Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For March 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 59.45% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.06% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 396.12 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 188 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 52% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3528.12 on Monday, April 6th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 5, 2026 There are currently 1,865,886,868,374 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 171.88 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 23.54% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,193,046 acre feet This is 66% of the April 6th average of 3,322,817 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2026: 3,227,504 acre feet This is 43.03% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,022,496 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,034,458 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.29% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 97.72% of WY Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 52.89% of the April 7th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 30.87 feet from one year ago. Lake Powell is up 0.03 feet from the low for water year.

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Lake Powell is down -0.62 feet over these measurements

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

Mon, Apr 06, 2026 3528.12 -0.01 5,726,189 15985 16249 70.2 40.8 n/a

Sun, Apr 05, 2026 3528.13 0.04 5,726,775 19126 16223 72.9 33.3 n/a

Sat, Apr 04, 2026 3528.09 -0.01 5,724,429 15880 16144 66.9 29.7 n/a

Fri, Apr 03, 2026 3528.10 -0.04 5,725,016 14126 16291 57.6 37.9 n/a

Thu, Apr 02, 2026 3528.14 0.05 5,727,362 19824 16287 68.7 38.7 n/a

Wed, Apr 01, 2026 3528.09 -0.03 5,724,429 14719 16250 66.6 47.3 n/a

Tue, Mar 31, 2026 3528.12 -0.03 5,726,189 14525 16206 76.1 48.0 n/a

Mon, Mar 30, 2026 3528.15 -0.07 5,727,948 12102 16317 82.2 47.7 n/a

Sun, Mar 29, 2026 3528.22 -0.06 5,732,055 12275 15858 82.2 44.8 n/a

Sat, Mar 28, 2026 3528.28 -0.10 5,735,577 9757 15879 80.6 45.9 n/a

Fri, Mar 27, 2026 3528.38 -0.14 5,741,450 7303 15968 78.1 47.8 n/a

Thu, Mar 26, 2026 3528.52 -0.02 5,749,678 15221 16270 85.5 45.9 n/a

Wed, Mar 25, 2026 3528.54 -0.10 5,750,854 10073 16205 89.8 52.0 n/a

Tue, Mar 24, 2026 3528.64 -0.10 5,756,736 10200 16335 87.4 49.6 n/a

Averages of List 3528.25 -0.04 5,733,906 13651 16177 76.1 43.5 n/a

Averages for April 6th

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

All-Time 3611.30 -83.18 -0.01 13,737,898 21977 23215 69.2 42.6 53.8

Since Filled 3623.15 -95.03 -0.01 14,672,924 22222 23618 70.9 43.7 53.7

Since WY 2000 3591.63 -63.51 -0.03 11,264,522 18192 21207 67.3 44.4 53.8

Last 10 April 6th's data records

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

Sun, Apr 06, 2025 3558.99 -30.87 7,715,367 16175 18728 67.3 30.5 n/a

Sat, Apr 06, 2024 3558.58 -30.46 7,686,509 20369 19121 50.3 36.0 n/a

Thu, Apr 06, 2023 3521.00 7.12 5,317,507 15150 32410 54.5 27.7 n/a

Wed, Apr 06, 2022 3522.98 5.14 5,803,320 15106 17332 65.0 48.0 53.0

Tue, Apr 06, 2021 3565.87 -37.75 8,777,407 11457 21943 70.0 53.0 55.0

Mon, Apr 06, 2020 3600.41 -72.29 11,789,228 15959 21392 73.0 50.0 54.0

Sat, Apr 06, 2019 3568.84 -40.72 9,013,650 21567 22701 71.0 51.0 54.0

Fri, Apr 06, 2018 3611.65 -83.53 12,897,103 12520 23756 82.0 60.0 53.0

Thu, Apr 06, 2017 3597.39 -69.27 11,502,770 46672 20529 70.0 42.0 53.0

Wed, Apr 06, 2016 3591.59 -63.47 10,965,057 14751 22911 73.0 43.0 55.0

Averages of List 3569.68 -41.56 9,143,459 19251 22255 73 43.9 54.1

Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, April 6th, 2026 where elevation was 3528.12'

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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 8.12 Above 9.12 Above Open and Usable

Bullfrog North Ramp 3529.00 3528.00 0.88 Below 0.12 Above Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!

Antelope Point Business Ramp 3540.00 3539.00 11.88 Below 10.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25') 3549.00 3548.00 20.88 Below 19.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Wahweap (Main Launch) 3550.00 3549.00 21.88 Below 20.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Halls Crossing (use at own risk) 3556.00 3555.00 27.88 Below 26.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Stateline Launch 3564.00 3563.00 35.88 Below 34.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog (Main Launch) 3578.00 3577.00 49.88 Below 48.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3583.00 3582.00 54.88 Below 53.88 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Antelope Point Public Ramp 3588.00 3587.00 59.88 Below 58.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Dominguez Butte Cut-Off 3602.00 3601.00 73.88 Below 72.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off 3613.00 3612.00 84.88 Below 83.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Hite 3650.00 3649.00 121.88 Below 120.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3652.00 124.88 Below 123.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3662.00 134.88 Below 133.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3669.00 141.88 Below 140.88 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3681.00 153.88 Below 152.88 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin

Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass