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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For February 17th, 2026
Snowpack is 56.29% of avg
TotalPrecip is 81.09% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 400.69 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 139 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3532.69 on Monday, February 16th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Aug 25, 2022
There are currently 1,954,488,152,879 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 167.31 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.66% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,651,936 acre feet

This is 69.65% of the February 16th average of 2,371,723 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,403,610 acre feet

This is 32.05% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 750,589 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 751,674 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.88% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 100.85% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 61.43% of the February 17th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.9 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 12.96 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.98 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
3533.96
-0.13
6,075,031
4803
9034
60.6
33.8
n/a
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
3534.09
-0.15
6,082,939
4614
9512
57.2
31.6
n/a
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
3534.24
-0.13
6,092,072
5320
9558
54.1
28.8
n/a
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
3534.37
-0.15
6,099,994
4606
9512
54.1
30.0
n/a
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
3534.52
-0.15
6,109,141
4626
9537
55.2
30.0
n/a
Averages of List
3533.62
-0.14
6,054,476
4789
9389
57.1
33
n/a

Averages for February 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.07
-80.38
-0.06
13,897,464
8592
12216
54.5
33.1
47.1
Since Filled
3625.54
-92.85
-0.08
14,913,445
8439
13258
55
34.5
47.2
Since WY 2000
3595.04
-62.35
-0.09
11,567,052
6904
11807
54.8
34.2
47.1

Last 10 February 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Feb 16, 2025
3564.59
-31.90
8,116,911
5587
10653
51.6
30.6
n/a
Fri, Feb 16, 2024
3563.48
-30.79
8,036,175
7405
11652
52.0
36.9
n/a
Thu, Feb 16, 2023
3522.02
10.67
5,374,969
6039
8743
36.3
20.7
42.0
Wed, Feb 16, 2022
3528.91
3.78
6,169,638
6180
9869
57.0
38.0
44.0
Tue, Feb 16, 2021
3573.62
-40.93
9,402,836
5328
12403
53.0
39.0
46.0
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
3603.96
-71.27
12,131,940
7439
10474
66.0
38.0
46.0
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
3573.81
-41.12
9,418,535
5908
12540
47.0
32.0
45.0
Fri, Feb 16, 2018
3617.46
-84.77
13,495,876
3387
13470
46.0
30.0
48.0
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
3594.45
-61.76
11,228,162
14489
13335
59.0
34.0
50.0
Tue, Feb 16, 2016
3595.20
-62.51
11,297,816
9323
12730
62.1
39.9
48.0
Averages of List
3573.66
-40.97
9,459,993
7803
11655
51.9
33.6
46.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, February 16th, 2026 where elevation was 3532.69'


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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
12.69 Above
13.69 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
3.69 Above
4.69 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
7.31 Below
6.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
16.31 Below
15.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
17.31 Below
16.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
23.31 Below
22.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
31.31 Below
30.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
45.31 Below
44.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
50.31 Below
49.31 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
55.31 Below
54.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
69.31 Below
68.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
80.31 Below
79.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
117.31 Below
116.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
120.31 Below
119.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
130.31 Below
129.31 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
137.31 Below
136.31 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
149.31 Below
148.31 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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