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Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 1st, 2024
Snowpack is 81.26% of avg
TotalPrecip is 96.31% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 428.15 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 214 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3560.15 on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 20, 2024
There are currently 2,540,789,370,565 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 139.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.06% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 3,230,542 acre feet

This is 78.37% of the May 1st average of 4,122,369 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 4,192,125 acre feet

This is 55.9% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 987,963 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 961,583 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 77.66% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 84.63% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 66.89% of the May 2nd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 34.79 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 1.94 feet from the low for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.94 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, May 01, 2024
3560.15
0.33
7,797,386
45938
20117
74.3
59.1
n/a
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
3559.82
0.22
7,773,996
37351
20043
76.6
57.8
n/a
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
3559.60
0.19
7,758,428
35290
20293
73.4
53.9
n/a
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
3559.41
0.22
7,744,999
35407
18141
66.0
47.7
n/a
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
3559.19
0.19
7,729,469
34104
19143
63.4
46.7
n/a
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
3559.00
0.10
7,716,072
28574
20474
65.5
51.7
n/a
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
3558.90
0.11
7,709,027
29255
20398
65.5
54.7
n/a
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
3558.79
0.10
7,701,282
28505
20414
75.9
57.8
n/a
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
3558.69
0.12
7,694,245
30127
20523
77.7
59.4
n/a
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
3558.57
0.11
7,685,806
29282
20444
79.0
61.5
n/a
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
3558.46
0.09
7,678,076
25274
17959
76.4
58.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
3558.37
0.08
7,671,755
25645
19089
74.9
56.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
3558.29
0.07
7,666,139
26196
20404
75.2
56.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
3558.22
0.01
7,661,227
21440
20194
76.4
56.5
n/a
Averages of List
3558.96
0.14
7,713,422
30885
19831
72.9
55.6
n/a

Averages for May 1st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.55
-54.40
0.11
14,102,406
38050
25035
76.2
49.7
58.6
Since Filled
3627.72
-67.57
0.15
15,170,835
39997
23795
76.8
50.7
59
Since WY 2000
3596.61
-36.46
0.12
11,717,033
32645
21927
74.4
51.4
58.6

Last 10 May 1st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, May 01, 2023
3525.36
34.79
5,565,664
58003
34576
80.1
62.1
62.0
Sun, May 01, 2022
3522.71
37.44
5,786,964
14979
18460
81.0
52.0
59.0
Sat, May 01, 2021
3562.26
-2.11
8,496,009
9019
17538
88.0
61.0
59.0
Fri, May 01, 2020
3599.27
-39.12
11,680,572
15937
20206
92.0
63.0
63.0
Wed, May 01, 2019
3571.65
-11.50
9,241,099
71178
23834
65.0
46.0
60.0
Tue, May 01, 2018
3609.29
-49.14
12,658,966
14803
24706
66.0
52.0
59.0
Mon, May 01, 2017
3604.41
-44.26
12,175,857
51037
21668
79.0
48.0
57.0
Sun, May 01, 2016
3592.26
-32.11
11,026,337
34749
20079
55.9
46.9
58.0
Fri, May 01, 2015
3590.09
-29.94
10,828,654
15697
23697
74.0
48.0
63.0
Thu, May 01, 2014
3577.84
-17.69
9,755,624
42959
16655
72.0
46.0
57.0
Averages of List
3575.67
-15.52
9,733,542
35689
22039
77.2
54.3
59.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 where elevation was 3560.15'


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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
3502.00
3500.00
58.15 Above
60.15 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
31.15 Above
33.15 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
20.15 Above
22.15 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
14.15 Above
16.15 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
11.15 Above
13.15 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
4.15 Above
6.15 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
3.85 Below
1.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
17.85 Below
15.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
22.85 Below
19.85 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
27.85 Below
25.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
41.85 Below
39.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
52.85 Below
48.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
89.85 Below
84.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
92.85 Below
88.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
102.85 Below
99.85 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
109.85 Below
107.85 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
121.85 Below
119.85 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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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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