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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 16th, 2025
Snowpack is 85.2% of avg
TotalPrecip is 89.64% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 428.94 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 166 of 365 for the Water Year 2025. We are 45% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3560.94 on Saturday, March 15th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 14, 2025
There are currently 2,559,095,703,846 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 139.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.29% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 1,950,254 acre feet

This is 67.82% of the March 15th average of 2,875,661 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 3,257,933 acre feet

This is 43.44% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 1,288,128 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,307,679 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 72.85% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2025 are 86.1% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 63.35% of the March 16th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 0.43 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 17.07 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.61 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Mar 15, 2025
3560.94
-0.12
7,853,566
5255
9764
51.1
30.4
n/a
Fri, Mar 14, 2025
3561.06
-0.16
7,862,126
4047
10115
46.7
32.0
n/a
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
3561.22
-0.04
7,873,549
8650
10054
53.7
35.2
n/a
Wed, Mar 12, 2025
3561.26
-0.18
7,876,407
5087
11941
58.7
34.9
n/a
Tue, Mar 11, 2025
3561.44
-0.11
7,889,274
6099
10231
63.1
30.1
n/a
Mon, Mar 10, 2025
3561.55
-0.13
7,897,144
5324
10239
65.7
28.9
n/a
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
3561.68
-0.09
7,906,451
6413
9770
61.7
30.0
n/a
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
3561.77
-0.10
7,912,898
6114
9864
55.4
28.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 07, 2025
3561.87
-0.18
7,920,066
5131
12009
43.9
30.4
n/a
Thu, Mar 06, 2025
3562.05
-0.09
7,932,979
6875
10241
49.9
36.6
n/a
Wed, Mar 05, 2025
3562.14
-0.09
7,939,443
6858
10226
56.4
29.7
n/a
Tue, Mar 04, 2025
3562.23
-0.20
7,945,911
2660
10342
57.7
31.4
n/a
Mon, Mar 03, 2025
3562.43
-0.04
7,960,301
8915
10329
46.5
31.8
n/a
Sun, Mar 02, 2025
3562.47
-0.08
7,963,182
6333
9317
60.6
40.9
n/a
Averages of List
3561.72
-0.12
7,909,521
5983
10317
55.1
32.2
n/a

Averages for March 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.20
-52.26
-0.02
13,904,025
10053
11008
62.6
38.2
50.6
Since Filled
3625.16
-64.22
-0.03
14,882,479
10043
11876
62.2
39.9
50.8
Since WY 2000
3595.09
-34.15
-0.05
11,567,378
8328
10787
61.9
40.4
50.5

Last 10 March 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
3560.51
0.43
7,822,950
10300
10924
41.6
36.2
n/a
Wed, Mar 15, 2023
3520.62
40.32
5,296,193
12079
8012
54.9
44.4
48.0
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
3524.93
36.01
5,922,279
4709
9604
66.0
37.0
46.0
Mon, Mar 15, 2021
3569.21
-8.27
9,043,380
7035
5537
64.0
40.0
47.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2020
3601.58
-40.64
11,901,444
9162
9974
65.0
44.0
52.0
Fri, Mar 15, 2019
3570.83
-9.89
9,174,331
14940
13427
54.0
32.0
49.0
Thu, Mar 15, 2018
3614.23
-53.29
13,160,799
8119
13463
61.0
42.0
50.0
Wed, Mar 15, 2017
3593.85
-32.91
11,172,636
11425
12207
79.0
48.0
55.0
Tue, Mar 15, 2016
3593.56
-32.62
11,145,861
6453
11758
64.9
41.0
53.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2015
3591.85
-30.91
10,988,812
9151
9428
58.0
36.0
53.0
Averages of List
3574.08
-13.14
9,559,443
8588
10363
59
40.2
50.7


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, March 15th, 2025 where elevation was 3560.94'


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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
58.94 Above
60.94 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
31.94 Above
33.94 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
20.94 Above
22.94 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
14.94 Above
16.94 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
11.94 Above
13.94 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
4.94 Above
6.94 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
3.06 Below
1.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
17.06 Below
15.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
22.06 Below
19.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
27.06 Below
25.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
41.06 Below
39.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
52.06 Below
48.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
89.06 Below
84.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
92.06 Below
88.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
102.06 Below
99.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
109.06 Below
107.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
121.06 Below
119.06 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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