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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

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

Lake Powell is currently 427.82 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 213 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3559.82 on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 23, 2024
There are currently 2,533,167,705,640 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 140.18 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.96% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 3,184,604 acre feet

This is 78% of the April 30th average of 4,082,836 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 4,172,009 acre feet

This is 55.63% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,011,353 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 987,405 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.29% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 84.85% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 71.67% of the May 1st avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 34.83 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 1.61 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.61 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
3559.82
0.22
7,773,996
18831
10105
76.6
57.8
n/a
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
3559.60
0.19
7,758,428
17792
10231
73.4
53.9
n/a
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
3559.41
0.22
7,744,999
17851
9146
66.0
47.7
n/a
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
3559.19
0.19
7,729,469
17194
9651
63.4
46.7
n/a
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
3559.00
0.10
7,716,072
14406
10322
65.5
51.7
n/a
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
3558.90
0.11
7,709,027
14749
10284
65.5
54.7
n/a
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
3558.79
0.10
7,701,282
14371
10292
75.9
57.8
n/a
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
3558.69
0.12
7,694,245
15189
10347
77.7
59.4
n/a
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
3558.57
0.11
7,685,806
14763
10307
79.0
61.5
n/a
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
3558.46
0.09
7,678,076
12742
9054
76.4
58.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
3558.37
0.08
7,671,755
12929
9624
74.9
56.8
n/a
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
Averages of List
3558.82
0.11
7,703,646
14675
10014
73
55.2
n/a

Averages for April 30th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.69
-54.87
0.11
14,128,431
18452
12748
76.2
50
58.5
Since Filled
3627.57
-67.75
0.13
15,153,869
19312
12118
76
50.1
58.6
Since WY 2000
3596.38
-36.56
0.14
11,707,807
16256
10728
74.5
51
58.2

Last 10 April 30th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Apr 30, 2023
3524.99
34.83
5,544,347
24657
9145
87.4
61.0
61.0
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
3522.77
37.05
5,790,596
9381
7864
76.0
50.0
58.0
Fri, Apr 30, 2021
3562.37
-2.55
8,504,490
4590
10607
86.0
57.0
59.0
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
3571.12
-11.30
9,197,907
34635
12208
70.0
48.0
59.0
Mon, Apr 30, 2018
3609.39
-49.57
12,668,997
5723
12416
73.0
57.0
59.0
Sun, Apr 30, 2017
3604.14
-44.32
12,149,494
29575
9012
73.0
46.0
57.0
Sat, Apr 30, 2016
3592.12
-32.30
11,013,514
19901
10569
55.9
48.9
58.0
Thu, Apr 30, 2015
3590.18
-30.36
10,836,808
8846
10462
72.0
48.0
62.0
Wed, Apr 30, 2014
3577.56
-17.74
9,731,949
24585
8634
64.0
50.0
57.0
Tue, Apr 30, 2013
3596.53
-36.71
11,422,008
4526
9766
89.1
66.9
60.0
Averages of List
3575.51
-15.69
9,721,575
16555
11163
75.3
52.5
59.7


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 where elevation was 3559.82'


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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
57.82 Above
59.82 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
30.82 Above
32.82 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
19.82 Above
21.82 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
13.82 Above
15.82 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
10.82 Above
12.82 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
3.82 Above
5.82 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
4.18 Below
2.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
18.18 Below
16.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
23.18 Below
20.18 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
28.18 Below
26.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
42.18 Below
40.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
53.18 Below
49.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
90.18 Below
85.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
93.18 Below
89.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
103.18 Below
100.18 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
110.18 Below
108.18 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
122.18 Below
120.18 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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