Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 4th, 2026
Snowpack is 62% of avg
TotalPrecip is 85.72% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 398.68 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 154 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 42% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3530.68 on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 2, 2026
There are currently 1,915,204,808,005 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 169.32 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.17% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,798,855 acre feet

This is 68.23% of the March 3rd average of 2,636,408 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,678,305 acre feet

This is 35.71% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 871,145 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 879,450 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.93% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 99.15% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 56.89% of the March 4th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.75 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.97 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.93 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
4586
8046
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
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
3531.30
-0.16
5,914,566
4700
9842
70.2
39.6
n/a
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
3531.46
-0.12
5,924,144
5942
9784
69.8
39.7
n/a
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
3531.58
-0.20
5,931,334
3245
9704
68.2
32.9
n/a
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
3531.78
-0.14
5,943,330
5059
9563
59.4
29.1
n/a
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
3531.92
-0.15
5,951,736
4124
8959
53.4
25.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
3532.07
-0.11
5,960,750
5525
9053
46.9
22.8
n/a
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
3532.18
-0.15
5,967,366
4697
9540
44.2
28.6
n/a
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
3532.33
-0.12
5,976,394
5755
9618
37.0
25.3
n/a
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
3532.45
-0.16
5,983,623
4389
9568
44.4
28.6
n/a
Averages of List
3531.54
-0.14
5,928,999
4789
9208
59.7
33.3
n/a

Averages for March 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.27
-81.59
-0.05
13,812,049
9025
11801
57.9
35.9
47.9
Since Filled
3624.35
-93.67
-0.06
14,788,489
8801
12518
59.4
37.1
48
Since WY 2000
3593.60
-62.92
-0.07
11,437,600
7199
10792
57.4
35.9
47.9

Last 10 March 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Mar 03, 2025
3562.43
-31.75
7,960,301
8915
10329
46.5
31.8
n/a
Sun, Mar 03, 2024
3561.74
-31.06
7,910,749
7312
9890
54.0
40.5
n/a
Fri, Mar 03, 2023
3520.89
9.79
5,311,332
6633
8059
48.9
23.9
41.0
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
3526.47
4.21
6,017,264
4203
9482
66.0
38.0
46.0
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
3570.87
-40.19
9,177,580
601
11926
62.0
31.0
47.0
Tue, Mar 03, 2020
3602.46
-71.78
11,986,322
5890
11445
61.0
36.0
47.0
Sun, Mar 03, 2019
3571.54
-40.86
9,232,123
8929
11407
59.0
46.0
47.0
Sat, Mar 03, 2018
3615.67
-84.99
13,309,504
6413
12361
68.0
43.0
47.0
Fri, Mar 03, 2017
3594.19
-63.51
11,204,079
10174
11966
59.0
30.0
48.0
Thu, Mar 03, 2016
3594.27
-63.59
11,211,486
8774
11575
69.1
45.0
51.0
Averages of List
3571.96
-41.28
9,324,786
7254
11037
60
38.3
47.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 where elevation was 3530.68'


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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
10.68 Above
11.68 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.68 Above
2.68 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
9.32 Below
8.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
18.32 Below
17.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
19.32 Below
18.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
25.32 Below
24.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
33.32 Below
32.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
47.32 Below
46.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
52.32 Below
51.32 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
57.32 Below
56.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
71.32 Below
70.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
82.32 Below
81.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
119.32 Below
118.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
122.32 Below
121.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
132.32 Below
131.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
139.32 Below
138.32 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
151.32 Below
150.32 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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