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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For January 14th, 2026
Snowpack is 65.22% of avg
TotalPrecip is 95.14% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 406.22 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 105 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 29% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3538.22 on Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 14, 2023
There are currently 2,065,045,306,670 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 161.78 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 26.06% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,353,793 acre feet

This is 74.25% of the January 13th average of 1,823,193 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 1,743,745 acre feet

This is 23.25% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 411,302 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 389,952 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.43% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 105.07% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 64.85% of the January 14th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.83 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 7.43 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -2.18 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Jan 13, 2026
3538.22
-0.17
6,337,383
4685
10393
49.6
29.3
n/a
Mon, Jan 12, 2026
3538.39
-0.20
6,347,989
3570
10305
42.8
25.9
n/a
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
3538.59
-0.13
6,360,480
5058
9416
40.8
24.3
n/a
Sat, Jan 10, 2026
3538.72
-0.15
6,368,607
4802
9845
39.4
23.9
n/a
Fri, Jan 09, 2026
3538.87
-0.14
6,377,992
5837
10544
36.3
22.6
n/a
Thu, Jan 08, 2026
3539.01
-0.17
6,386,759
4801
10536
39.6
31.5
n/a
Wed, Jan 07, 2026
3539.18
-0.18
6,397,414
4483
10565
45.3
32.9
n/a
Tue, Jan 06, 2026
3539.36
-0.16
6,408,708
5185
10590
48.2
31.1
n/a
Mon, Jan 05, 2026
3539.52
-0.17
6,418,757
4786
10538
49.3
35.2
n/a
Sun, Jan 04, 2026
3539.69
-0.18
6,429,445
3522
9622
49.6
38.5
n/a
Sat, Jan 03, 2026
3539.87
-0.14
6,440,773
5096
9831
38.1
30.2
n/a
Fri, Jan 02, 2026
3540.01
-0.16
6,449,592
5093
10518
52.5
35.8
n/a
Thu, Jan 01, 2026
3540.17
-0.14
6,459,680
4878
9620
43.3
36.3
n/a
Wed, Dec 31, 2025
3540.31
-0.09
6,468,515
4892
7750
43.3
26.6
n/a
Averages of List
3539.28
-0.16
6,403,721
4763
10005
44.1
30.3
n/a

Averages for January 13th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3616.02
-77.80
-0.09
14,216,839
8234
13370
46.4
28.5
47.7
Since Filled
3629.22
-91.00
-0.11
15,316,119
7774
13973
46.8
27.7
47.6
Since WY 2000
3599.20
-60.98
-0.12
11,951,676
6673
12878
45
28.2
47.7

Last 10 January 13th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Jan 13, 2025
3570.05
-31.83
8,521,799
4027
12151
37.4
19.8
n/a
Sat, Jan 13, 2024
3567.03
-28.81
8,296,243
7037
11788
44.1
28.4
n/a
Fri, Jan 13, 2023
3524.36
13.86
5,508,162
6383
8198
43.5
26.2
46.0
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
3534.87
3.35
6,551,504
3683
11073
49.0
29.0
45.0
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
3579.75
-41.53
9,918,133
3701
13381
43.0
23.0
47.0
Mon, Jan 13, 2020
3607.27
-69.05
12,457,468
4758
12731
53.0
29.0
47.0
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
3579.02
-40.80
9,855,814
7202
10806
46.0
31.0
47.0
Sat, Jan 13, 2018
3621.46
-83.24
13,918,537
7907
13577
53.0
33.0
50.0
Fri, Jan 13, 2017
3598.27
-60.05
11,585,783
6074
15220
50.0
39.0
49.0
Wed, Jan 13, 2016
3598.92
-60.70
11,647,340
7471
14580
37.0
23.0
48.0
Averages of List
3577.97
-39.75
9,815,234
6432
12232
47.2
30.1
47.5


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 where elevation was 3538.22'


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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
18.22 Above
19.22 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
9.22 Above
10.22 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
1.78 Below
0.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
10.78 Below
9.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
11.78 Below
10.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
17.78 Below
16.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
25.78 Below
24.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
39.78 Below
38.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
44.78 Below
43.78 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
49.78 Below
48.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
63.78 Below
62.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
74.78 Below
73.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
111.78 Below
110.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
114.78 Below
113.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
124.78 Below
123.78 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
131.78 Below
130.78 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
143.78 Below
142.78 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
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