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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 5th, 2023
Snowpack is 80.88% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.63% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 439.06 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 65 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3571.06 on Monday, December 4th, 2023
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 3, 2023
There are currently 2,801,723,700,325 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 128.94 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 35.35% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 907,560 acre feet

This is 75.54% of the December 4th average of 1,201,400 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 1,055,767 acre feet

This is 14.08% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 187,186 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 148,207 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.83% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 93.14% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 100.96% of the December 5th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 43.44 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 2.49 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.89 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
3571.06
-0.10
8,598,163
6403
10232
54.9
32.0
n/a
Sun, Dec 03, 2023
3571.16
-0.06
8,605,749
6607
8784
52.3
29.8
n/a
Sat, Dec 02, 2023
3571.22
-0.12
8,610,303
4446
9106
48.1
27.5
n/a
Fri, Dec 01, 2023
3571.34
-0.09
8,619,416
6847
10268
47.7
28.0
n/a
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
3571.43
-0.11
8,626,255
4372
8535
50.6
31.3
n/a
Wed, Nov 29, 2023
3571.54
-0.05
8,634,619
6892
8572
46.2
27.9
n/a
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
3571.59
-0.06
8,638,422
6394
8489
42.4
23.4
n/a
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
3571.65
-0.06
8,642,988
6427
8522
43.5
23.9
n/a
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
3571.71
-0.08
8,647,556
5391
8317
42.3
22.5
n/a
Sat, Nov 25, 2023
3571.79
0.00
8,653,648
8481
8089
42.6
24.1
n/a
Fri, Nov 24, 2023
3571.79
-0.10
8,653,648
4828
8586
48.1
34.9
n/a
Thu, Nov 23, 2023
3571.89
-0.05
8,661,268
6610
8294
52.5
31.3
n/a
Wed, Nov 22, 2023
3571.94
0.00
8,665,080
8947
8555
56.2
29.8
n/a
Tue, Nov 21, 2023
3571.94
-0.01
8,665,080
8541
8565
54.5
30.2
n/a
Averages of List
3571.58
-0.06
8,637,300
6513
8780
48.7
28.3
n/a

Averages for December 4th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.43
-54.37
-0.09
14,874,530
8536
12642
49.9
30.6
54.7
Since Filled
3636.58
-65.52
-0.11
16,153,989
8441
13643
49.6
29.9
54.6
Since WY 2000
3608.08
-37.02
-0.14
12,837,135
6368
12678
46.9
30.3
54.7

Last 10 December 4th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
3527.62
43.44
5,696,907
4806
8415
35.6
28.9
49.0
Sat, Dec 04, 2021
3541.23
29.83
6,974,180
5072
9976
57.0
35.0
54.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2020
3587.02
-15.96
10,552,892
4719
12110
47.0
23.0
54.0
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
3610.90
-39.84
12,821,106
6109
12281
46.0
36.0
55.0
Tue, Dec 04, 2018
3585.94
-14.88
10,456,971
4217
12530
39.0
25.0
54.0
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
3624.95
-53.89
14,295,011
5876
12516
46.0
33.0
57.0
Sun, Dec 04, 2016
3605.21
-34.15
12,254,195
4601
13268
46.0
27.0
56.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2015
3604.90
-33.84
12,223,799
6163
14816
46.9
30.9
56.0
Thu, Dec 04, 2014
3601.31
-30.25
11,875,484
6466
14430
52.0
46.0
57.0
Wed, Dec 04, 2013
3587.50
-16.44
10,595,706
7044
10074
54.0
24.1
53.0
Averages of List
3587.54
-16.48
10,764,038
6635
12024
48.4
30.8
54.4


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, December 4th, 2023 where elevation was 3571.06'


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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
69.06 Above
71.06 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
42.06 Above
44.06 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
31.06 Above
33.06 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
25.06 Above
27.06 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
22.06 Above
24.06 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
15.06 Above
17.06 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
7.06 Above
9.06 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
6.94 Below
4.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
11.94 Below
8.94 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
16.94 Below
14.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
30.94 Below
28.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
41.94 Below
37.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
78.94 Below
73.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
81.94 Below
77.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
91.94 Below
88.94 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
98.94 Below
96.94 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
110.94 Below
108.94 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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