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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 7th, 2025
Snowpack is 69.53% of avg
TotalPrecip is 109.78% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 410.71 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 66 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3542.71 on Friday, December 5th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 4, 2025
There are currently 2,157,503,368,689 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 157.29 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.22% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 965,026 acre feet

This is 79.86% of the December 5th average of 1,208,337 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 1,062,583 acre feet

This is 14.17% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 127,559 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 97,557 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.62% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 113.49% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 67.01% of the December 7th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.99 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 2.94 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.38 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Dec 05, 2025
3542.71
-0.12
6,621,126
4366
8311
49.3
28.2
n/a
Thu, Dec 04, 2025
3542.83
-0.11
6,628,814
4707
8306
43.3
27.0
n/a
Wed, Dec 03, 2025
3542.94
-0.13
6,635,867
4029
8329
39.9
30.6
n/a
Tue, Dec 02, 2025
3543.07
-0.09
6,644,207
5419
8323
48.0
27.5
n/a
Mon, Dec 01, 2025
3543.16
-0.10
6,649,985
4982
8238
43.7
28.8
n/a
Sun, Nov 30, 2025
3543.26
-0.12
6,656,409
4805
8693
55.0
30.2
n/a
Sat, Nov 29, 2025
3543.38
-0.08
6,664,122
6267
8757
47.1
31.1
n/a
Fri, Nov 28, 2025
3543.46
-0.14
6,669,268
4331
8924
61.5
35.1
n/a
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
3543.60
-0.09
6,678,278
5811
8654
50.7
33.3
n/a
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
3543.69
-0.09
6,684,074
5928
8772
50.2
31.3
n/a
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
3543.78
-0.08
6,689,874
6287
8781
49.8
31.6
n/a
Mon, Nov 24, 2025
3543.86
-0.07
6,695,031
6751
8896
51.4
33.1
n/a
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
3543.93
-0.11
6,699,546
5157
8708
48.6
37.9
n/a
Sat, Nov 22, 2025
3544.04
-0.05
6,706,645
7286
8729
50.9
35.6
n/a
Averages of List
3543.41
-0.1
6,665,946
5438
8602
49.2
31.5
n/a

Averages for December 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3624.43
-81.72
-0.09
14,758,478
8725
12834
49.4
30.5
54.7
Since Filled
3633.53
-90.82
-0.1
15,800,726
7995
13640
48.7
30.9
54.4
Since WY 2000
3606.55
-63.84
-0.12
12,660,231
6743
12477
47.4
31.1
54.7

Last 10 December 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Dec 06, 2024
3574.57
-31.86
8,867,178
4949
10121
48.5
30.0
n/a
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
3570.87
-28.16
8,583,762
6024
10261
55.6
29.7
59.0
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
3527.44
15.27
5,686,388
7712
9090
42.1
29.7
49.0
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
3540.98
1.73
6,957,258
5454
9982
55.0
35.0
54.0
Sun, Dec 06, 2020
3586.70
-43.99
10,524,412
3865
10274
50.0
27.0
53.0
Fri, Dec 06, 2019
3610.75
-68.04
12,805,942
8675
12641
50.0
39.0
54.0
Thu, Dec 06, 2018
3585.62
-42.91
10,428,659
4681
12497
43.0
35.0
53.0
Wed, Dec 06, 2017
3624.82
-82.11
14,280,855
9078
12156
48.0
26.0
56.0
Tue, Dec 06, 2016
3604.94
-62.23
12,227,718
7212
14798
55.0
37.0
56.0
Sun, Dec 06, 2015
3604.67
-61.96
12,201,280
9036
13413
48.0
30.0
56.0
Averages of List
3582.99
-40.28
10,243,376
5213
11917
48.1
31.5
54.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, December 5th, 2025 where elevation was 3542.71'


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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
22.71 Above
23.71 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
13.71 Above
14.71 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
2.71 Above
3.71 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
6.29 Below
5.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
7.29 Below
6.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
13.29 Below
12.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
21.29 Below
20.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
35.29 Below
34.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
40.29 Below
39.29 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
45.29 Below
44.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
59.29 Below
58.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
70.29 Below
69.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
107.29 Below
106.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
110.29 Below
109.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
120.29 Below
119.29 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
127.29 Below
126.29 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
139.29 Below
138.29 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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