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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 18th, 2024
Snowpack is 104.52% of avg
TotalPrecip is 97.15% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 430.32 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 229 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 63% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3562.32 on Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 15, 2024
There are currently 2,591,295,690,357 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 137.68 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.7% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 3,697,139 acre feet

This is 76.25% of the May 16th average of 4,848,630 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 4,482,787 acre feet

This is 59.77% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 832,965 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 785,648 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 79.21% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 68.75% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 48.90% of the May 18th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 21.99 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 4.11 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.95 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, May 16, 2024
3562.32
0.06
7,952,384
12795
10156
78.0
58.0
n/a
Wed, May 15, 2024
3562.26
0.10
7,948,068
14363
10160
77.7
61.4
n/a
Tue, May 14, 2024
3562.16
0.10
7,940,880
14428
10228
79.3
64.5
n/a
Mon, May 13, 2024
3562.06
0.12
7,933,697
15043
10066
81.5
60.5
n/a
Sun, May 12, 2024
3561.94
0.13
7,925,086
13874
8511
76.7
52.0
n/a
Sat, May 11, 2024
3561.81
0.17
7,915,765
15879
8960
67.2
53.4
n/a
Fri, May 10, 2024
3561.64
0.13
7,903,586
15485
10131
66.0
49.8
n/a
Thu, May 09, 2024
3561.51
0.12
7,894,281
15112
10151
63.2
52.5
n/a
Wed, May 08, 2024
3561.39
0.09
7,885,698
13871
10082
58.1
42.7
n/a
Tue, May 07, 2024
3561.30
0.22
7,879,265
18853
10012
69.5
50.2
n/a
Mon, May 06, 2024
3561.08
0.14
7,863,553
15907
10183
64.2
44.5
n/a
Sun, May 05, 2024
3560.94
0.18
7,853,566
16030
8760
67.0
46.7
n/a
Sat, May 04, 2024
3560.76
0.14
7,840,739
14614
8903
76.2
57.0
n/a
Fri, May 03, 2024
3560.62
0.25
7,830,774
20129
10168
75.7
56.1
n/a
Averages of List
3561.56
0.14
7,897,667
15456
9748
71.4
53.5
n/a

Averages for May 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3618.81
-56.49
0.28
14,570,394
28910
13753
83.3
55.8
63.9
Since Filled
3631.26
-68.94
0.31
15,555,498
30238
14513
82.5
56.7
64.5
Since WY 2000
3601.57
-39.25
0.3
12,179,902
25499
11458
82.5
58.5
63.9

Last 10 May 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, May 17, 2023
3541.61
20.71
6,550,907
62167
17753
76.3
65.1
69.0
Tue, May 17, 2022
3525.59
36.73
5,962,875
24277
9970
92.0
66.0
66.0
Mon, May 17, 2021
3560.48
1.84
8,359,582
6552
11216
80.0
60.0
65.0
Sun, May 17, 2020
3601.77
-39.45
11,919,736
20412
10009
89.0
64.0
65.0
Fri, May 17, 2019
3578.37
-16.05
9,800,541
26286
12062
67.0
50.0
63.0
Thu, May 17, 2018
3609.83
-47.51
12,713,196
19416
12376
88.0
59.0
65.0
Wed, May 17, 2017
3610.94
-48.62
12,825,151
53281
11031
63.0
44.0
61.0
Tue, May 17, 2016
3595.63
-33.31
11,337,874
34115
11879
72.0
50.0
65.0
Sun, May 17, 2015
3592.18
-29.86
11,019,009
24384
10017
75.0
48.0
62.0
Sat, May 17, 2014
3582.50
-20.18
10,155,221
21843
7750
91.9
61.0
60.0
Averages of List
3580.30
-17.98
10,097,207
29679
11442
79.3
56
64.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, May 16th, 2024 where elevation was 3562.32'


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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
60.32 Above
62.32 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
33.32 Above
35.32 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
22.32 Above
24.32 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
16.32 Above
18.32 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
13.32 Above
15.32 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
6.32 Above
8.32 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
1.68 Below
0.32 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
15.68 Below
13.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
20.68 Below
17.68 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
25.68 Below
23.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
39.68 Below
37.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
50.68 Below
46.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
87.68 Below
82.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
90.68 Below
86.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
100.68 Below
97.68 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
107.68 Below
105.68 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
119.68 Below
117.68 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
or go to Lake Powell Source Data
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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