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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For January 23rd, 2026
Snowpack is 59.05% of avg
TotalPrecip is 87.57% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 404.67 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 114 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 31% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3536.67 on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 26, 2022
There are currently 2,033,692,533,875 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 163.33 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 25.66% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,431,379 acre feet

This is 72.77% of the January 22nd average of 1,967,009 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 1,924,070 acre feet

This is 25.65% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 507,520 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 492,691 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.29% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 105.54% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 61.38% of the January 23rd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.59 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 8.98 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -2.34 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
3536.67
-0.18
6,241,165
4270
10264
52.9
34.5
n/a
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
3536.85
-0.17
6,252,294
4646
10309
46.2
27.7
n/a
Tue, Jan 20, 2026
3537.02
-0.19
6,262,816
3933
10277
48.7
26.8
n/a
Mon, Jan 19, 2026
3537.21
-0.20
6,274,588
3614
10303
54.1
31.5
n/a
Sun, Jan 18, 2026
3537.41
-0.14
6,286,993
4656
9323
52.7
31.3
n/a
Sat, Jan 17, 2026
3537.55
-0.16
6,295,685
4270
9617
44.6
27.0
n/a
Fri, Jan 16, 2026
3537.71
-0.17
6,305,628
4547
10239
50.5
30.4
n/a
Thu, Jan 15, 2026
3537.88
-0.17
6,316,202
4515
10212
50.7
30.9
n/a
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
3538.05
-0.17
6,326,787
4666
10369
51.1
30.7
n/a
Tue, Jan 13, 2026
3538.22
-0.17
6,337,383
4685
10393
49.6
29.3
n/a
Mon, Jan 12, 2026
3538.39
-0.20
6,347,989
3570
10305
42.8
25.9
n/a
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
3538.59
-0.13
6,360,480
5058
9416
40.8
24.3
n/a
Sat, Jan 10, 2026
3538.72
-0.15
6,368,607
4802
9845
39.4
23.9
n/a
Fri, Jan 09, 2026
3538.87
-0.14
6,377,992
5837
10544
36.3
22.6
n/a
Averages of List
3537.80
-0.17
6,311,044
4505
10101
47.2
28.3
n/a

Averages for January 22nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3615.15
-78.48
-0.1
14,121,168
7949
13414
48.1
28.4
47.2
Since Filled
3628.12
-91.45
-0.13
15,195,042
7219
14195
47.1
27.7
47.1
Since WY 2000
3597.98
-61.31
-0.13
11,836,567
6205
12943
47.9
29.6
47.2

Last 10 January 22nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Jan 22, 2025
3568.26
-31.59
8,387,619
3770
12213
41.8
18.1
n/a
Mon, Jan 22, 2024
3565.85
-29.18
8,209,201
7490
11809
47.4
40.2
n/a
Sun, Jan 22, 2023
3524.17
12.50
5,497,276
7931
7873
46.9
22.1
47.0
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
3533.23
3.44
6,445,058
5394
11304
51.0
32.0
45.0
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
3578.01
-41.34
9,770,017
4933
13132
50.0
37.0
46.0
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
3606.36
-69.69
12,367,397
8752
12921
50.0
30.0
47.0
Tue, Jan 22, 2019
3577.78
-41.11
9,750,548
965
13304
47.0
30.0
46.0
Mon, Jan 22, 2018
3620.33
-83.66
13,798,225
6896
14264
42.0
21.0
49.0
Sun, Jan 22, 2017
3597.28
-60.61
11,492,420
10045
12482
43.0
33.0
48.0
Fri, Jan 22, 2016
3597.65
-60.98
11,527,258
8031
14580
46.0
28.9
48.0
Averages of List
3576.73
-40.06
9,711,334
5018
12084
44.3
29.3
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Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 where elevation was 3536.67'


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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
16.67 Above
17.67 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
7.67 Above
8.67 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
3.33 Below
2.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
12.33 Below
11.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
13.33 Below
12.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
19.33 Below
18.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
27.33 Below
26.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
41.33 Below
40.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
46.33 Below
45.33 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
51.33 Below
50.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
65.33 Below
64.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
76.33 Below
75.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
113.33 Below
112.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
116.33 Below
115.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
126.33 Below
125.33 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
133.33 Below
132.33 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
145.33 Below
144.33 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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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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