McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 226 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6876.90 on Thursday, May 14th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on May 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 52.1 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 54.32% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 76,865 acre feet

This is 50.21% of the average of 153,073 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 6,966 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 31,729 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 69,899 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 116.53% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 33.24% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -12.20 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 0.17 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.08 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 14, 2026
6876.90
0.09
206,978
578
5
77.8
49.3
Wed, May 13, 2026
6876.81
0.04
206,717
471
5
82.6
56.7
Tue, May 12, 2026
6876.77
0.00
206,601
443
5
85.6
54.0
Mon, May 11, 2026
6876.77
-0.02
206,601
377
5
80.4
46.2
Sun, May 10, 2026
6876.79
-0.01
206,659
323
7
76.7
45.1
Sat, May 09, 2026
6876.80
-0.07
206,688
300
11
77.5
49.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6876.87
-0.05
206,891
280
11
78.7
45.5
Thu, May 07, 2026
6876.92
0.00
207,036
265
11
67.3
33.4
Wed, May 06, 2026
6876.92
-0.04
207,036
241
11
56.7
39.6
Tue, May 05, 2026
6876.96
-0.06
207,152
237
n/a
61.5
44.9
Mon, May 04, 2026
6877.02
-0.05
207,326
205
6
65.3
45.5
Sun, May 03, 2026
6877.07
0.05
207,472
282
6
69.8
39.7
Sat, May 02, 2026
6877.02
0.04
207,326
249
6
63.7
39.2
Fri, May 01, 2026
6876.98
0.05
207,210
268
6
62.4
36.5
Averages of List
6876.90
-0
206,978
322.8
7.3
71.9
44.7

Averages for May 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6901.79
-24.89
300,695
1855.23
636.12
73.50
40.79

Last 10 May 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 14, 2025
6889.10
-12.20
245,081
998
30
57.9
40.9
Tue, May 14, 2024
6905.39
-28.49
303,827
646
50
73.5
48.3
Sun, May 14, 2023
6917.47
-40.57
352,678
3994
39
74.3
46.0
Sat, May 14, 2022
6889.26
-12.36
245,617
1353
10
80.0
32.0
Fri, May 14, 2021
6868.58
8.32
184,030
598
11
80.0
35.0
Thu, May 14, 2020
6900.25
-23.35
284,432
937
50
71.0
34.0
Tue, May 14, 2019
6905.57
-28.67
304,521
2354
85
n/a
n/a
Mon, May 14, 2018
6897.20
-20.30
273,298
480
41
n/a
n/a
Sun, May 14, 2017
6914.41
-37.51
339,859
3233
910
n/a
n/a
Sat, May 14, 2016
6911.01
-34.11
325,973
2152
53
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6900.16
-23.26
287,218
1723
121
73.3
40.2


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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