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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 22nd, 2025
Snowpack is 41.05% of avg
TotalPrecip is 196.88% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 413.63 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 21 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 6% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3545.63 on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 20, 2025
There are currently 2,218,971,982,256 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 154.37 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 28% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 407,070 acre feet

This is 104.75% of the October 21st average of 388,601 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 328,211 acre feet

This is 4.38% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 61,081 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 78,859 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.7% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 165.96% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 76.95% of the October 22nd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.3 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is down 0.02 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.44 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Oct 21, 2025
3545.63
-0.02
6,809,766
7406
7804
66.0
39.4
n/a
Mon, Oct 20, 2025
3545.65
0.06
6,811,069
10309
7869
68.5
42.8
n/a
Sun, Oct 19, 2025
3545.59
0.00
6,807,160
7989
7677
73.6
43.5
n/a
Sat, Oct 18, 2025
3545.59
0.10
6,807,160
11571
7713
68.2
39.6
n/a
Fri, Oct 17, 2025
3545.49
0.18
6,800,647
14560
7871
63.1
39.2
n/a
Thu, Oct 16, 2025
3545.31
0.21
6,788,935
15639
7896
63.1
39.2
n/a
Wed, Oct 15, 2025
3545.10
0.27
6,775,285
17711
7859
63.5
43.3
n/a
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
3544.83
0.20
6,757,761
15291
7923
72.1
50.7
n/a
Mon, Oct 13, 2025
3544.63
0.17
6,744,798
14262
7960
72.9
46.9
n/a
Sun, Oct 12, 2025
3544.46
0.25
6,733,791
16808
7696
64.6
52.3
n/a
Sat, Oct 11, 2025
3544.21
0.16
6,717,625
13701
7766
71.2
60.1
n/a
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
3544.05
0.02
6,707,291
8888
7877
64.0
59.5
n/a
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
3544.03
-0.10
6,705,999
4654
7862
70.2
57.0
n/a
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
3544.13
-0.06
6,712,456
6077
7880
80.6
45.7
n/a
Averages of List
3544.91
0.1
6,762,839
11776
7832
68.7
47.1
n/a

Averages for October 21st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.76
-80.13
-0.02
14,924,208
9934
10054
70.3
47.2
66.7
Since Filled
3636.78
-91.15
-0.03
16,178,117
9725
10884
69.3
47
66.5
Since WY 2000
3607.87
-62.24
-0.04
12,813,178
8034
9489
70.3
48.2
66.7

Last 10 October 21st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Oct 21, 2024
3576.93
-31.30
9,051,146
12644
7115
66.5
40.2
n/a
Sat, Oct 21, 2023
3572.93
-27.30
8,740,787
8025
7634
82.8
48.7
70.0
Fri, Oct 21, 2022
3529.99
15.64
5,836,504
6160
7826
77.0
53.0
71.0
Thu, Oct 21, 2021
3544.55
1.08
7,201,514
6905
8447
67.0
45.0
64.0
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
3593.02
-47.39
11,096,113
3496
10513
81.0
54.0
68.0
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
3613.70
-68.07
13,106,343
7107
10443
69.0
39.0
64.0
Sun, Oct 21, 2018
3591.42
-45.79
10,949,543
8163
9159
68.0
50.0
65.0
Sat, Oct 21, 2017
3627.64
-82.01
14,590,226
3211
9202
61.0
46.0
65.0
Fri, Oct 21, 2016
3609.95
-64.32
12,725,268
6262
10085
72.0
44.0
67.0
Wed, Oct 21, 2015
3606.18
-60.55
12,349,632
12188
10030
62.1
51.1
71.0
Averages of List
3586.61
-40.98
10,562,491
8524
9259
72.4
48.6
67.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, October 21st, 2025 where elevation was 3545.63'


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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
25.63 Above
26.63 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
16.63 Above
17.63 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
5.63 Above
6.63 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
3.37 Below
2.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
4.37 Below
3.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
10.37 Below
9.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
18.37 Below
17.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
32.37 Below
31.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
37.37 Below
36.37 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
42.37 Below
41.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
56.37 Below
55.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
67.37 Below
66.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
104.37 Below
103.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
107.37 Below
106.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
117.37 Below
116.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
124.37 Below
123.37 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
136.37 Below
135.37 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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