Lake Powell Water Database

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Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For January 16th, 2012
Snowpack is 58% of avg
TotalPrecip is 74.00% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 505.27 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 119 of 366 for the Water Year 2012. We are 33% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3637.27 on Jan 26, 2012
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on Jul 24, 2010 There are currently 5,110,340,017,510 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 62.73 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 64.48% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2012: 2,196,625 acre feet This is 99.84% of the January 26th average of 2,200,089 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2012: 4,003,318 acre feet This is 48.64% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2012, water storage has fallen by 1,893,835 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,806,693 AF
Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 80.41% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2012 are 122.49% of WY 2011 Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 168.72% of the Jan 27th avg. Click for Details

View Acre Feet Last 14 Measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Thu, Jan 26, 2012 3637.27 -0.06 15683037 9669 13307 51.1 32.0 49.0

Wed, Jan 25, 2012 3637.33 -0.11 15690022 6282 13092 50.0 30.9 49.0

Tue, Jan 24, 2012 3637.44 -0.02 15702833 11978 13081 50.0 32.0 49.0

Mon, Jan 23, 2012 3637.46 -0.10 15705163 7012 13193 39.0 32.0 49.0

Sun, Jan 22, 2012 3637.56 -0.04 15716818 9507 11880 48.0 35.1 49.0

Sat, Jan 21, 2012 3637.60 -0.09 15721481 7117 12667 52.0 37.0 49.0

Fri, Jan 20, 2012 3637.69 -0.04 15731978 10830 13205 57.9 36.0 49.0

Thu, Jan 19, 2012 3637.73 -0.13 15736644 5274 13370 51.1 35.1 49.0

Wed, Jan 18, 2012 3637.86 -0.13 15751818 5166 13267 51.1 28.9 49.0

Tue, Jan 17, 2012 3637.99 -0.10 15767001 6905 13103 44.1 27.0 49.0

Mon, Jan 16, 2012 3638.09 -0.08 15778688 8214 13141 54.0 35.1 49.0

Sun, Jan 15, 2012 3638.17 -0.07 15788041 7572 11864 48.0 28.9 49.0

Sat, Jan 14, 2012 3638.24 -0.08 15796229 7645 12576 48.0 25.0 49.0

Fri, Jan 13, 2012 3638.32 -0.07 15805590 8783 13078 45.0 24.1 49.0

Averages of List 3637.77 -0.08 15741095.93 7996.71 12916.00 49.24 31.36 49.0

Averages for January 27th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Since Filled 3647.31 -0.11 17284371.06 8258.45 15128.29 48.35 29.53 47.5

All-Time 3625.22 -0.08 15301453.04 8613.42 13628.27 49.44 29.58 47.5

Last 10 January 27th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 3621.34 -0.21 13905724 6830 17234 50.0 28.0 47.0

Wed, Jan 27, 2010 3622.61 -0.09 14041775 7067 14352 35.1 30.9 49.0

Tue, Jan 27, 2009 3614.54 -0.16 13192720 4563 13403 42.1 28.0 48.0

Sun, Jan 27, 2008 3590.96 -0.07 10907631 8981 12202 36.0 30.9 46.0

Sat, Jan 27, 2007 3599.94 -0.06 11744347 9547 12323 53.1 30.0 46.0

Fri, Jan 27, 2006 3594.78 -0.14 11258779 6220 13431 39.0 27.0 46.0

Thu, Jan 27, 2005 3562.40 -0.10 8506797 7262 14052 50.0 39.9 48.0

Tue, Jan 27, 2004 3592.42 -0.21 11040996 4678 12776 42.1 23.0 48.0

Mon, Jan 27, 2003 3615.90 -0.15 13333346 4341 12689 55.0 35.1 50.0

Sun, Jan 27, 2002 3652.89 -0.10 17578124 5793 12073 48.0 28.0 n/a

Averages of List 3606.78 -0.13 12551023.90 6528.20 13453.50 45.04 30.08 47.5

Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, January 26th, 2012 where elevation was 3637.27'

SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY

Antelope Point 3587.00 3586.00 51.27 Above Open and Usable

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3612.00 3608.00 29.27 Above Open and Usable

Hite Marina 3650.00 3645.00 7.73 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3649.00 11.73 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3660.00 22.73 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3668.00 30.73 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3680.00 42.73 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsite Pass Cut-Off 3685.00 3680.00 42.73 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

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
*Water temp data is provided by Wayne Gustaveson
as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
Page, AZ Weather
Weather forecast for Bullfrog, UT
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
Call 1-800-752-8525 for up-to-date water level infomation
or go to USBR Last 40 Measurementsl
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin

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