McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 134 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 37% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6868.37 on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 10, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 60.63 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 48.15% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 23,169 acre feet

This is 100.81% of the average of 22,982 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 4,641 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 8,234 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 18,528 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 205.02% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 70.57% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -9.05 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 1.02 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.67 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6868.37
-0.15
183,483
25
15
53.4
34.0
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6868.52
-0.12
183,874
63
15
57.4
30.4
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6868.64
-0.12
184,187
30
15
57.2
32.2
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6868.76
-0.06
184,501
39
14
58.3
33.6
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6868.82
-0.06
184,658
39
14
53.2
34.9
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6868.88
-0.05
184,815
53
14
53.2
30.9
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6868.93
-0.04
184,946
46
15
53.1
33.3
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
6868.97
-0.02
185,051
25
15
50.7
27.7
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
6868.99
0.00
185,104
51
15
52.2
27.9
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
6868.99
-0.02
185,104
25
15
52.7
31.5
Sun, Feb 01, 2026
6869.01
-0.03
185,156
12
15
51.4
27.7
Sat, Jan 31, 2026
6869.04
-0.01
185,235
39
15
48.2
25.7
Fri, Jan 30, 2026
6869.05
0.01
185,261
65
15
46.4
23.0
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
6869.04
-0.04
185,235
-2
15
42.1
21.7
Averages of List
6868.86
-0.05
184,758
36.4
14.8
52.1
29.6

Averages for February 11th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6886.55
-18.18
245,636
75.61
35.78
46.63
23.70

Last 10 February 11th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Feb 11, 2025
6877.42
-9.05
208,491
2
25
42.5
28.6
Sun, Feb 11, 2024
6902.45
-34.08
292,634
n/a
n/a
36.5
21.3
Sat, Feb 11, 2023
6869.38
-1.01
186,130
75
9
44.4
15.3
Fri, Feb 11, 2022
6861.81
6.56
167,233
35
5
54.0
22.0
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
6861.90
6.47
167,444
25
25
49.0
21.0
Tue, Feb 11, 2020
6901.19
-32.82
287,918
24
41
n/a
n/a
Mon, Feb 11, 2019
6862.52
5.85
168,910
71
30
n/a
n/a
Sun, Feb 11, 2018
6900.24
-31.87
284,395
48
41
n/a
n/a
Sat, Feb 11, 2017
6903.07
-34.70
294,972
192
31
n/a
n/a
Thu, Feb 11, 2016
6889.70
-21.33
247,098
72
31
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6882.95
-14.58
230,471
47
28
40.4
22.2


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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