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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 17th, 2025
Snowpack is 80.24% of avg
TotalPrecip is 240.56% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 413.31 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 16 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 4% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3545.31 on Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 24, 2025
There are currently 2,212,184,171,138 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 154.69 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.91% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 303,851 acre feet

This is 104.06% of the October 16th average of 291,998 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 250,580 acre feet

This is 3.34% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 40,250 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 53,271 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.43% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 178.66% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 149.96% of the October 17th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.67 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at high for water year and up 1.28 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.75 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Oct 16, 2025
3545.31
0.21
6,788,935
15639
7896
63.1
39.2
n/a
Wed, Oct 15, 2025
3545.10
0.27
6,775,285
17506
7654
63.5
43.3
n/a
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
3544.83
0.20
6,757,761
15291
7923
72.1
50.7
n/a
Mon, Oct 13, 2025
3544.63
0.17
6,744,798
14262
7960
72.9
46.9
n/a
Sun, Oct 12, 2025
3544.46
0.25
6,733,791
16808
7696
64.6
52.3
n/a
Sat, Oct 11, 2025
3544.21
0.16
6,717,625
13701
7766
71.2
60.1
n/a
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
3544.05
0.02
6,707,291
8888
7877
64.0
59.5
n/a
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
3544.03
-0.10
6,705,999
4654
7862
70.2
57.0
n/a
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
3544.13
-0.06
6,712,456
6077
7880
80.6
45.7
n/a
Tue, Oct 07, 2025
3544.19
-0.10
6,716,332
4690
7901
77.2
47.7
n/a
Mon, Oct 06, 2025
3544.29
-0.06
6,722,795
6052
7856
74.5
44.2
n/a
Sun, Oct 05, 2025
3544.35
-0.07
6,726,675
5515
7672
71.2
43.0
n/a
Sat, Oct 04, 2025
3544.42
-0.08
6,731,203
5350
7860
72.7
48.9
n/a
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
3544.50
-0.06
6,736,380
6353
8159
86.5
49.5
n/a
Averages of List
3544.46
0.05
6,734,095
10056
7854
71.7
49.1
n/a

Averages for October 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.85
-80.54
-0.04
14,936,751
8843
10376
72.7
48.6
67.8
Since Filled
3636.95
-91.64
-0.05
16,198,326
9446
10973
71.5
48.9
67.5
Since WY 2000
3608.04
-62.73
-0.05
12,833,096
7309
9559
73.3
49.4
67.9

Last 10 October 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Oct 16, 2024
3576.98
-31.67
9,055,070
4098
7970
79.8
49.1
n/a
Mon, Oct 16, 2023
3572.98
-27.67
8,744,623
6571
7851
78.5
43.3
71.0
Sun, Oct 16, 2022
3530.26
15.05
5,852,540
6549
7571
70.0
59.0
72.0
Sat, Oct 16, 2021
3544.80
0.51
7,218,828
4994
6162
63.0
40.0
65.0
Fri, Oct 16, 2020
3593.73
-48.42
11,161,552
1050
10608
75.0
52.0
67.0
Wed, Oct 16, 2019
3614.05
-68.74
13,142,288
6982
10324
78.0
47.0
65.0
Tue, Oct 16, 2018
3591.64
-46.33
10,969,623
5884
10363
59.0
41.0
66.0
Mon, Oct 16, 2017
3627.96
-82.65
14,625,636
6593
9579
70.0
39.0
66.0
Sun, Oct 16, 2016
3610.31
-65.00
12,761,529
5652
8934
82.0
64.0
68.0
Fri, Oct 16, 2015
3605.85
-60.54
12,317,108
3173
10137
75.0
61.0
72.0
Averages of List
3586.80
-41.49
10,579,923
6750
8977
73.6
50.5
67.7


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, October 16th, 2025 where elevation was 3545.31'


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SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
NPS MIN SAFE
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY
Stateline Auxiliary Ramp
3520.00
3519.00
25.31 Above
26.31 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
16.31 Above
17.31 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
5.31 Above
6.31 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
3.69 Below
2.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
4.69 Below
3.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
10.69 Below
9.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
18.69 Below
17.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
32.69 Below
31.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
37.69 Below
36.69 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
42.69 Below
41.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
56.69 Below
55.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
67.69 Below
66.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
104.69 Below
103.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
107.69 Below
106.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
117.69 Below
116.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
124.69 Below
123.69 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
136.69 Below
135.69 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Blue Notch is unknown and really just shoreline launching at whatever point feels good. No minimum given except amount of courage it takes to reach this launch.


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Wahweap, AZ
Water temperature data is from wayneswords.com*
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 courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
Since Filled is from 06/22/1980 forward
*Water temp data is provided by Stevie Kelso and the UT Division of Wildlife Resources
  as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
  Page, AZ Weather
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
Call 1-800-752-8525 for up-to-date water level infomation
Using Water Year 2000 as start of prolonged drought in SW USA
or go to Lake Powell Source Data
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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