Lake Powell Water Database

Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For April 26th, 2018
Snowpack is 67% of avg
TotalPrecip is 72.00% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 477.88 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 209 of 365 for the Water Year 2018. We are 57% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3609.88 on Apr 25, 2018
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on Oct 25, 2016 There are currently 4,144,251,790,594 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 90.12 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 52.29% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2018: 2,985,396 acre feet This is 74.33% of the April 25th average of 4,016,633 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2018: 4,979,579 acre feet This is 60.51% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2018, water storage has fallen by 1,957,312 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,994,183 AF
The 28 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 76.93% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2018 are 68.52% of WY 2017 Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 38.33% of the Apr 27th avg. Click for Details

View Acre Feet Last 14 Measurements
Powell is down -1.17 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Wed, Apr 25, 2018 3609.88 -0.17 12718225 3649 12553 80.0 57.0 59.0

Tue, Apr 24, 2018 3610.05 -0.08 12735334 8317 12291 84.0 59.0 57.0

Mon, Apr 23, 2018 3610.13 -0.09 12743390 7957 12482 86.0 53.0 56.0

Sun, Apr 22, 2018 3610.22 -0.04 12752458 8756 10538 80.0 51.0 55.0

Sat, Apr 21, 2018 3610.26 -0.10 12756489 6561 11637 73.0 41.0 54.0

Fri, Apr 20, 2018 3610.36 -0.10 12766571 7777 12856 55.0 41.0 54.0

Thu, Apr 19, 2018 3610.46 -0.10 12776658 7235 12317 75.0 45.0 54.0

Wed, Apr 18, 2018 3610.56 -0.12 12786751 6504 12688 64.0 37.0 54.0

Tue, Apr 17, 2018 3610.68 -0.09 12798869 7052 11589 64.0 44.0 53.0

Mon, Apr 16, 2018 3610.77 -0.07 12807963 8792 12230 80.0 55.0 55.0

Sun, Apr 15, 2018 3610.84 -0.05 12815039 7328 9666 75.0 44.0 55.0

Sat, Apr 14, 2018 3610.89 -0.06 12820094 8705 11595 66.0 39.0 54.0

Fri, Apr 13, 2018 3610.95 -0.10 12826163 7131 12225 59.0 39.0 54.0

Thu, Apr 12, 2018 3611.05 -0.13 12836281 5338 12089 73.0 44.0 54.0

Averages of List 3610.51 -0.09 12781448.93 7221.57 11911.14 72.43 46.36 54.8

Averages for April 27th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Since Filled 3637.19 0.12 16107529.86 18354.62 12681.43 73.62 48.17 57.6

All-Time 3620.66 0.10 14744012.87 18099.53 12947.33 73.36 46.89 57.6

Last 10 April 27th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Thu, Apr 27, 2017 3603.20 0.23 12058012 23469 10927 70.0 52.0 57.0

Wed, Apr 27, 2016 3591.79 0.08 10983327 15976 11634 64.9 50.0 57.0

Mon, Apr 27, 2015 3590.33 -0.04 10850405 8773 10391 51.0 48.0 61.0

Sun, Apr 27, 2014 3576.52 0.28 9644346 20518 7402 64.9 46.0 57.0

Sat, Apr 27, 2013 3596.74 -0.07 11441696 5192 8393 79.0 53.1 56.0

Fri, Apr 27, 2012 3635.74 0.09 15505656 16430 10278 73.9 54.0 62.0

Wed, Apr 27, 2011 3611.31 0.28 12862614 24435 15433 62.1 39.9 54.0

Tue, Apr 27, 2010 3620.09 0.15 13772771 17622 10288 81.0 50.0 57.0

Mon, Apr 27, 2009 3610.48 0.09 12778677 18566 10208 73.0 43.0 54.0

Sun, Apr 27, 2008 3593.25 0.35 11117284 24245 11145 69.1 43.0 56.0

Averages of List 3602.95 0.14 12101478.80 17522.60 10609.90 68.89 47.90 57.1

Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 where elevation was 3609.88'

SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3583.00 3580.00 29.88 Above Open and Usable

Antelope Point 3592.00 3590.00 19.88 Above Open and Usable

Hite Marina 3650.00 3645.00 35.12 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3649.00 39.12 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3660.00 50.12 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3668.00 58.12 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3680.00 70.12 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsite Pass Cut-Off 3685.00 3680.00 70.12 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

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
*Water temp data is provided by Wayne Gustaveson
as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
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