Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For April 20th, 2026
Snowpack is 0.69% of avg
TotalPrecip is 64.94% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.15 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 200 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.15 on Saturday, April 18th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 17, 2026 There are currently 1,828,462,505,902 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.85 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 23.07% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,299,489 acre feet This is 63.68% of the April 18th average of 3,610,941 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2026: 3,421,516 acre feet This is 45.62% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,137,347 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,122,027 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.44% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 94.66% of WY Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 31.98% of the April 20th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 32.05 feet from one year ago. Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 19.50 feet from the high.

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Lake Powell is down -1.31 feet over these measurements

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

Sat, Apr 18, 2026 3526.15 -0.10 5,611,338 9517 15414 63.9 26.8 n/a

Fri, Apr 17, 2026 3526.25 -0.17 5,617,135 6077 16366 54.9 34.3 n/a

Thu, Apr 16, 2026 3526.42 -0.05 5,626,998 13543 16314 71.6 36.9 n/a

Wed, Apr 15, 2026 3526.47 -0.05 5,629,900 12855 15628 73.2 34.5 n/a

Tue, Apr 14, 2026 3526.52 -0.07 5,632,804 12270 16298 64.0 36.9 n/a

Mon, Apr 13, 2026 3526.59 -0.04 5,636,870 14148 16294 61.7 36.3 n/a

Sun, Apr 12, 2026 3526.63 -0.12 5,639,195 9022 16192 70.2 37.6 n/a

Sat, Apr 11, 2026 3526.75 -0.07 5,646,171 12177 16210 73.8 42.8 n/a

Fri, Apr 10, 2026 3526.82 -0.03 5,650,244 14852 16372 77.7 47.3 n/a

Thu, Apr 09, 2026 3526.85 -0.08 5,651,989 11675 16339 80.4 48.2 n/a

Wed, Apr 08, 2026 3526.93 -0.13 5,656,646 8476 16288 81.0 41.2 n/a

Tue, Apr 07, 2026 3527.06 -0.14 5,664,218 7848 16297 79.3 45.3 n/a

Mon, Apr 06, 2026 3527.20 -0.13 5,672,380 8423 16248 70.2 40.8 n/a

Sun, Apr 05, 2026 3527.33 -0.13 5,679,965 8391 16223 72.9 33.3 n/a

Averages of List 3526.71 -0.09 5,643,990 10662 16177 71.1 38.7 n/a

Averages for April 18th

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

All-Time 3612.69 -86.54 0.04 13,884,117 28630 24322 71.5 44.6 56.1

Since Filled 3623.46 -97.31 0.07 14,707,022 29713 24149 72.5 47.4 56.1

Since WY 2000 3594.13 -67.98 0.06 11,476,909 25599 21373 72 47.2 56

Last 10 April 18th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Sat, Apr 19, 2025 3558.25 -32.10 7,663,332 23586 19309 58.3 35.4 n/a

Fri, Apr 19, 2024 3558.29 -32.14 7,666,139 26196 20404 75.2 56.8 n/a

Wed, Apr 19, 2023 3522.89 3.26 5,424,268 66005 24625 60.6 48.7 n/a

Tue, Apr 19, 2022 3522.54 3.61 5,776,681 13163 17342 82.0 57.0 56.0

Mon, Apr 19, 2021 3564.10 -37.95 8,638,648 18651 22287 76.0 44.0 57.0

Sun, Apr 19, 2020 3599.96 -73.81 11,746,260 22503 18653 71.0 46.0 55.0

Fri, Apr 19, 2019 3568.76 -42.61 9,007,231 24740 25008 83.0 50.0 56.0

Thu, Apr 19, 2018 3610.46 -84.31 12,776,658 14351 24431 75.0 45.0 54.0

Wed, Apr 19, 2017 3600.50 -74.35 11,797,834 52416 21719 78.0 57.0 59.0

Tue, Apr 19, 2016 3591.35 -65.20 10,943,159 32579 23003 73.9 45.0 58.0

Averages of List 3569.78 -43.63 9,148,618 27351 21790 72.1 49 56.1

Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, April 18th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.15'

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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 3520.00 3519.00 6.15 Above 7.15 Above Open and Usable

Bullfrog North Ramp 3529.00 3528.00 2.85 Below 1.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Antelope Point Business Ramp 3540.00 3539.00 13.85 Below 12.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25') 3549.00 3548.00 22.85 Below 21.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Wahweap (Main Launch) 3550.00 3549.00 23.85 Below 22.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Halls Crossing (use at own risk) 3556.00 3555.00 29.85 Below 28.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Stateline Launch 3564.00 3563.00 37.85 Below 36.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog (Main Launch) 3578.00 3577.00 51.85 Below 50.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3583.00 3582.00 56.85 Below 55.85 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Antelope Point Public Ramp 3588.00 3587.00 61.85 Below 60.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Dominguez Butte Cut-Off 3602.00 3601.00 75.85 Below 74.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off 3613.00 3612.00 86.85 Below 85.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Hite 3650.00 3649.00 123.85 Below 122.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3652.00 126.85 Below 125.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3662.00 136.85 Below 135.85 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3669.00 143.85 Below 142.85 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3681.00 155.85 Below 154.85 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 - 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
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):
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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
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