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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 28th, 2024
Snowpack is 102.83% of avg
TotalPrecip is 99.18% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 427.35 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 179 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3559.35 on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 26, 2024
There are currently 2,522,338,359,249 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 140.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.83% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,463,206 acre feet

This is 77.84% of the March 27th average of 3,164,602 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,502,383 acre feet

This is 46.7% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,044,587 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,039,177 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 76.59% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 96.79% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 71.82% of the March 28th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 37.43 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.20 feet from the high.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.30 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
3559.35
-0.06
7,740,762
18060
22340
58.7
39.2
n/a
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
3559.41
-0.11
7,744,999
14418
22515
53.4
43.1
n/a
Mon, Mar 25, 2024
3559.52
-0.13
7,752,772
12643
22275
53.7
40.8
n/a
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
3559.65
-0.01
7,761,965
19813
20281
49.3
40.6
n/a
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
3559.66
-0.19
7,762,672
8172
22400
62.6
45.2
n/a
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
3559.85
-0.13
7,776,121
13159
22808
66.2
48.9
n/a
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
3559.98
-0.12
7,785,331
12008
20898
68.3
49.2
n/a
Wed, Mar 20, 2024
3560.10
-0.11
7,793,839
14434
22562
67.7
47.4
n/a
Tue, Mar 19, 2024
3560.21
-0.10
7,801,642
15178
22544
57.9
44.5
n/a
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
3560.31
-0.12
7,808,741
13720
22626
57.2
42.3
n/a
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
3560.43
-0.06
7,817,264
16406
20712
53.1
39.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
3560.49
-0.02
7,821,529
19593
20829
47.4
37.7
n/a
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
3560.51
-0.02
7,822,950
20430
21668
41.6
36.2
n/a
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
3560.53
-0.12
7,824,372
13559
22479
47.9
37.2
n/a
Averages of List
3560.00
-0.09
7,786,783
15114
21924
56.1
42.3
n/a

Averages for March 27th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.84
-54.49
-0.03
13,985,375
21399
24070
65.1
41.5
52
Since Filled
3626.32
-66.97
-0.03
15,012,498
21327
25094
65.2
41.1
51.6
Since WY 2000
3595.87
-36.52
-0.05
11,660,797
17928
21843
64.5
41.2
52

Last 10 March 27th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Mar 27, 2023
3521.92
37.43
5,369,320
22043
15739
51.8
27.5
n/a
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
3523.53
35.82
5,836,723
13157
18179
81.0
54.0
54.0
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
3567.39
-8.04
8,897,779
23828
35505
59.0
35.0
48.0
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
3600.90
-41.55
11,836,137
15438
23255
50.0
37.0
52.0
Wed, Mar 27, 2019
3569.76
-10.41
9,087,696
14470
26311
73.0
47.0
49.0
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
3612.74
-53.39
13,008,082
9372
26515
59.0
41.0
50.0
Mon, Mar 27, 2017
3595.27
-35.92
11,304,331
43159
24623
68.0
48.0
55.0
Sun, Mar 27, 2016
3592.52
-33.17
11,050,176
16166
18700
62.1
37.9
52.0
Fri, Mar 27, 2015
3591.11
-31.76
10,921,289
19359
21876
77.0
46.0
56.0
Thu, Mar 27, 2014
3574.91
-15.56
9,509,764
12026
16136
62.1
43.0
51.0
Averages of List
3574.94
-15.59
9,676,729
16986
22435
67.5
42.5
51.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 where elevation was 3559.35'


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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
57.35 Above
59.35 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
30.35 Above
32.35 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
19.35 Above
21.35 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
13.35 Above
15.35 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
10.35 Above
12.35 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
3.35 Above
5.35 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
4.65 Below
2.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
18.65 Below
16.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
23.65 Below
20.65 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
28.65 Below
26.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
42.65 Below
40.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
53.65 Below
49.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
90.65 Below
85.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
93.65 Below
89.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
103.65 Below
100.65 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
110.65 Below
108.65 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
122.65 Below
120.65 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):
  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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