McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 151 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6867.58 on Saturday, February 28th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 27, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 61.42 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 47.62% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 25,476 acre feet

This is 97.92% of the average of 26,018 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 5,147 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 6,190 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 20,329 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 196.45% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 53.43% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -10.15 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 1.81 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.33 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6867.58
0.05
181,439
128
15
57.9
32.2
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
6867.53
0.05
181,311
127
15
59.0
29.1
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
6867.48
0.03
181,182
101
15
59.0
32.7
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
6867.45
0.01
181,105
75
15
56.5
34.7
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6867.44
0.00
181,079
62
15
54.7
29.8
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6867.44
-0.03
181,079
17
15
53.1
24.8
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6867.47
0.00
181,157
51
15
49.5
16.3
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6867.47
-0.03
181,157
12
15
41.5
16.7
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6867.50
0.01
181,234
64
15
33.3
17.4
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
6867.49
-0.08
181,208
30
15
27.5
15.1
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6867.57
-0.10
181,414
89
15
36.0
22.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6867.67
-0.11
181,671
77
15
41.2
31.3
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6867.78
-0.13
181,955
53
15
55.6
36.1
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6867.91
-0.17
182,290
-4
15
52.2
28.9
Averages of List
6867.56
-0.04
181,377
63.0
15.0
48.4
26.2

Averages for February 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6886.86
-19.28
246,537
106.55
38.95
46.82
23.10

Last 10 February 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Feb 28, 2025
6877.73
-10.15
209,397
73
35
58.6
29.4
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
6902.32
-34.74
292,145
30
40
43.5
24.5
Tue, Feb 28, 2023
6868.64
-1.06
184,187
52
9
32.9
23.5
Mon, Feb 28, 2022
6862.31
5.27
168,412
36
5
53.0
18.0
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
6861.83
5.75
167,280
21
26
35.0
11.0
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
6900.90
-33.32
286,840
56
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
6861.85
5.73
167,327
32
34
n/a
n/a
Wed, Feb 28, 2018
6900.17
-32.59
284,136
31
41
n/a
n/a
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
6904.04
-36.46
298,654
185
41
n/a
n/a
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
6890.38
-22.80
249,400
157
31
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6883.02
-15.44
230,781
90
31
50.4
23.7


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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