Lake Powell Water Database

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Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For September 23rd, 2017
Snowpack is 129% of avg
TotalPrecip is 108.00% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 496.87 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 358 of 365 for the Water Year 2017. We are 98% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3628.87 on Sep 22, 2017
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on Jul 29, 2012 There are currently 4,798,707,767,317 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 71.13 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 60.55% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2017: 11,237,351 acre feet This is 105.48% of the September 22nd average of 10,653,722 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2017: 8,813,351 acre feet This is 107.09% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2017, water storage has risen by 1,903,546 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 2,424,000 AF
The 28 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 84.47% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2017 are 115.39% of WY 2016 Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 86.99% of the Sep 23rd avg. Click for Details

View CFS Last 14 Measurements
Powell is down -1.05 feet over these measurements

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

Fri, Sep 22, 2017 3628.87 -0.13 14726674 9908 23659 79.0 57.0 n/a

Thu, Sep 21, 2017 3629.00 -0.08 14741149 15211 22953 82.0 64.0 74.0

Wed, Sep 20, 2017 3629.08 -0.10 14750062 12863 23017 88.0 61.0 76.0

Tue, Sep 19, 2017 3629.18 -0.08 14761208 0 22973 88.0 61.0 77.0

Mon, Sep 18, 2017 3629.26 -0.11 14770130 11953 23322 87.0 59.0 77.0

Sun, Sep 17, 2017 3629.37 -0.09 14782403 10417 19381 82.0 60.0 78.0

Sat, Sep 16, 2017 3629.46 -0.08 14792450 12441 20204 81.0 57.0 77.0

Fri, Sep 15, 2017 3629.54 0.04 14801386 29499 22782 82.0 54.0 78.0

Thu, Sep 14, 2017 3629.50 -0.10 14796918 12294 22469 84.0 60.0 78.0

Wed, Sep 13, 2017 3629.60 -0.09 14808089 14224 23197 93.0 66.0 77.0

Tue, Sep 12, 2017 3629.69 -0.09 14818149 14230 23209 96.0 69.0 78.0

Mon, Sep 11, 2017 3629.78 -0.11 14828214 12038 23437 93.0 66.0 77.0

Sun, Sep 10, 2017 3629.89 -0.03 14840522 17012 18744 88.0 63.0 78.0

Sat, Sep 09, 2017 3629.92 -0.09 14843880 10737 19724 75.0 66.0 79.0

Averages of List 3629.44 -0.08 14790088.14 13059.07 22076.50 85.57 61.64 77.2

Averages for September 23rd

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

Since Filled 3649.98 -0.07 17664039.24 20243.44 26711.74 82.63 57.95 73.5

All-Time 3635.06 -0.08 15935177.02 19761.39 25490.84 82.97 57.48 73.5

Last 10 September 23rd's data records

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

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 3610.91 -0.01 12822117 24833 24258 68.0 46.0 73.0

Wed, Sep 23, 2015 3606.75 -0.11 12405945 14198 24338 88.0 63.0 77.0

Tue, Sep 23, 2014 3605.51 -0.07 12283659 15545 21370 88.0 64.0 77.0

Mon, Sep 23, 2013 3591.20 0.00 10929487 22537 21079 77.0 54.0 66.0

Sun, Sep 23, 2012 3622.05 -0.07 13981663 9735 16047 86.0 69.1 74.0

Fri, Sep 23, 2011 3653.67 -0.07 17676872 27585 30742 89.1 61.0 74.0

Thu, Sep 23, 2010 3633.77 0.01 15279354 14505 16068 82.9 59.0 73.0

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 3635.80 -0.09 15512585 16477 19875 79.0 53.1 75.0

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 3627.57 -0.11 14582488 17907 24270 82.0 55.9 74.0

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 3601.74 0.12 11916845 15275 18375 71.1 55.9 74.0

Averages of List 3618.90 -0.04 13739101.50 17859.63 21642.17 81.11 58.10 73.7

Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, September 22nd, 2017 where elevation was 3628.87'

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 48.87 Above Open and Usable

Antelope Point 3592.00 3590.00 38.87 Above Open and Usable

Hite Marina 3650.00 3645.00 16.13 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3649.00 20.13 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3660.00 31.13 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3668.00 39.13 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3680.00 51.13 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsite Pass Cut-Off 3685.00 3680.00 51.13 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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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):
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
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