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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 20th, 2024
Snowpack is 92.6% of avg
TotalPrecip is 97.41% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 426.29 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 202 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3558.29 on Friday, April 19th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 18, 2024
There are currently 2,498,022,348,063 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 141.71 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.52% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,845,789 acre feet

This is 76.7% of the April 19th average of 3,710,078 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,955,087 acre feet

This is 52.73% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,119,210 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,109,298 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 76.73% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 89.23% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 75.32% of the April 20th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 35.40 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.08 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.28 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
3558.29
0.07
7,666,139
13207
10287
75.2
56.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
3558.22
0.01
7,661,227
10809
10181
76.4
56.5
n/a
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
3558.21
0.00
7,660,526
10616
10370
76.3
52.9
n/a
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
3558.21
-0.02
7,660,526
9961
10479
70.8
46.9
n/a
Mon, Apr 15, 2024
3558.23
-0.02
7,661,929
9974
10492
59.0
46.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 14, 2024
3558.25
-0.02
7,663,332
8619
9137
67.5
51.8
n/a
Sat, Apr 13, 2024
3558.27
0.01
7,664,735
10315
9687
71.2
51.9
n/a
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
3558.26
-0.09
7,664,034
7273
10466
75.8
55.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 11, 2024
3558.35
-0.03
7,670,351
9572
10473
73.7
52.0
n/a
Wed, Apr 10, 2024
3558.38
-0.04
7,672,457
9172
10455
64.9
47.4
n/a
Tue, Apr 09, 2024
3558.42
-0.05
7,675,266
8775
10441
63.3
41.1
n/a
Mon, Apr 08, 2024
3558.47
-0.10
7,678,779
4903
8483
55.8
43.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 07, 2024
3558.57
-0.01
7,685,806
8978
9114
56.1
38.6
n/a
Sat, Apr 06, 2024
3558.58
0.01
7,686,509
10269
9640
50.3
36.0
n/a
Averages of List
3558.34
-0.02
7,669,401
9460
9979
66.9
48.4
n/a

Averages for April 19th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.59
-55.30
0.04
13,986,097
14475
12303
71.7
44.8
56.1
Since Filled
3626.49
-68.20
0.08
15,034,521
15196
12299
72.5
47.5
56.1
Since WY 2000
3595.56
-37.27
0.06
11,629,452
12946
10817
72.5
47.6
56

Last 10 April 19th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Apr 19, 2023
3522.89
35.40
5,424,268
33277
12415
60.6
48.7
n/a
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
3522.54
35.75
5,776,681
6636
8743
82.0
57.0
56.0
Mon, Apr 19, 2021
3564.10
-5.81
8,638,648
9403
11236
76.0
44.0
57.0
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
3599.96
-41.67
11,746,260
11345
9404
71.0
46.0
55.0
Fri, Apr 19, 2019
3568.76
-10.47
9,007,231
12473
12608
83.0
50.0
56.0
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
3610.46
-52.17
12,776,658
7235
12317
75.0
45.0
54.0
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
3600.50
-42.21
11,797,834
26426
10950
78.0
57.0
59.0
Tue, Apr 19, 2016
3591.35
-33.06
10,943,159
16425
11597
73.9
45.0
58.0
Sun, Apr 19, 2015
3590.59
-32.30
10,874,001
6535
9144
75.0
51.0
56.0
Sat, Apr 19, 2014
3574.78
-16.49
9,498,951
12697
7854
73.9
55.9
57.0
Averages of List
3574.67
-16.38
9,653,458
13961
10871
73.5
50
56.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, April 19th, 2024 where elevation was 3558.29'


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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
56.29 Above
58.29 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
29.29 Above
31.29 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
18.29 Above
20.29 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
12.29 Above
14.29 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
9.29 Above
11.29 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
2.29 Above
4.29 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
5.71 Below
3.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
19.71 Below
17.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
24.71 Below
21.71 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
29.71 Below
27.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
43.71 Below
41.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
54.71 Below
50.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
91.71 Below
86.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
94.71 Below
90.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
104.71 Below
101.71 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
111.71 Below
109.71 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
123.71 Below
121.71 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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