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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For September 7th, 2024
Snowpack is 26050% of avg
TotalPrecip is 99.37% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 448.46 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 342 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 93% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3580.46 on Friday, September 6th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 5, 2024
There are currently 3,040,529,133,690 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 119.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 38.36% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 7,829,192 acre feet

This is 78.75% of the September 6th average of 9,941,384 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 6,985,096 acre feet

This is 93.13% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has risen by 545,680 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 844,096 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 80.01% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 67.24% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 72.67% of the September 7th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 6.43 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is down 6.71 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.99 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
3580.46
-0.14
9,331,029
9875
9819
87.9
71.2
n/a
Thu, Sep 05, 2024
3580.60
-0.14
9,342,249
4370
9866
86.2
73.1
n/a
Wed, Sep 04, 2024
3580.74
-0.07
9,353,480
7389
9829
91.9
76.3
n/a
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
3580.81
-0.10
9,359,098
5972
9725
89.0
75.0
n/a
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
3580.91
-0.07
9,367,129
6725
9167
89.3
75.2
n/a
Sun, Sep 01, 2024
3580.98
-0.03
9,372,753
8450
9143
88.4
72.0
n/a
Sat, Aug 31, 2024
3581.01
-0.10
9,375,164
7635
11367
90.9
73.3
n/a
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
3581.11
-0.13
9,383,204
7363
12411
92.2
73.4
n/a
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
3581.24
-0.09
9,393,663
9132
12430
92.5
74.0
n/a
Wed, Aug 28, 2024
3581.33
-0.09
9,400,908
9231
12531
89.3
74.2
n/a
Tue, Aug 27, 2024
3581.42
-0.02
9,408,157
12359
12588
87.6
72.4
n/a
Mon, Aug 26, 2024
3581.44
0.01
9,409,768
13534
12447
83.9
67.9
n/a
Sun, Aug 25, 2024
3581.43
0.01
9,408,962
12533
11446
84.3
70.8
n/a
Sat, Aug 24, 2024
3581.42
-0.03
9,408,157
11128
11796
86.6
72.6
n/a
Averages of List
3581.06
-0.07
9,379,552
8978
11040
88.6
73
n/a

Averages for September 6th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3629.62
-49.16
-0.11
15,361,618
8074
12774
91.2
65.5
78
Since Filled
3640.66
-60.20
-0.08
16,663,386
7809
13417
89.6
65.2
77.6
Since WY 2000
3609.10
-28.64
-0.1
12,865,433
6661
10973
91.8
68
78

Last 10 September 6th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Sep 06, 2023
3574.03
6.43
8,825,429
7111
11149
90.5
55.8
80.0
Tue, Sep 06, 2022
3530.88
49.58
5,889,468
4683
9800
103.0
74.0
81.0
Mon, Sep 06, 2021
3549.04
31.42
7,516,655
6369
10492
98.0
69.0
80.0
Sun, Sep 06, 2020
3598.95
-18.49
11,650,187
6267
9627
105.0
71.0
78.0
Fri, Sep 06, 2019
3617.93
-37.47
13,545,091
7056
11886
98.0
71.0
78.0
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
3596.24
-15.78
11,394,855
5855
11720
90.0
63.0
76.0
Wed, Sep 06, 2017
3630.24
-49.78
14,879,733
5505
11877
96.0
73.0
81.0
Tue, Sep 06, 2016
3612.95
-32.49
13,029,535
6297
12126
90.0
62.0
76.0
Sun, Sep 06, 2015
3608.41
-27.95
12,570,920
7425
10948
87.1
66.9
79.0
Sat, Sep 06, 2014
3605.74
-25.28
12,306,280
8799
9595
91.9
66.9
75.0
Averages of List
3592.33
-11.87
11,150,737
5943
10692
94
69.5
78.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, September 6th, 2024 where elevation was 3580.46'


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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
78.46 Above
80.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
51.46 Above
53.46 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
40.46 Above
42.46 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
34.46 Above
36.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
31.46 Above
33.46 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
24.46 Above
26.46 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
16.46 Above
18.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
2.46 Above
4.46 Above
Open and Usable
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
2.54 Below
0.46 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
7.54 Below
5.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
21.54 Below
19.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
32.54 Below
28.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
69.54 Below
64.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
72.54 Below
68.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
82.54 Below
79.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
89.54 Below
87.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
101.54 Below
99.54 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
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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