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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For September 20th, 2024
Snowpack is 505.56% of avg
TotalPrecip is 98.98% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 446.89 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 355 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 97% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3578.89 on Thursday, September 19th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 18, 2024
There are currently 2,999,733,838,185 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 121.11 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 37.85% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 7,946,968 acre feet

This is 78.11% of the September 19th average of 10,173,775 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 7,233,275 acre feet

This is 96.44% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has risen by 420,484 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 713,693 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.32% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 67.23% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 91.45% of the September 20th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 5.31 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is down 8.28 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.71 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Sep 19, 2024
3578.89
-0.09
9,205,833
6464
9744
81.8
48.2
n/a
Wed, Sep 18, 2024
3578.98
-0.14
9,212,978
4272
9718
78.6
43.1
n/a
Tue, Sep 17, 2024
3579.12
-0.15
9,224,100
3861
9745
77.7
50.6
n/a
Mon, Sep 16, 2024
3579.27
-0.11
9,236,027
5616
9771
83.9
66.7
n/a
Sun, Sep 15, 2024
3579.38
-0.13
9,244,781
4140
9164
85.6
67.7
n/a
Sat, Sep 14, 2024
3579.51
-0.10
9,255,133
5638
9365
86.1
66.0
n/a
Fri, Sep 13, 2024
3579.61
-0.15
9,263,102
3876
9776
82.9
65.2
n/a
Thu, Sep 12, 2024
3579.76
-0.06
9,275,065
7818
9811
84.3
67.4
n/a
Wed, Sep 11, 2024
3579.82
-0.17
9,279,852
3041
9819
89.8
73.3
n/a
Tue, Sep 10, 2024
3579.99
-0.11
9,293,427
5658
9829
90.9
69.3
n/a
Mon, Sep 09, 2024
3580.10
-0.11
9,302,218
5658
9832
88.7
71.1
n/a
Sun, Sep 08, 2024
3580.21
-0.13
9,311,015
4128
9177
88.6
73.6
n/a
Sat, Sep 07, 2024
3580.34
-0.12
9,321,418
4755
9371
90.5
72.8
n/a
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
3580.46
-0.14
9,331,029
4327
9819
87.9
71.2
n/a
Averages of List
3579.67
-0.12
9,268,284
4947
9639
85.5
64.7
n/a

Averages for September 19th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3628.55
-49.66
-0.07
15,237,643
8752
12164
85.5
58.7
74.6
Since Filled
3639.65
-60.76
-0.09
16,534,368
8921
12864
85.6
59.9
74.1
Since WY 2000
3608.29
-29.40
-0.07
12,785,826
7018
9920
86.9
60
74.5

Last 10 September 19th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Sep 19, 2023
3573.58
5.31
8,790,737
5985
7077
85.5
54.1
78.0
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
3529.38
49.51
5,800,377
7726
9575
92.0
63.0
78.0
Sun, Sep 19, 2021
3547.06
31.83
7,376,594
4493
9335
86.0
60.0
77.0
Sat, Sep 19, 2020
3597.35
-18.46
11,499,006
4364
10262
92.0
72.0
72.0
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
3616.47
-37.58
13,392,590
6005
11936
90.0
69.0
74.0
Wed, Sep 19, 2018
3594.14
-15.25
11,199,452
4828
11639
90.0
67.0
75.0
Tue, Sep 19, 2017
3629.18
-50.29
14,761,208
0
11582
88.0
61.0
77.0
Mon, Sep 19, 2016
3611.36
-32.47
12,867,682
6329
12112
93.0
59.0
74.0
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
3607.15
-28.26
12,445,565
6863
11444
87.1
59.0
77.0
Fri, Sep 19, 2014
3605.73
-26.84
12,305,296
9075
10407
91.9
73.0
77.0
Averages of List
3591.05
-12.16
11,035,279
6190
10126
85.1
62.5
75.5


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, September 19th, 2024 where elevation was 3578.89'


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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
76.89 Above
78.89 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
49.89 Above
51.89 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
38.89 Above
40.89 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
32.89 Above
34.89 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
29.89 Above
31.89 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
22.89 Above
24.89 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
14.89 Above
16.89 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
0.89 Above
2.89 Above
Open and Usable
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
4.11 Below
1.11 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
9.11 Below
7.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
23.11 Below
21.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
34.11 Below
30.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
71.11 Below
66.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
74.11 Below
70.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
84.11 Below
81.11 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
91.11 Below
89.11 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
103.11 Below
101.11 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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