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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 18th, 2026
Snowpack is 23.31% of avg
TotalPrecip is 79.25% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.25 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 199 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.25 on Friday, April 17th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 19, 2022
There are currently 1,830,351,466,636 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.75 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.09% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,289,973 acre feet

This is 63.89% of the April 17th average of 3,584,155 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,406,103 acre feet

This is 45.41% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,131,550 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,116,130 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.47% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 94.78% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 32.08% of the April 18th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 32.05 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 19.40 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.85 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
3526.25
-0.17
5,617,135
3064
8251
54.9
34.3
n/a
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
3526.42
-0.05
5,626,998
6828
8225
71.6
36.9
n/a
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
3526.47
-0.05
5,629,900
6481
7879
73.2
34.5
n/a
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
3526.52
-0.07
5,632,804
6186
8217
64.0
36.9
n/a
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
3526.59
-0.04
5,636,870
7133
8215
61.7
36.3
n/a
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
3526.63
-0.12
5,639,195
4548
8164
70.2
37.6
n/a
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
3526.75
-0.07
5,646,171
6139
8172
73.8
42.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
3526.82
-0.03
5,650,244
7488
8254
77.7
47.3
n/a
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
3526.85
-0.08
5,651,989
5886
8237
80.4
48.2
n/a
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
3526.93
-0.13
5,656,646
4273
8212
81.0
41.2
n/a
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
3527.06
-0.14
5,664,218
3957
8216
79.3
45.3
n/a
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
3527.20
-0.13
5,672,380
4247
8192
70.2
40.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
3527.33
-0.13
5,679,965
4230
8179
72.9
33.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
3527.46
-0.64
5,687,609
4114
8139
66.9
29.7
n/a
Averages of List
3526.81
-0.13
5,649,437
5327
8182
71.3
38.9
n/a

Averages for April 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.25
-85.00
0.03
13,743,649
13449
12032
73.3
46.3
55.3
Since Filled
3623.33
-97.08
0.05
14,693,396
14101
12034
72.8
47
56
Since WY 2000
3591.52
-65.27
0.04
11,253,561
11636
10664
70.8
46.7
55.3

Last 10 April 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
3558.30
-32.05
7,666,841
14111
10044
67.5
43.4
n/a
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
3558.21
-31.96
7,660,526
10616
10370
76.3
52.9
n/a
Mon, Apr 17, 2023
3521.59
4.66
5,350,701
30828
12580
75.0
52.9
54.0
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
3522.68
3.57
5,785,149
7647
7778
80.0
50.0
55.0
Sat, Apr 17, 2021
3564.31
-38.06
8,655,031
4061
9725
61.0
46.0
56.0
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
3599.93
-73.68
11,743,399
8251
10983
67.0
51.0
55.0
Wed, Apr 17, 2019
3568.76
-42.51
9,007,231
11836
11096
73.0
45.0
55.0
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
3610.68
-84.43
12,798,869
7052
11589
64.0
44.0
53.0
Mon, Apr 17, 2017
3599.92
-73.67
11,742,446
24264
10909
81.0
54.0
57.0
Sun, Apr 17, 2016
3591.22
-64.97
10,931,310
10963
10106
62.1
46.9
56.0
Averages of List
3569.61
-43.36
9,137,405
12969
10896
69.6
47.3
56.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, April 17th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.25'


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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
6.25 Above
7.25 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.75 Below
1.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.75 Below
12.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.75 Below
21.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.75 Below
22.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.75 Below
28.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.75 Below
36.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.75 Below
50.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.75 Below
55.75 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.75 Below
60.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.75 Below
74.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.75 Below
85.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.75 Below
122.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.75 Below
125.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.75 Below
135.75 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.75 Below
142.75 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.75 Below
154.75 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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