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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 9th, 2026
Snowpack is 62.93% of avg
TotalPrecip is 85.09% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 398.19 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 159 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 44% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3530.19 on Sunday, March 8th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 7, 2026
There are currently 1,905,702,980,335 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 169.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.05% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,848,594 acre feet

This is 67.77% of the March 8th average of 2,727,835 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,758,411 acre feet

This is 36.78% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 900,305 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 909,817 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.95% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 98.9% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 60.33% of the March 9th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.58 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 15.46 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.73 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
3530.19
-0.07
5,848,380
5863
8015
64.0
28.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
3530.26
-0.12
5,852,540
4267
8039
54.5
28.0
n/a
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
3530.38
-0.06
5,859,676
6293
8123
50.9
31.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
3530.44
-0.12
5,863,246
4298
8075
55.9
38.7
n/a
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
3530.56
-0.12
5,870,390
4346
8125
65.5
35.2
n/a
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
3530.68
-0.10
5,877,540
4982
8114
60.6
36.9
n/a
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
3530.78
-0.11
5,883,502
4596
8055
73.8
39.4
n/a
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
3530.89
-0.11
5,890,065
4571
8033
76.1
41.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
3531.00
-0.14
5,896,632
4761
9243
65.7
41.4
n/a
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
3531.14
-0.16
5,904,997
4713
9850
65.8
34.9
n/a
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
3531.30
-0.16
5,914,566
4700
9842
70.2
39.6
n/a
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
3531.46
-0.12
5,924,144
5942
9784
69.8
39.7
n/a
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
3531.58
-0.20
5,931,334
3245
9704
68.2
32.9
n/a
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
3531.78
-0.14
5,943,330
5059
9563
59.4
29.1
n/a
Averages of List
3530.89
-0.12
5,890,024
4831
8755
64.3
35.6
n/a

Averages for March 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.05
-81.86
-0.04
13,791,560
9185
11532
60.7
36.5
48.4
Since Filled
3624.01
-93.82
-0.06
14,753,604
9092
12136
62.1
37.6
48.9
Since WY 2000
3593.12
-62.93
-0.1
11,395,476
6802
11978
59.8
37.3
48.4

Last 10 March 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
3561.77
-31.58
7,912,898
6114
9864
55.4
28.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
3561.21
-31.02
7,872,835
7544
11282
54.0
40.0
n/a
Wed, Mar 08, 2023
3520.62
9.57
5,296,193
6089
7817
59.0
24.3
43.0
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
3525.73
4.46
5,971,507
4930
9512
49.0
27.0
45.0
Mon, Mar 08, 2021
3570.12
-39.93
9,116,782
3895
11642
75.0
53.0
48.0
Sun, Mar 08, 2020
3602.03
-71.84
11,944,797
6551
9991
63.0
47.0
50.0
Fri, Mar 08, 2019
3571.13
-40.94
9,198,720
5872
13222
57.0
43.0
47.0
Thu, Mar 08, 2018
3615.08
-84.89
13,248,444
6337
13394
63.0
33.0
47.0
Wed, Mar 08, 2017
3593.99
-63.80
11,185,576
10707
11994
64.0
37.0
49.0
Tue, Mar 08, 2016
3594.04
-63.85
11,190,200
8404
11707
60.1
37.9
52.0
Averages of List
3571.49
-41.30
9,287,114
7373
10826
61.6
37.6
48


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Sunday, March 8th, 2026 where elevation was 3530.19'


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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
10.19 Above
11.19 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.19 Above
2.19 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
9.81 Below
8.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
18.81 Below
17.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
19.81 Below
18.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
25.81 Below
24.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
33.81 Below
32.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
47.81 Below
46.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
52.81 Below
51.81 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
57.81 Below
56.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
71.81 Below
70.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
82.81 Below
81.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
119.81 Below
118.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
122.81 Below
121.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
132.81 Below
131.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
139.81 Below
138.81 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
151.81 Below
150.81 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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