21.4
Sat, Mar 26, 2022
6864.11
4.46
172,739
311
7
72.0
27.0
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
6862.56
6.01
169,005
82
25
41.0
28.0
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
6899.43
-30.86
281,412
130
51
60.0
38.0
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
6860.58
7.99
164,375
201
41
n/a
n/a
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
6898.66
-30.09
278,594
142
67
n/a
n/a
Sun, Mar 26, 2017
6914.28
-45.71
339,321
1296
62
n/a
n/a
Sat, Mar 26, 2016
6894.01
-25.44
261,939
366
54
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6884.62
-16.05
236,401
293
40
54.4
27.5


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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