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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 28th, 2024
Snowpack is 102.83% of avg
TotalPrecip is 99.18% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 427.35 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 179 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3559.35 on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 26, 2024
There are currently 2,522,338,359,249 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 140.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.83% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,463,206 acre feet

This is 77.84% of the March 27th average of 3,164,602 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,502,383 acre feet

This is 46.7% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,044,587 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,039,177 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 76.59% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 96.79% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 71.82% of the March 28th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 37.43 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.20 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.30 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
3559.35
-0.06
7,740,762
9105
11263
58.7
39.2
n/a
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
3559.41
-0.11
7,744,999
7269
11351
53.4
43.1
n/a
Mon, Mar 25, 2024
3559.52
-0.13
7,752,772
6374
11230
53.7
40.8
n/a
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
3559.65
-0.01
7,761,965
9989
10225
49.3
40.6
n/a
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
3559.66
-0.19
7,762,672
4120
11293
62.6
45.2
n/a
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
3559.85
-0.13
7,776,121
6634
11499
66.2
48.9
n/a
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
3559.98
-0.12
7,785,331
6054
10536
68.3
49.2
n/a
Wed, Mar 20, 2024
3560.10
-0.11
7,793,839
7277
11375
67.7
47.4
n/a
Tue, Mar 19, 2024
3560.21
-0.10
7,801,642
7652
11366
57.9
44.5
n/a
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
3560.31
-0.12
7,808,741
6917
11407
57.2
42.3
n/a
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
3560.43
-0.06
7,817,264
8271
10442
53.1
39.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
3560.49
-0.02
7,821,529
9878
10501
47.4
37.7
n/a
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
3560.51
-0.02
7,822,950
10300
10924
41.6
36.2
n/a
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
3560.53
-0.12
7,824,372
6836
11333
47.9
37.2
n/a
Averages of List
3560.00
-0.09
7,786,783
7620
11053
56.1
42.3
n/a

Averages for March 27th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.84
-54.49
-0.03
13,985,375
10788
12135
65.1
41.5
52
Since Filled
3626.32
-66.97
-0.03
15,012,498
10752
12652
65.2
41.1
51.6
Since WY 2000
3595.87
-36.52
-0.05
11,660,797
9039
11012
64.5
41.2
52

Last 10 March 27th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Mar 27, 2023
3521.92
37.43
5,369,320
11113
7935
51.8
27.5
n/a
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
3523.53
35.82
5,836,723
6633
9165
81.0
54.0
54.0
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
3567.39
-8.04
8,897,779
12013
17900
59.0
35.0
48.0
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
3600.90
-41.55
11,836,137
7783
11724
50.0
37.0
52.0
Wed, Mar 27, 2019
3569.76
-10.41
9,087,696
7295
13265
73.0
47.0
49.0
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
3612.74
-53.39
13,008,082
4725
13368
59.0
41.0
50.0
Mon, Mar 27, 2017
3595.27
-35.92
11,304,331
21759
12414
68.0
48.0
55.0
Sun, Mar 27, 2016
3592.52
-33.17
11,050,176
8150
9428
62.1
37.9
52.0
Fri, Mar 27, 2015
3591.11
-31.76
10,921,289
9760
11029
77.0
46.0
56.0
Thu, Mar 27, 2014
3574.91
-15.56
9,509,764
6063
8135
62.1
43.0
51.0
Averages of List
3574.94
-15.59
9,676,729
8564
11311
67.5
42.5
51.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 where elevation was 3559.35'


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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
57.35 Above
59.35 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
30.35 Above
32.35 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
19.35 Above
21.35 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
13.35 Above
15.35 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
10.35 Above
12.35 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
3.35 Above
5.35 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
4.65 Below
2.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
18.65 Below
16.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
23.65 Below
20.65 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
28.65 Below
26.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
42.65 Below
40.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
53.65 Below
49.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
90.65 Below
85.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
93.65 Below
89.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
103.65 Below
100.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
110.65 Below
108.65 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
122.65 Below
120.65 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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