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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 16th, 2024
Snowpack is 97.18% of avg
TotalPrecip is 97.87% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 426.23 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 198 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 54% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3558.23 on Monday, April 15th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 14, 2024
There are currently 2,496,650,513,547 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 141.77 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.5% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,757,339 acre feet

This is 76.65% of the April 15th average of 3,597,149 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,873,135 acre feet

This is 51.64% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,123,420 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,115,796 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 75.72% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 93.84% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 69.06% of the April 16th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 37.84 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 15.32 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.74 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Fri, Apr 05, 2024
3558.57
-0.20
7,685,806
3055
10468
59.9
40.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 04, 2024
3558.77
-0.11
7,699,874
5562
9531
70.3
50.6
n/a
Wed, Apr 03, 2024
3558.88
-0.05
7,707,618
5571
7241
68.4
47.5
n/a
Tue, Apr 02, 2024
3558.93
-0.04
7,711,140
6456
7743
62.8
43.6
n/a
Averages of List
3558.50
-0.05
7,680,545
7750
9527
64.2
46.3
n/a

Averages for April 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.45
-55.22
0.02
13,969,218
13026
12296
71.7
45.5
55.1
Since Filled
3626.25
-68.02
0.05
15,009,435
13941
12235
71.8
45.9
55.3
Since WY 2000
3595.38
-37.15
0.03
11,617,987
11319
10584
69.6
45.6
55.1

Last 10 April 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Apr 15, 2023
3520.39
37.84
5,283,316
21162
11556
66.7
45.5
53.0
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
3522.69
35.54
5,785,754
8008
8798
75.0
49.0
53.0
Thu, Apr 15, 2021
3564.58
-6.35
8,676,127
3925
10450
63.0
50.0
55.0
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
3599.96
-41.73
11,746,260
8726
10939
71.0
40.0
55.0
Mon, Apr 15, 2019
3568.71
-10.48
9,003,220
12880
12578
77.0
52.0
55.0
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
3610.84
-52.61
12,815,039
7328
9666
75.0
44.0
55.0
Sat, Apr 15, 2017
3599.39
-41.16
11,691,979
23462
9628
75.0
48.0
56.0
Fri, Apr 15, 2016
3591.14
-32.91
10,924,022
8845
10965
57.9
43.0
57.0
Wed, Apr 15, 2015
3590.75
-32.52
10,888,537
10241
10376
54.0
39.0
56.0
Tue, Apr 15, 2014
3574.37
-16.14
9,464,905
11250
8676
73.0
39.9
55.0
Averages of List
3574.37
-16.14
9,633,947
13774
10171
69.2
47.7
55.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, April 15th, 2024 where elevation was 3558.23'


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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
56.23 Above
58.23 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
29.23 Above
31.23 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
18.23 Above
20.23 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
12.23 Above
14.23 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
9.23 Above
11.23 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
2.23 Above
4.23 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
5.77 Below
3.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
19.77 Below
17.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
24.77 Below
21.77 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
29.77 Below
27.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
43.77 Below
41.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
54.77 Below
50.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
91.77 Below
86.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
94.77 Below
90.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
104.77 Below
101.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
111.77 Below
109.77 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
123.77 Below
121.77 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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