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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For February 22nd, 2026
Snowpack is 63.44% of avg
TotalPrecip is 86.75% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 400.07 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 144 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 39% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3532.07 on Saturday, February 21st, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 20, 2026
There are currently 1,942,318,905,412 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 167.93 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.51% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,705,459 acre feet

This is 69.36% of the February 21st average of 2,458,684 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,496,734 acre feet

This is 33.29% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 787,935 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 791,275 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.84% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 100.38% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 56.80% of the February 22nd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.77 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 13.58 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.89 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
3532.07
-0.11
5,960,750
5121
8650
46.9
22.8
n/a
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
3532.18
-0.15
5,967,366
4697
9540
44.2
28.6
n/a
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
3532.33
-0.12
5,976,394
5755
9618
37.0
25.3
n/a
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
3532.45
-0.16
5,983,623
4389
9568
44.4
28.6
n/a
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
3532.61
-0.08
5,993,269
7021
9575
52.2
36.5
n/a
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
3532.69
-0.21
5,998,096
2725
9556
60.3
34.3
n/a
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
3532.90
-0.11
6,010,777
5420
8966
57.2
31.8
n/a
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
3533.01
-0.12
6,017,426
5210
9087
54.3
28.9
n/a
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
3533.13
-0.16
6,024,684
4312
9511
45.7
37.0
n/a
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
3533.29
-0.11
6,034,370
6022
9576
56.5
34.2
n/a
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
3533.40
-0.17
6,041,035
4063
9601
59.0
43.5
n/a
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
3533.57
-0.12
6,051,343
5698
9588
61.2
32.7
n/a
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
3533.69
-0.14
6,058,625
4997
9553
61.9
31.1
n/a
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
3533.83
-0.13
6,067,129
4632
8860
61.5
34.0
n/a
Averages of List
3532.94
-0.13
6,013,206
5004
9375
53
32.1
n/a

Averages for February 21st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.79
-80.72
-0.06
13,867,262
9045
12215
53.6
33.1
47.4
Since Filled
3625.11
-93.04
-0.08
14,868,339
8201
13212
54.2
34
47.4
Since WY 2000
3594.53
-62.46
-0.09
11,520,603
7170
11806
52.7
33.3
47.4

Last 10 February 21st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Feb 21, 2025
3563.84
-31.77
8,062,301
8041
11897
50.9
28.8
n/a
Wed, Feb 21, 2024
3562.95
-30.88
7,997,813
6237
11653
49.7
41.0
n/a
Tue, Feb 21, 2023
3521.53
10.54
5,347,319
5366
8676
51.1
26.1
43.0
Mon, Feb 21, 2022
3528.12
3.95
6,120,052
4160
9538
60.0
39.0
45.0
Sun, Feb 21, 2021
3572.76
-40.69
9,331,999
6872
11225
54.0
35.0
47.0
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
3603.44
-71.37
12,081,325
6276
12479
55.0
29.0
47.0
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
3573.19
-41.12
9,367,373
7572
13731
39.0
29.0
45.0
Wed, Feb 21, 2018
3616.86
-84.79
13,433,216
6617
13261
41.0
24.0
48.0
Tue, Feb 21, 2017
3594.48
-62.41
11,230,943
11678
13047
64.0
41.0
50.0
Sun, Feb 21, 2016
3594.85
-62.78
11,265,277
9859
10730
64.0
39.9
49.0
Averages of List
3573.06
-40.99
9,411,359
5256
11890
49.9
33.9
46.8


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, February 21st, 2026 where elevation was 3532.07'


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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
12.07 Above
13.07 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
3.07 Above
4.07 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
7.93 Below
6.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
16.93 Below
15.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
17.93 Below
16.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
23.93 Below
22.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
31.93 Below
30.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
45.93 Below
44.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
50.93 Below
49.93 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
55.93 Below
54.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
69.93 Below
68.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
80.93 Below
79.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
117.93 Below
116.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
120.93 Below
119.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
130.93 Below
129.93 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
137.93 Below
136.93 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
149.93 Below
148.93 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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