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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 17th, 2026
Snowpack is 12.44% of avg
TotalPrecip is 77.67% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 395.14 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 228 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3527.14 on Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 21, 2026
There are currently 1,847,212,974,681 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 172.86 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.31% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,766,877 acre feet

This is 58.48% of the May 16th average of 4,731,197 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,838,411 acre feet

This is 51.18% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,079,804 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,071,534 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 66.18% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 92.69% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 26.06% of the May 17th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 30.99 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 1.19 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.90 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, May 16, 2026
3527.14
0.24
5,668,881
14954
7134
86.3
62.3
n/a
Fri, May 15, 2026
3526.90
0.18
5,654,900
13533
7625
90.2
61.5
n/a
Thu, May 14, 2026
3526.72
0.17
5,644,427
13205
7619
87.3
60.3
n/a
Wed, May 13, 2026
3526.55
0.15
5,634,546
12571
7623
90.1
67.3
n/a
Tue, May 12, 2026
3526.40
0.16
5,625,837
12929
7670
93.6
63.7
n/a
Mon, May 11, 2026
3526.24
0.19
5,616,555
13850
7650
89.8
60.3
n/a
Sun, May 10, 2026
3526.05
0.07
5,605,545
9605
7194
84.0
59.0
n/a
Sat, May 09, 2026
3525.98
0.03
5,601,491
8339
7189
90.1
61.0
n/a
Fri, May 08, 2026
3525.95
0.00
5,599,755
7856
7651
87.4
58.5
n/a
Thu, May 07, 2026
3525.95
-0.06
5,599,755
5991
7678
79.2
51.6
n/a
Wed, May 06, 2026
3526.01
-0.03
5,603,228
6853
7595
76.5
51.1
n/a
Tue, May 05, 2026
3526.04
-0.07
5,604,966
5596
7600
69.3
48.4
n/a
Mon, May 04, 2026
3526.11
-0.13
5,609,020
3745
7643
74.1
53.4
n/a
Sun, May 03, 2026
3526.24
0.00
5,616,555
7392
7187
80.0
55.4
n/a
Averages of List
3526.31
0.06
5,620,390
9744
7504
84.1
58.1
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
3615.22
-88.08
0.27
14,186,457
27342
13306
84.4
57.4
63.8
Since Filled
3627.81
-100.67
0.27
15,179,131
28562
13800
82.6
56
63.9
Since WY 2000
3595.49
-68.35
0.27
11,591,192
23286
11179
84
58.6
63.6

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
Fri, May 16, 2025
3558.13
-30.99
7,654,915
13427
9714
79.8
40.6
n/a
Thu, May 16, 2024
3562.32
-35.18
7,952,384
12795
10156
78.0
58.0
n/a
Tue, May 16, 2023
3540.33
-13.19
6,469,778
58577
17916
82.4
63.5
68.0
Mon, May 16, 2022
3525.17
1.97
5,937,021
23172
9906
92.0
69.0
65.0
Sun, May 16, 2021
3560.60
-33.46
8,368,731
4118
8369
83.0
61.0
64.0
Sat, May 16, 2020
3601.58
-74.44
11,901,444
20409
10017
88.0
62.0
65.0
Thu, May 16, 2019
3578.07
-50.93
9,775,100
25793
12053
82.0
55.0
63.0
Wed, May 16, 2018
3609.71
-82.57
12,701,131
18600
12659
88.0
60.0
64.0
Tue, May 16, 2017
3610.18
-83.04
12,748,427
44784
10901
72.0
48.0
62.0
Mon, May 16, 2016
3595.20
-68.06
11,297,816
27807
11690
73.9
55.0
66.0
Averages of List
3574.48
-47.34
9,508,921
27291
11557
79.1
57.1
64.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, May 16th, 2026 where elevation was 3527.14'


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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
7.14 Above
8.14 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.86 Below
0.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
12.86 Below
11.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
21.86 Below
20.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
22.86 Below
21.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
28.86 Below
27.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
36.86 Below
35.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
50.86 Below
49.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
55.86 Below
54.86 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
60.86 Below
59.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
74.86 Below
73.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
85.86 Below
84.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
122.86 Below
121.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
125.86 Below
124.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
135.86 Below
134.86 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
142.86 Below
141.86 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
154.86 Below
153.86 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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