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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 59.45% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.06% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 396.12 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 189 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 52% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3528.12 on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 6, 2026
There are currently 1,865,886,868,374 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 171.88 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.54% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,209,715 acre feet

This is 66.06% of the April 7th average of 3,345,083 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,243,800 acre feet

This is 43.25% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,022,496 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,034,085 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.32% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 97.66% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 52.08% of the April 8th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 30.84 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.03 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.52 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
3528.12
0.00
5,726,189
8403
8216
79.3
45.3
n/a
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
3528.12
-0.01
5,726,189
8059
8192
70.2
40.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
3528.13
0.04
5,726,775
9643
8179
72.9
33.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
3528.09
-0.01
5,724,429
8006
8139
66.9
29.7
n/a
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
3528.10
-0.04
5,725,016
7122
8213
57.6
37.9
n/a
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
3528.14
0.05
5,727,362
9995
8211
68.7
38.7
n/a
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
3528.09
-0.03
5,724,429
7421
8193
66.6
47.3
n/a
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
3528.12
-0.03
5,726,189
7323
8170
76.1
48.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 30, 2026
3528.15
-0.07
5,727,948
6101
8227
82.2
47.7
n/a
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
3528.22
-0.06
5,732,055
6189
7995
82.2
44.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
3528.28
-0.10
5,735,577
4919
8005
80.6
45.9
n/a
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
3528.38
-0.14
5,741,450
3682
8051
78.1
47.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
3528.52
-0.02
5,749,678
7674
8203
85.5
45.9
n/a
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
3528.54
-0.10
5,750,854
5079
8170
89.8
52.0
n/a
Averages of List
3528.21
-0.04
5,731,724
7115
8155
75.5
43.2
n/a

Averages for April 7th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.29
-83.17
-0.01
13,737,415
11187
11618
71.3
42.9
53.7
Since Filled
3623.14
-95.02
-0.01
14,672,048
11298
12031
70.8
44.6
54
Since WY 2000
3591.60
-63.48
-0.03
11,261,909
9304
10874
71.1
44.3
53.7

Last 10 April 7th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Apr 07, 2025
3558.96
-30.84
7,713,253
9384
10287
72.6
33.6
n/a
Sun, Apr 07, 2024
3558.57
-30.45
7,685,806
8978
9114
56.1
38.6
n/a
Fri, Apr 07, 2023
3520.71
7.41
5,301,236
7965
16652
64.9
29.7
n/a
Thu, Apr 07, 2022
3522.96
5.16
5,802,107
8223
8684
70.0
42.0
53.0
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
3565.73
-37.61
8,766,377
4696
10408
77.0
45.0
55.0
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
3600.36
-72.24
11,784,448
8809
11028
72.0
47.0
54.0
Sun, Apr 07, 2019
3568.77
-40.65
9,008,033
8171
10927
77.0
47.0
55.0
Sat, Apr 07, 2018
3611.60
-83.48
12,892,027
9788
12135
87.0
57.0
54.0
Fri, Apr 07, 2017
3597.63
-69.51
11,525,373
23928
11243
78.0
50.0
53.0
Thu, Apr 07, 2016
3591.49
-63.37
10,955,930
7115
11724
75.0
48.9
55.0
Averages of List
3569.62
-41.50
9,138,952
8546
10700
72.3
49.5
54.6


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 where elevation was 3528.12'


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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
8.12 Above
9.12 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
0.88 Below
0.12 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
11.88 Below
10.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
20.88 Below
19.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
21.88 Below
20.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
27.88 Below
26.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
35.88 Below
34.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
49.88 Below
48.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
54.88 Below
53.88 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
59.88 Below
58.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
73.88 Below
72.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
84.88 Below
83.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
121.88 Below
120.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
124.88 Below
123.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
134.88 Below
133.88 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
141.88 Below
140.88 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
153.88 Below
152.88 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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