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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 16th, 2025
Snowpack is 48.64% of avg
TotalPrecip is 240.84% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 413.1 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 15 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 4% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3545.10 on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 27, 2025
There are currently 2,207,736,299,132 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 154.9 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.86% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 272,830 acre feet

This is 99.41% of the October 15th average of 274,458 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 234,919 acre feet

This is 3.13% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 26,600 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 37,911 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.26% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 168.47% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 148.10% of the October 16th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.98 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at high for water year and up 1.07 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.47 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Thu, Oct 02, 2025
3544.56
-0.07
6,740,264
6015
8175
85.6
54.9
n/a
Averages of List
3544.41
0.03
6,730,618
9369
7874
73.3
50.3
n/a

Averages for October 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.89
-80.79
-0.03
14,941,512
9100
10197
73.9
48.9
67.9
Since Filled
3637.00
-91.90
-0.05
16,204,940
8857
11039
72.7
48.7
67.8
Since WY 2000
3608.10
-63.00
-0.04
12,839,107
7985
9664
74
49.3
67.9

Last 10 October 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Oct 15, 2024
3577.08
-31.98
9,062,922
6624
7931
77.4
53.2
n/a
Sun, Oct 15, 2023
3573.02
-27.92
8,747,692
6560
7422
76.1
41.4
71.0
Sat, Oct 15, 2022
3530.30
14.80
5,854,918
7147
7521
79.0
53.0
72.0
Fri, Oct 15, 2021
3544.84
0.26
7,221,601
6338
8261
59.0
39.0
66.0
Thu, Oct 15, 2020
3593.93
-48.83
11,180,029
5172
10711
82.0
63.0
67.0
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
3614.12
-69.02
13,149,485
7542
10324
76.0
50.0
65.0
Mon, Oct 15, 2018
3591.74
-46.64
10,978,758
4362
10336
55.0
43.0
67.0
Sun, Oct 15, 2017
3628.02
-82.92
14,632,283
8204
9380
69.0
39.0
66.0
Sat, Oct 15, 2016
3610.38
-65.28
12,768,588
6586
9319
86.0
59.0
68.0
Thu, Oct 15, 2015
3605.99
-60.89
12,330,899
7567
10241
84.0
55.9
72.0
Averages of List
3586.86
-41.76
10,584,880
5155
8950
73
49.5
68


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 where elevation was 3545.10'


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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
25.1 Above
26.1 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
16.1 Above
17.1 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
5.1 Above
6.1 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
3.9 Below
2.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
4.9 Below
3.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
10.9 Below
9.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
18.9 Below
17.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
32.9 Below
31.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
37.9 Below
36.9 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
42.9 Below
41.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
56.9 Below
55.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
67.9 Below
66.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
104.9 Below
103.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
107.9 Below
106.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
117.9 Below
116.9 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
124.9 Below
123.9 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
136.9 Below
135.9 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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