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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For February 27th, 2026
Snowpack is 64.51% of avg
TotalPrecip is 87.85% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 399.3 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 149 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3531.30 on Thursday, February 26th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 25, 2026
There are currently 1,927,269,783,015 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 168.7 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.32% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,752,020 acre feet

This is 68.78% of the February 26th average of 2,547,189 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,592,448 acre feet

This is 34.57% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 834,119 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 840,428 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.84% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 99.76% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 58.11% of the February 27th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.83 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.35 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.99 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
3532.61
-0.08
5,993,269
7021
9575
52.2
36.5
n/a
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
3532.69
-0.21
5,998,096
2725
9556
60.3
34.3
n/a
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
3532.90
-0.11
6,010,777
5420
8966
57.2
31.8
n/a
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
3533.01
-0.12
6,017,426
5210
9087
54.3
28.9
n/a
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
3533.13
-0.16
6,024,684
4312
9511
45.7
37.0
n/a
Averages of List
3532.24
-0.14
5,971,250
4866
9452
54.5
31.5
n/a

Averages for February 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.53
-81.23
-0.06
13,839,129
8873
11901
56.6
34.5
47.3
Since Filled
3624.70
-93.40
-0.07
14,824,832
8644
12843
55.7
34.3
47.3
Since WY 2000
3594.03
-62.73
-0.11
11,476,419
6612
11745
53.6
34.1
47.3

Last 10 February 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Feb 26, 2025
3563.13
-31.83
8,010,829
6841
11865
53.3
31.9
n/a
Mon, Feb 26, 2024
3562.40
-31.10
7,958,142
5179
11359
63.2
46.7
n/a
Sun, Feb 26, 2023
3521.13
10.17
5,324,811
2782
8228
44.1
30.2
42.0
Sat, Feb 26, 2022
3527.31
3.99
6,069,461
4855
9697
45.0
24.0
44.0
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
3571.82
-40.52
9,254,982
-198
12147
57.0
29.0
46.0
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
3602.97
-71.67
12,035,699
7246
12377
50.0
27.0
47.0
Tue, Feb 26, 2019
3572.29
-40.99
9,293,437
7382
13508
52.0
31.0
45.0
Mon, Feb 26, 2018
3616.29
-84.99
13,373,866
6018
13210
48.0
26.0
47.0
Sun, Feb 26, 2017
3594.25
-62.95
11,209,634
9700
10059
51.0
30.0
49.0
Fri, Feb 26, 2016
3594.53
-63.23
11,235,579
10745
13130
64.0
37.9
50.0
Averages of List
3572.51
-41.21
9,368,309
7121
11540
55.1
33
46.4


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, February 26th, 2026 where elevation was 3531.30'


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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
11.3 Above
12.3 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.3 Above
3.3 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
8.7 Below
7.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
17.7 Below
16.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
18.7 Below
17.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
24.7 Below
23.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
32.7 Below
31.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
46.7 Below
45.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
51.7 Below
50.7 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
56.7 Below
55.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
70.7 Below
69.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
81.7 Below
80.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
118.7 Below
117.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
121.7 Below
120.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
131.7 Below
130.7 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
138.7 Below
137.7 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
150.7 Below
149.7 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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