McPhee Water Database

McPhee Reservoir, Dolores River, Telluride, SW Colorado

McPhee




Water Summary
Today is day 125 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 34% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6868.99 on Monday, February 2nd, 2026
McPhee was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 1, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data McPhee Dam Release Data
McPhee is 60.01 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6929.00 )

By content, McPhee is 48.58% of Full Pool (381,051 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 22,433 acre feet

This is 103.09% of the average of 21,761 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 4,380 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 20,615 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 9,855 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 18,053 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 212.69% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding McPhee are running at 71.92% of the avg. Click for Details

McPhee is down -8.37 feet from one year ago.    McPhee is down 0.40 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
McPhee is down -0.20 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
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
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
6869.08
-0.01
185,340
38
15
42.8
23.4
Tue, Jan 27, 2026
6869.09
-0.01
185,366
37
15
42.4
19.2
Mon, Jan 26, 2026
6869.10
-0.03
185,393
11
15
35.8
13.5
Sun, Jan 25, 2026
6869.13
-0.05
185,472
-16
15
35.2
18.9
Sat, Jan 24, 2026
6869.18
0.02
185,603
77
15
38.3
22.3
Fri, Jan 23, 2026
6869.16
0.03
185,550
90
15
44.2
31.3
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
6869.13
-0.05
185,472
-16
15
42.8
28.9
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
6869.18
-0.01
185,603
37
15
44.1
27.1
Tue, Jan 20, 2026
6869.19
-0.03
185,629
11
15
45.0
24.8
Averages of List
6869.10
-0.02
185,387
29.1
15.0
43.7
24.2

Averages for February 2nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
All-Time
6886.51
-17.52
245,523
63.12
37.38
42.93
20.72

Last 10 February 2nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
6877.36
-8.37
208,316
33
25
54.0
29.7
Fri, Feb 02, 2024
6902.37
-33.38
292,333
161
41
37.7
29.4
Thu, Feb 02, 2023
6870.36
-1.37
188,735
67
9
35.2
7.7
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
6861.65
7.34
166,858
34
5
29.0
-4.0
Tue, Feb 02, 2021
6862.06
6.93
167,821
19
25
49.0
30.0
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
6901.27
-32.28
288,216
11
42
n/a
n/a
Sat, Feb 02, 2019
6862.35
6.64
168,506
23
29
n/a
n/a
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
6900.26
-31.27
284,469
65
41
n/a
n/a
Thu, Feb 02, 2017
6902.96
-33.97
294,557
106
31
n/a
n/a
Tue, Feb 02, 2016
6889.54
-20.55
246,559
54
31
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6883.01
-14.02
230,625
47
28
40.4
16.7


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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