McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 159 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 44% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6867.86 on Sunday, March 8th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 7, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 61.14 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 47.8% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 27,388 acre feet

This is 97.43% of the average of 28,109 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 5,385 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 6,912 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 22,003 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 191.89% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 111.88% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -10.11 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 1.53 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is up 0.42 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
6867.86
-0.02
182,161
52
15
57.9
25.3
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
6867.88
0.01
182,213
91
15
49.6
24.6
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
6867.87
0.00
182,187
77
15
43.5
27.1
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
6867.87
0.08
182,187
182
15
55.4
32.2
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
6867.79
0.05
181,980
143
15
60.3
30.7
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
6867.74
0.05
181,851
143
15
55.8
34.3
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
6867.69
0.04
181,722
122
15
66.0
39.6
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
6867.65
0.07
181,619
154
15
66.2
39.0
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
Averages of List
6867.66
0.03
181,651
105.3
15.0
56.8
31.2

Averages for March 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6887.15
-19.29
247,379
143.50
46.88
49.29
25.27

Last 10 March 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
6877.97
-10.11
210,100
59
20
48.8
24.1
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
6902.24
-34.38
291,845
9
75
47.9
31.2
Wed, Mar 08, 2023
6868.56
-0.70
183,978
75
12
48.4
24.3
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
6862.72
5.14
169,386
49
5
35.0
10.0
Mon, Mar 08, 2021
6861.94
5.92
167,538
92
25
59.0
30.0
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
6900.30
-32.44
284,617
87
51
48.0
32.0
Fri, Mar 08, 2019
6860.93
6.93
165,182
120
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Mar 08, 2018
6899.73
-31.87
282,515
23
50
n/a
n/a
Wed, Mar 08, 2017
6904.22
-36.36
299,341
155
47
n/a
n/a
Tue, Mar 08, 2016
6891.38
-23.52
252,812
284
50
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6882.99
-15.13
230,696
90
38
47.9
25.1


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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