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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 23rd, 2026
Snowpack is 20.04% of avg
TotalPrecip is 77.93% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.98 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 203 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.98 on Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 13, 2022
There are currently 1,844,175,061,808 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.02 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.27% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,379,502 acre feet

This is 64.33% of the April 21st average of 3,698,928 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,469,012 acre feet

This is 46.25% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,089,127 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,089,510 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.43% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 95.62% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 21.64% of the April 23rd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.21 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 18.67 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.08 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
3526.98
-0.17
5,659,558
2988
8197
79.7
57.7
n/a
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
3527.15
-0.03
5,669,464
7149
7917
79.2
55.6
n/a
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
3527.18
-0.07
5,671,214
5443
7482
76.1
32.4
n/a
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
3527.25
-0.10
5,675,297
4779
7771
63.9
26.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
3527.35
-0.17
5,681,133
3030
8251
54.9
34.3
n/a
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
3527.52
-0.05
5,691,062
6819
8225
71.6
36.9
n/a
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
3527.57
-0.05
5,693,984
6822
8228
73.2
34.5
n/a
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
3527.62
-0.07
5,696,907
6173
8217
64.0
36.9
n/a
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
3527.69
-0.04
5,701,001
7127
8215
61.7
36.3
n/a
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
3527.73
-0.12
5,703,342
4525
8164
70.2
37.6
n/a
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
3527.85
-0.07
5,710,366
6126
8172
73.8
42.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
3527.92
-0.03
5,714,465
7483
8254
77.7
47.3
n/a
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
3527.95
-0.06
5,716,223
6509
8237
80.4
48.2
n/a
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
3528.01
-0.05
5,719,739
6802
8212
81.0
41.2
n/a
Averages of List
3527.56
-0.08
5,693,125
5841
8110
72
40.6
n/a

Averages for April 21st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.89
-85.91
0.08
13,906,647
15593
12086
74.1
47.1
56.1
Since Filled
3623.71
-96.73
0.08
14,732,562
15765
12201
74.3
48.4
56.4
Since WY 2000
3594.34
-67.36
0.08
11,493,503
13704
10655
73.7
49.3
56.1

Last 10 April 21st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
3558.20
-31.22
7,659,824
11037
10409
76.5
41.8
n/a
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
3558.57
-31.59
7,685,806
14763
10307
79.0
61.5
n/a
Sat, Apr 22, 2023
3524.69
2.29
5,527,099
30707
11171
69.1
51.6
56.0
Fri, Apr 22, 2022
3522.24
4.74
5,758,561
3667
8730
68.0
49.0
55.0
Thu, Apr 22, 2021
3563.62
-36.64
8,601,279
5516
11156
68.0
54.0
56.0
Wed, Apr 22, 2020
3599.85
-72.87
11,735,772
6819
10589
77.0
49.0
56.0
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
3568.98
-42.00
9,024,891
19541
12681
75.0
48.0
56.0
Sun, Apr 22, 2018
3610.22
-83.24
12,752,458
8756
10538
80.0
51.0
55.0
Sat, Apr 22, 2017
3601.54
-74.56
11,897,596
27333
9676
70.0
46.0
57.0
Fri, Apr 22, 2016
3591.61
-64.63
10,966,883
16388
11553
84.0
57.0
58.0
Averages of List
3570.05
-43.07
9,167,863
14479
10450
75.8
51.4
56.6


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 where elevation was 3526.98'


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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
6.98 Above
7.98 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.02 Below
1.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.02 Below
12.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.02 Below
21.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.02 Below
22.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.02 Below
28.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.02 Below
36.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.02 Below
50.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.02 Below
55.02 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.02 Below
60.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.02 Below
74.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.02 Below
85.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.02 Below
122.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.02 Below
125.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.02 Below
135.02 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.02 Below
142.02 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.02 Below
154.02 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
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