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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For January 30th, 2026
Snowpack is 58.48% of avg
TotalPrecip is 86.44% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 403.4 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 121 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 33% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3535.40 on Thursday, January 29th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 7, 2022
There are currently 2,008,214,536,493 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 164.6 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 25.34% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,489,167 acre feet

This is 71.67% of the January 29th average of 2,077,808 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,065,400 acre feet

This is 27.54% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 585,709 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 576,233 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.09% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 104.82% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 58.98% of the January 30th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.63 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 10.25 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -2.48 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
3535.40
-0.17
6,162,976
4734
10350
44.6
26.6
n/a
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
3535.57
-0.23
6,173,408
2612
10242
45.0
27.7
n/a
Tue, Jan 27, 2026
3535.80
-0.20
6,187,539
3957
10592
42.6
25.5
n/a
Mon, Jan 26, 2026
3536.00
-0.20
6,199,843
4236
10878
39.7
22.1
n/a
Sun, Jan 25, 2026
3536.20
-0.13
6,212,161
5012
9310
46.2
22.5
n/a
Sat, Jan 24, 2026
3536.33
-0.14
6,220,175
4972
9610
44.1
31.5
n/a
Fri, Jan 23, 2026
3536.47
-0.20
6,228,813
3611
10271
51.4
36.5
n/a
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
3536.67
-0.18
6,241,165
4270
10264
52.9
34.5
n/a
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
3536.85
-0.17
6,252,294
4646
10309
46.2
27.7
n/a
Tue, Jan 20, 2026
3537.02
-0.19
6,262,816
3933
10277
48.7
26.8
n/a
Mon, Jan 19, 2026
3537.21
-0.20
6,274,588
3614
10303
54.1
31.5
n/a
Sun, Jan 18, 2026
3537.41
-0.14
6,286,993
4656
9323
52.7
31.3
n/a
Sat, Jan 17, 2026
3537.55
-0.16
6,295,685
4270
9617
44.6
27.0
n/a
Fri, Jan 16, 2026
3537.71
-0.17
6,305,628
4547
10239
50.5
30.4
n/a
Averages of List
3536.59
-0.18
6,236,006
4219
10113
47.4
28.7
n/a

Averages for January 29th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.47
-79.07
-0.1
14,047,392
7953
13258
48.9
28.3
47.1
Since Filled
3627.31
-91.91
-0.1
15,106,625
8158
13828
49.7
29.4
46.8
Since WY 2000
3597.03
-61.63
-0.13
11,748,981
6091
12981
47.9
29.4
47.1

Last 10 January 29th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Jan 29, 2025
3567.03
-31.63
8,296,243
5085
11987
41.0
25.4
n/a
Mon, Jan 29, 2024
3565.08
-29.68
8,152,722
7895
11795
54.0
38.2
n/a
Sun, Jan 29, 2023
3523.60
11.80
5,464,694
5884
8002
46.9
25.3
44.0
Sat, Jan 29, 2022
3531.93
3.47
6,361,418
4100
11013
46.0
23.0
45.0
Fri, Jan 29, 2021
3576.65
-41.25
9,655,268
1381
13182
48.0
28.0
47.0
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
3605.65
-70.25
12,297,425
7017
12779
51.0
31.0
47.0
Tue, Jan 29, 2019
3576.68
-41.28
9,657,790
6297
13059
48.0
34.0
45.0
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
3619.44
-84.04
13,703,997
5290
14351
54.0
32.0
48.0
Sun, Jan 29, 2017
3596.19
-60.79
11,390,178
3029
12587
48.0
26.0
47.0
Fri, Jan 29, 2016
3596.64
-61.24
11,432,318
5910
14980
51.1
32.0
48.0
Averages of List
3575.77
-40.37
9,631,402
6917
12151
51.1
30.8
46.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, January 29th, 2026 where elevation was 3535.40'


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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
15.4 Above
16.4 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
6.4 Above
7.4 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
4.6 Below
3.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
13.6 Below
12.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
14.6 Below
13.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
20.6 Below
19.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
28.6 Below
27.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
42.6 Below
41.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
47.6 Below
46.6 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
52.6 Below
51.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
66.6 Below
65.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
77.6 Below
76.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
114.6 Below
113.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
117.6 Below
116.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
127.6 Below
126.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
134.6 Below
133.6 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
146.6 Below
145.6 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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