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Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 3rd, 2024
Snowpack is 81.86% of avg
TotalPrecip is 96.04% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 428.37 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 215 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3560.37 on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 19, 2024
There are currently 2,545,877,866,480 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 139.63 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.12% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 3,267,943 acre feet

This is 78.49% of the May 2nd average of 4,163,419 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 4,212,097 acre feet

This is 56.16% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 972,347 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 944,154 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 77.73% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 83.88% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 62.50% of the May 3rd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 34.50 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 2.16 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 2.15 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, May 02, 2024
3560.37
0.22
7,813,002
18856
10069
70.5
51.5
n/a
Wed, May 01, 2024
3560.15
0.33
7,797,386
23160
10142
74.3
59.1
n/a
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
Averages of List
3559.12
0.15
7,724,263
16146
9990
72.5
55.3
n/a

Averages for May 2nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.68
-54.31
0.13
14,117,836
19803
12213
77.1
50.3
59
Since Filled
3627.88
-67.51
0.16
15,188,623
21015
12341
78.4
50.6
59.1
Since WY 2000
3596.74
-36.37
0.13
11,728,064
17045
11073
75
51.8
58.9

Last 10 May 2nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, May 02, 2023
3525.87
34.50
5,595,125
32370
16124
75.6
55.6
63.0
Mon, May 02, 2022
3522.75
37.62
5,789,385
11533
9992
80.0
51.0
58.0
Sun, May 02, 2021
3562.12
-1.75
8,485,223
2671
8221
81.0
57.0
59.0
Sat, May 02, 2020
3599.26
-38.89
11,679,622
9959
10041
88.0
62.0
63.0
Thu, May 02, 2019
3572.26
-11.89
9,290,979
39459
11946
72.0
47.0
60.0
Wed, May 02, 2018
3609.22
-48.85
12,651,947
9188
12542
55.0
46.0
58.0
Tue, May 02, 2017
3604.70
-44.33
12,204,216
26818
10923
84.0
55.0
60.0
Mon, May 02, 2016
3592.37
-32.00
11,036,419
17720
11816
66.0
50.0
58.0
Sat, May 02, 2015
3590.02
-29.65
10,822,316
8071
11115
86.0
69.0
62.0
Fri, May 02, 2014
3578.13
-17.76
9,780,184
22138
8394
84.0
50.0
58.0
Averages of List
3575.86
-15.49
9,748,134
19634
11322
77.8
54.4
60.4


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 where elevation was 3560.37'


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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
58.37 Above
60.37 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
31.37 Above
33.37 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
20.37 Above
22.37 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
14.37 Above
16.37 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
11.37 Above
13.37 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
4.37 Above
6.37 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
3.63 Below
1.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
17.63 Below
15.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
22.63 Below
19.63 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
27.63 Below
25.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
41.63 Below
39.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
52.63 Below
48.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
89.63 Below
84.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
92.63 Below
88.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
102.63 Below
99.63 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
109.63 Below
107.63 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
121.63 Below
119.63 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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