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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 59.45% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.06% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 396.09 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 183 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 50% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3528.09 on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 31, 2026
There are currently 1,865,313,369,859 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 171.91 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.54% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,108,105 acre feet

This is 65.56% of the April 1st average of 3,215,492 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,146,310 acre feet

This is 41.95% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,024,256 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,038,205 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.01% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 97.53% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 71.78% of the April 2nd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.15 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 17.56 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.16 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
3528.09
-0.03
5,724,429
7421
8192
66.6
47.3
n/a
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
3528.12
-0.03
5,726,189
7323
8170
76.1
48.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 30, 2026
3528.15
-0.07
5,727,948
6101
8227
82.2
47.7
n/a
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
3528.22
-0.06
5,732,055
6189
7995
82.2
44.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
3528.28
-0.10
5,735,577
4919
8005
80.6
45.9
n/a
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
3528.38
-0.14
5,741,450
3682
8051
78.1
47.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
3528.52
-0.02
5,749,678
7674
8203
85.5
45.9
n/a
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
3528.54
-0.10
5,750,854
5079
8170
89.8
52.0
n/a
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
3528.64
-0.10
5,756,736
5142
8236
87.4
49.6
n/a
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
3528.74
-0.12
5,762,621
4517
8254
84.7
48.0
n/a
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
3528.86
-0.09
5,769,689
5297
8073
81.1
53.1
n/a
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
3528.95
-0.12
5,774,993
4405
8147
88.5
47.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
3529.07
-0.10
5,782,070
5082
8183
86.4
47.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
3529.17
-0.08
5,787,972
5807
8267
84.0
46.9
n/a
Averages of List
3528.55
-0.08
5,751,590
5617
8155
82.4
48
n/a

Averages for April 1st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.42
-83.33
-0.04
13,741,565
10524
11867
67.3
42.2
53
Since Filled
3623.21
-95.12
-0.03
14,675,066
10680
12217
68
42.4
53.3
Since WY 2000
3591.80
-63.71
-0.04
11,277,817
8699
10386
67.4
45
53

Last 10 April 1st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Apr 01, 2025
3559.24
-31.15
7,732,997
8283
10341
56.9
41.7
n/a
Mon, Apr 01, 2024
3558.97
-30.88
7,713,958
8728
10399
55.0
40.4
n/a
Sat, Apr 01, 2023
3521.93
6.16
5,369,884
6986
9579
65.3
32.2
n/a
Fri, Apr 01, 2022
3523.09
5.00
5,809,991
7719
8841
70.0
46.0
52.0
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
3566.60
-38.51
8,835,078
6684
11132
67.0
36.0
51.0
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
3600.65
-72.56
11,812,188
7274
10017
75.0
48.0
53.0
Mon, Apr 01, 2019
3569.21
-41.12
9,043,380
9360
12123
67.0
40.0
52.0
Sun, Apr 01, 2018
3612.16
-84.07
12,948,951
6690
10152
78.0
57.0
53.0
Sat, Apr 01, 2017
3596.11
-68.02
11,382,697
20436
9886
59.0
42.0
53.0
Fri, Apr 01, 2016
3592.05
-63.96
11,007,107
5420
11538
63.0
42.1
54.0
Averages of List
3569.98
-41.89
9,164,354
9420
9810
70.1
44.2
52.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 where elevation was 3528.09'


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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
8.09 Above
9.09 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
0.91 Below
0.09 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
11.91 Below
10.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
20.91 Below
19.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
21.91 Below
20.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
27.91 Below
26.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
35.91 Below
34.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
49.91 Below
48.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
54.91 Below
53.91 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
59.91 Below
58.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
73.91 Below
72.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
84.91 Below
83.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
121.91 Below
120.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
124.91 Below
123.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
134.91 Below
133.91 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
141.91 Below
140.91 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
153.91 Below
152.91 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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