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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 19th, 2024
Snowpack is 0% of avg
TotalPrecip is 0% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 428.43 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 169 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 46% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3560.43 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 16, 2024
There are currently 2,547,266,645,270 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 139.57 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.14% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,321,601 acre feet

This is 78.63% of the March 17th average of 2,952,552 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,281,133 acre feet

This is 43.75% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 968,085 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 959,532 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 75.99% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 100.19% of WY 2023         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 69.30% of the March 19th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 39.71 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 13.12 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.31 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
3560.65
-0.08
7,832,908
8022
10971
52.9
40.9
n/a
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
3560.73
-0.12
7,838,603
6740
11243
60.6
43.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
3560.85
-0.14
7,847,150
5688
10972
62.0
48.1
n/a
Sun, Mar 10, 2024
3560.99
-0.11
7,857,132
5709
9831
58.8
39.9
n/a
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
3561.10
-0.11
7,864,981
5814
9938
53.7
36.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
3561.21
-0.10
7,872,835
7544
11282
54.0
40.0
n/a
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
3561.31
-0.11
7,879,980
5418
9547
52.3
43.0
n/a
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
3561.42
-0.09
7,887,843
8033
11386
56.6
41.0
n/a
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
3561.51
-0.13
7,894,281
6321
11235
53.7
40.5
n/a
Mon, Mar 04, 2024
3561.64
-0.10
7,903,586
7533
11280
53.4
39.0
n/a
Averages of List
3560.96
-0.09
7,854,672
7293
10778
53.4
40.2
n/a

Averages for March 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.90
-54.47
-0.01
14,102,556
10323
10773
64.3
38.4
51.1
Since Filled
3626.59
-66.16
-0.02
15,039,847
10478
11910
63.3
40.3
51.3
Since WY 2000
3597.81
-37.38
-0.05
11,864,502
7959
10523
63
40.5
51.1

Last 10 March 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Mar 18, 2023
3520.81
39.62
5,306,844
10569
7718
51.8
31.1
49.0
Fri, Mar 18, 2022
3524.55
35.88
5,898,982
5068
9283
64.0
39.0
48.0
Thu, Mar 18, 2021
3569.32
-8.89
9,052,232
5954
4017
64.0
41.0
49.0
Wed, Mar 18, 2020
3601.38
-40.95
11,882,211
9873
9637
58.0
43.0
52.0
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
3570.63
-10.20
9,158,095
8447
13564
67.0
39.0
49.0
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
3613.85
-53.42
13,121,740
6803
11578
48.0
37.0
50.0
Sat, Mar 18, 2017
3594.00
-33.57
11,186,501
15034
11286
81.0
53.0
56.0
Fri, Mar 18, 2016
3593.31
-32.88
11,122,812
8033
11824
72.0
53.1
53.0
Wed, Mar 18, 2015
3591.59
-31.16
10,965,057
-2727
9988
60.0
36.0
55.0
Tue, Mar 18, 2014
3575.30
-14.87
9,542,249
6893
8516
53.1
37.9
50.0
Averages of List
3575.44
-15.01
9,720,107
8153
9900
64.1
42.5
51


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Sunday, March 17th, 2024 where elevation was 3560.43'


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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
58.43 Above
60.43 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
31.43 Above
33.43 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
20.43 Above
22.43 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
14.43 Above
16.43 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
11.43 Above
13.43 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
4.43 Above
6.43 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
3.57 Below
1.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
17.57 Below
15.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
22.57 Below
19.57 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
27.57 Below
25.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
41.57 Below
39.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
52.57 Below
48.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
89.57 Below
84.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
92.57 Below
88.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
102.57 Below
99.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
109.57 Below
107.57 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
121.57 Below
119.57 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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