McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 194 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 53% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6874.45 on Sunday, April 12th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 22, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 54.55 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 52.48% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 56,379 acre feet

This is 91.71% of the average of 61,477 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 6,569 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 24,722 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 49,810 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 227.32% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 60.10% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -5.97 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is at high for water year and up 10.32 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is up 4.09 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
6874.45
0.27
199,971
436
5
62.4
37.8
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
6874.18
0.31
199,211
484
5
59.0
44.4
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6873.87
0.27
198,342
418
5
70.0
45.5
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6873.60
0.26
197,588
445
5
73.2
45.3
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6873.34
0.20
196,864
406
5
72.1
42.4
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6873.14
0.24
196,309
448
5
66.9
43.2
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6872.90
0.24
195,644
454
5
65.8
41.0
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
6872.66
0.30
194,982
440
5
65.5
32.0
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
6872.36
0.30
194,156
437
5
62.8
30.4
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
6872.06
0.37
193,334
539
5
51.1
30.4
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
6871.69
0.38
192,325
577
5
59.0
35.6
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
6871.31
0.56
191,293
819
5
53.6
41.4
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
6870.75
0.39
189,781
623
27
67.8
45.1
Mon, Mar 30, 2026
6870.36
0.43
188,735
663
29
72.1
49.5
Averages of List
6872.62
0.32
194,895
513.5
8.3
64.4
40.3

Averages for April 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6890.41
-15.96
262,858
974.72
355.23
64.63
38.56

Last 10 April 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
6880.42
-5.97
217,391
570
10
74.9
44.1
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
6901.15
-26.70
287,769
186
75
69.1
44.6
Wed, Apr 12, 2023
6877.60
-3.15
209,016
3296
51
73.0
53.4
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
6870.34
4.11
188,682
669
7
51.0
26.0
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
6863.66
10.79
171,645
218
15
67.0
33.0
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
6898.43
-23.98
277,756
174
35
55.0
31.0
Fri, Apr 12, 2019
6868.92
5.53
184,920
772
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
6898.10
-23.65
276,556
245
41
n/a
n/a
Wed, Apr 12, 2017
6915.28
-40.83
343,472
1220
1191
n/a
n/a
Tue, Apr 12, 2016
6898.23
-23.78
277,028
901
53
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6887.64
-13.19
244,717
916
152
58.1
37.4


Search DB For More Water Data Facts



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



Page took 4.639 seconds to create!
Copyright Water-Data.com
Water data courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Lewis, CO Weather
Water data sourced from: McPhee Source Data
Weather forecast for Lewis, CO
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification


Copyright Water-Data.com
1999 - 2026



Site Views Today: 0       Page Views Today: 0


McPhee Water Database
McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado