McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 173 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 47% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6867.44 on Sunday, March 22nd, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 21, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 61.56 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 47.52% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 32,172 acre feet

This is 90.9% of the average of 35,392 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 5,952 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 5,830 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 26,220 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 196.56% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 324.58% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -11.03 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 1.95 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.43 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6867.82
-0.03
182,058
120
15
62.2
32.2
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6867.85
-0.03
182,135
85
15
57.7
33.8
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6867.88
0.01
182,213
113
15
64.6
34.5
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6867.87
0.01
182,187
91
15
63.7
32.0
Averages of List
6867.59
-0.03
181,457
172.3
20.4
67.0
36.6

Averages for March 22nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6884.59
-17.15
246,579
440.70
76.47
53.99
32.27

Last 10 March 22nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 22, 2025
6878.47
-11.03
211,572
98
10
57.3
34.6
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
6902.12
-34.68
291,394
73
76
58.2
38.8
Wed, Mar 22, 2023
6870.24
-2.80
188,414
276
12
38.7
24.4
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
6863.47
3.97
171,185
121
7
51.0
22.0
Mon, Mar 22, 2021
6862.38
5.06
168,578
142
25
50.0
26.0
Sun, Mar 22, 2020
6899.70
-32.26
282,404
31
52
47.0
29.0
Fri, Mar 22, 2019
6860.13
7.31
163,345
87
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
6898.78
-31.34
279,032
114
67
n/a
n/a
Wed, Mar 22, 2017
6911.65
-44.21
328,558
1935
61
n/a
n/a
Tue, Mar 22, 2016
6893.33
-25.89
259,558
584
53
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6884.16
-16.72
234,888
327
40
51.1
27.1


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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