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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 5th, 2025
Snowpack is 115.07% of avg
TotalPrecip is 113.96% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 412.42 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 4 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 1% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3544.42 on Saturday, October 4th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 3, 2025
There are currently 2,193,372,116,439 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 155.58 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.68% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 47,817 acre feet

This is 68.33% of the October 4th average of 69,982 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 64,246 acre feet

This is 0.86% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 17,482 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 16,429 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.25% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 108.48% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 63.11% of the October 5th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 33.39 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 0.21 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.39 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Oct 04, 2025
3544.42
-0.08
6,731,203
5350
7860
72.7
48.9
n/a
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
3544.50
-0.06
6,736,380
6353
8159
86.5
49.5
n/a
Thu, Oct 02, 2025
3544.56
-0.07
6,740,264
6015
8175
85.6
54.9
n/a
Wed, Oct 01, 2025
3544.63
-0.06
6,744,798
6389
8196
80.4
49.6
n/a
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
3544.69
-0.08
6,748,685
6892
9255
81.7
52.7
n/a
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
3544.77
-0.08
6,753,870
6929
9293
77.7
51.8
n/a
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
3544.85
-0.09
6,759,058
6689
9407
71.4
53.6
n/a
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
3544.94
-0.08
6,764,897
6786
9152
72.9
56.7
n/a
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
3545.02
-0.10
6,770,090
6497
9571
80.6
55.0
n/a
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
3545.12
-0.15
6,776,585
4716
9562
85.1
50.9
n/a
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
3545.27
-0.13
6,786,333
5424
9565
78.3
48.2
n/a
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
3545.40
-0.16
6,794,790
4336
9544
81.9
52.2
n/a
Mon, Sep 22, 2025
3545.56
-0.11
6,805,206
6130
9568
79.9
59.4
n/a
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
3545.67
-0.14
6,812,373
4936
9442
83.3
55.0
n/a
Averages of List
3544.96
-0.1
6,766,038
5960
9054
79.9
52.7
n/a

Averages for October 4th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3626.21
-81.79
-0.03
14,984,146
8854
9967
79.2
53.7
70.9
Since Filled
3637.38
-92.96
-0.01
16,255,082
10032
10995
76.2
52.6
70.9
Since WY 2000
3608.28
-63.86
-0.05
12,862,952
7687
9676
78.1
54.5
71.2

Last 10 October 4th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Oct 04, 2024
3577.81
-33.39
9,120,380
5414
8015
87.9
53.0
n/a
Wed, Oct 04, 2023
3573.42
-29.00
8,778,424
7391
7836
71.1
45.1
73.0
Tue, Oct 04, 2022
3529.84
14.58
5,827,607
13644
7887
76.0
53.0
72.0
Mon, Oct 04, 2021
3545.30
-0.88
7,253,539
7663
8454
82.0
58.0
72.0
Sun, Oct 04, 2020
3595.43
-51.01
11,319,231
3769
9351
89.0
57.0
70.0
Fri, Oct 04, 2019
3615.01
-70.59
13,241,212
6321
10241
85.0
59.0
69.0
Thu, Oct 04, 2018
3591.78
-47.36
10,982,413
4894
10371
72.0
54.0
72.0
Wed, Oct 04, 2017
3628.24
-83.82
14,656,671
8319
10704
84.0
52.0
69.0
Tue, Oct 04, 2016
3610.87
-66.45
12,818,072
8424
10062
75.0
44.0
70.0
Sun, Oct 04, 2015
3605.72
-61.30
12,304,312
6744
8878
78.1
60.1
75.0
Averages of List
3587.36
-42.94
10,630,804
10149
9338
77.1
53.2
71.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, October 4th, 2025 where elevation was 3544.42'


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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
24.42 Above
25.42 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
15.42 Above
16.42 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
4.42 Above
5.42 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
4.58 Below
3.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
5.58 Below
4.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
11.58 Below
10.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
19.58 Below
18.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
33.58 Below
32.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
38.58 Below
37.58 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
43.58 Below
42.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
57.58 Below
56.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
68.58 Below
67.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
105.58 Below
104.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
108.58 Below
107.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
118.58 Below
117.58 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
125.58 Below
124.58 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
137.58 Below
136.58 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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