Lake Powell
Lake Powell
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Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Glen Canyon Dam Release Data | Lake Powell is 120.86 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)
By content, Lake Powell is 40.56% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2021: 849,343 acre feet
This is 44.06% of the January 16th average of 1,927,508 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2021: 2,392,873 acre feet
This is 31.9% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet |
During WY 2021, water storage has fallen by 1,490,497 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,543,530 AF |
The 28 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.23% of capacity. Click for Details |
Inflows for WY 2021 are 53.83% of WY 2020  
Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 84.48% of the Jan 11th avg. Click for Details
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Lake Powell is down -27.84 feet from one year ago. Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 16.69 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements Lake Powell is down -2.66 feet over these measurements
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
Sat, Jan 16, 2021 |
3579.14 |
-0.17 |
9866040 |
3805 |
11593 |
56.0 |
30.0 |
48.0 |
Fri, Jan 15, 2021 |
3579.31 |
-0.24 |
9880540 |
2130 |
13180 |
50.0 |
28.0 |
48.0 |
Thu, Jan 14, 2021 |
3579.55 |
-0.20 |
9901034 |
3417 |
12619 |
50.0 |
26.0 |
48.0 |
Wed, Jan 13, 2021 |
3579.75 |
-0.21 |
9918133 |
3701 |
13381 |
43.0 |
23.0 |
47.0 |
Tue, Jan 12, 2021 |
3579.96 |
-0.21 |
9936109 |
3547 |
13237 |
42.0 |
20.0 |
48.0 |
Mon, Jan 11, 2021 |
3580.17 |
-0.26 |
9954105 |
1118 |
13158 |
44.0 |
22.0 |
48.0 |
Sun, Jan 10, 2021 |
3580.43 |
-0.13 |
9976417 |
4702 |
10674 |
43.0 |
26.0 |
48.0 |
Sat, Jan 09, 2021 |
3580.56 |
-0.18 |
9987585 |
3102 |
11420 |
49.0 |
24.0 |
47.0 |
Fri, Jan 08, 2021 |
3580.74 |
-0.20 |
10003062 |
3828 |
13092 |
44.0 |
26.0 |
48.0 |
Thu, Jan 07, 2021 |
3580.94 |
-0.21 |
10020277 |
3405 |
13149 |
47.0 |
26.0 |
48.0 |
Wed, Jan 06, 2021 |
3581.15 |
-0.20 |
10038373 |
3904 |
13190 |
46.0 |
27.0 |
48.0 |
Tue, Jan 05, 2021 |
3581.35 |
-0.21 |
10055628 |
3372 |
13139 |
54.0 |
26.0 |
48.0 |
Mon, Jan 04, 2021 |
3581.56 |
-0.24 |
10073767 |
1568 |
12759 |
47.0 |
28.0 |
47.0 |
Sun, Jan 03, 2021 |
3581.80 |
-0.12 |
10094523 |
5125 |
10671 |
46.0 |
26.0 |
46.0 |
Averages of List |
3580.46 |
-0.20 |
9978971 |
3337 |
12519 |
47.2 |
25.6 |
47.6 |
Averages for January 17th
AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
Since Filled |
3638.15 |
-0.12 |
16223716 |
7670 |
14432 |
47.1 |
27.3 |
47.6 |
All-Time |
3622.37 |
-0.10 |
14881012 |
8242 |
13569 |
47.1 |
27.6 |
47.6 |
Last 10 January 17th's data records
DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHG vs TODAY |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
Fri, Jan 17, 2020 |
3606.86 |
27.72 |
12416832 |
6669 |
13008 |
48.0 |
30.0 |
47.0 |
Thu, Jan 17, 2019 |
3578.43 |
-0.71 |
9805635 |
6083 |
13376 |
43.0 |
35.0 |
47.0 |
Wed, Jan 17, 2018 |
3620.93 |
41.79 |
13862011 |
5773 |
14328 |
52.0 |
33.0 |
50.0 |
Tue, Jan 17, 2017 |
3597.84 |
18.70 |
11545173 |
6706 |
14803 |
46.0 |
32.0 |
49.0 |
Sun, Jan 17, 2016 |
3598.39 |
19.25 |
11597132 |
9014 |
11980 |
48.9 |
28.9 |
47.0 |
Sat, Jan 17, 2015 |
3595.30 |
16.16 |
11307124 |
8625 |
13574 |
48.9 |
33.1 |
48.0 |
Fri, Jan 17, 2014 |
3581.26 |
2.12 |
10047861 |
6926 |
13396 |
52.0 |
28.9 |
46.0 |
Thu, Jan 17, 2013 |
3606.57 |
27.43 |
12388144 |
2946 |
13045 |
39.0 |
21.0 |
44.0 |
Tue, Jan 17, 2012 |
3637.99 |
58.85 |
15767001 |
6905 |
13103 |
44.1 |
27.0 |
49.0 |
Mon, Jan 17, 2011 |
3623.21 |
44.07 |
14106391 |
7058 |
17154 |
60.1 |
35.1 |
48.0 |
Averages of List |
3604.68 |
-0.14 |
12284330 |
6671 |
13777 |
48.2 |
30.4 |
47.5 |
Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, January 16th, 2021 where elevation was 3579.14'
SITE/LAUNCH NAME |
MINIMUM SAFE ELEVATION |
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM USABLE ELEVATION |
CURRENT LEVEL VS. ABSOLUTE MINIMUM |
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY |
Halls Crossing Launch |
3550.00 |
3548.00 |
31.14 Above |
Open and Usable |
Wahweap |
3558.00 |
3556.00 |
23.14 Above |
Open and Usable |
Bullfrog (Main Launch) |
3578.00 |
3576.00 |
3.14 Above |
Open and Usable |
Castle Rock Cut-Off |
3583.00 |
3580.00 |
0.86 Below |
Unusable, use Main Channel |
Antelope Point |
3588.00 |
3587.00 |
7.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off |
3602.00 |
3600.00 |
20.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off |
3613.00 |
3609.00 |
29.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Hite Marina |
3650.00 |
3645.00 |
65.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Farley Canyon |
3653.00 |
3649.00 |
69.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Copper Canyon |
3663.00 |
3660.00 |
80.86 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off |
3670.00 |
3668.00 |
88.86 Below |
Unusable, use Main Channel |
Piute Farms |
3682.00 |
3680.00 |
100.86 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 Wayne Gustaveson 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
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