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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 26th, 2026
Snowpack is 19.27% of avg
TotalPrecip is 76.97% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.71 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 206 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 56% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.71 on Friday, April 24th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 23, 2026
There are currently 1,839,054,958,305 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.29 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.2% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,411,000 acre feet

This is 63.58% of the April 24th average of 3,792,302 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,516,385 acre feet

This is 46.89% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,104,840 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,105,385 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.32% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 94.52% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 17.89% of the April 26th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.47 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 18.94 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.21 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
3526.71
-0.14
5,643,845
2816
7067
72.3
46.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
3526.85
-0.09
5,651,989
4396
7065
68.4
44.1
n/a
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
3526.94
-0.04
5,657,228
7129
8213
66.4
51.4
n/a
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
7562
8330
79.2
55.6
n/a
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
3527.18
-0.07
5,671,214
6150
8189
76.1
32.4
n/a
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
3527.25
-0.10
5,675,297
5198
8191
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
Averages of List
3527.31
-0.09
5,679,028
5490
8052
69.7
41
n/a

Averages for April 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3613.08
-86.37
0.06
13,929,933
16369
13027
75.3
48.6
56.7
Since Filled
3623.94
-97.23
0.08
14,759,216
16673
12806
73.5
48.1
57.8
Since WY 2000
3594.54
-67.83
0.05
11,510,623
13958
11717
73.9
50.6
56.8

Last 10 April 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Apr 25, 2025
3558.13
-31.42
7,654,915
8744
10407
78.5
46.1
n/a
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
3558.90
-32.19
7,709,027
14749
10284
65.5
54.7
n/a
Tue, Apr 25, 2023
3524.52
2.19
5,517,338
22105
38825
65.7
51.8
n/a
Mon, Apr 25, 2022
3522.51
4.20
5,774,867
12246
8758
69.0
43.0
57.0
Sun, Apr 25, 2021
3563.12
-36.41
8,562,473
2409
9299
81.0
60.0
57.0
Sat, Apr 25, 2020
3599.64
-72.93
11,715,767
8183
10393
80.0
53.0
59.0
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
3569.44
-42.73
9,061,894
21650
12580
84.0
58.0
57.0
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
3609.88
-83.17
12,718,225
3649
12553
80.0
57.0
59.0
Tue, Apr 25, 2017
3602.64
-75.93
12,003,734
28209
10970
68.0
53.0
57.0
Mon, Apr 25, 2016
3591.73
-65.02
10,977,844
12855
11498
62.1
50.0
57.0
Averages of List
3570.05
-43.34
9,170,840
14516
13544
75.9
49.2
57.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, April 24th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.71'


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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
6.71 Above
7.71 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.29 Below
1.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.29 Below
12.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.29 Below
21.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.29 Below
22.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.29 Below
28.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.29 Below
36.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.29 Below
50.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.29 Below
55.29 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.29 Below
60.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.29 Below
74.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.29 Below
85.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.29 Below
122.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.29 Below
125.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.29 Below
135.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.29 Below
142.29 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.29 Below
154.29 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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