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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 59.44% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.08% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 397.81 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 163 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 45% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3529.81 on Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 11, 2026
There are currently 1,898,354,704,760 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 170.19 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.95% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,889,922 acre feet

This is 67.44% of the March 12th average of 2,802,316 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,823,198 acre feet

This is 37.64% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 922,856 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 933,276 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.96% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 98.71% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 54.66% of the March 13th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.45 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 15.84 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.49 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
3529.81
-0.10
5,825,829
5028
8144
69.6
35.1
n/a
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
3529.91
-0.04
5,831,758
6974
8153
62.4
37.9
n/a
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
3529.95
-0.14
5,834,131
3793
8204
70.5
37.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
3530.09
-0.10
5,842,440
5040
8161
70.5
35.1
n/a
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
3530.19
-0.07
5,848,380
5863
8015
64.0
28.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
3530.26
-0.12
5,852,540
4267
8039
54.5
28.0
n/a
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
3530.38
-0.06
5,859,676
6293
8123
50.9
31.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
3530.44
-0.12
5,863,246
4298
8075
55.9
38.7
n/a
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
3530.56
-0.12
5,870,390
4346
8125
65.5
35.2
n/a
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
3530.68
-0.10
5,877,540
4982
8114
60.6
36.9
n/a
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
3530.78
-0.11
5,883,502
4596
8055
73.8
39.4
n/a
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
3530.89
-0.11
5,890,065
4571
8033
76.1
41.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
3531.00
-0.14
5,896,632
4761
9243
65.7
41.4
n/a
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
3531.14
-0.16
5,904,997
4713
9850
65.8
34.9
n/a
Averages of List
3530.43
-0.11
5,862,938
4966
8310
64.7
35.8
n/a

Averages for March 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.94
-82.13
-0.03
13,781,284
9459
10977
61.2
38.4
49.7
Since Filled
3623.83
-94.02
-0.04
14,736,735
9474
11830
63.3
38.3
50.1
Since WY 2000
3592.83
-63.02
-0.08
11,369,745
7274
10913
61
39.8
49.7

Last 10 March 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Mar 12, 2025
3561.26
-31.45
7,876,407
5087
11941
58.7
34.9
n/a
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
3560.73
-30.92
7,838,603
6740
11243
60.6
43.0
n/a
Sun, Mar 12, 2023
3520.47
9.34
5,287,793
7309
7207
63.1
38.7
46.0
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
3525.28
4.53
5,943,786
6111
9340
56.0
29.0
46.0
Fri, Mar 12, 2021
3569.51
-39.70
9,067,534
2690
11727
45.0
33.0
47.0
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
3601.68
-71.87
11,911,069
8613
12047
63.0
47.0
52.0
Tue, Mar 12, 2019
3570.92
-41.11
9,181,643
8075
13201
50.0
46.0
48.0
Mon, Mar 12, 2018
3614.63
-84.82
13,201,996
3421
13270
61.0
43.0
49.0
Sun, Mar 12, 2017
3593.95
-64.14
11,181,878
12432
9692
66.0
59.0
52.0
Sat, Mar 12, 2016
3593.76
-63.95
11,164,322
8238
10529
57.9
37.9
52.0
Averages of List
3571.14
-41.33
9,259,253
7663
10882
58.6
38.1
49.6


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, March 12th, 2026 where elevation was 3529.81'


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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
9.81 Above
10.81 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
0.81 Above
1.81 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
10.19 Below
9.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
19.19 Below
18.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
20.19 Below
19.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
26.19 Below
25.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
34.19 Below
33.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
48.19 Below
47.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
53.19 Below
52.19 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
58.19 Below
57.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
72.19 Below
71.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
83.19 Below
82.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
120.19 Below
119.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
123.19 Below
122.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
133.19 Below
132.19 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
140.19 Below
139.19 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
152.19 Below
151.19 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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