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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 7th, 2024
Snowpack is 97.39% of avg
TotalPrecip is 98.88% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 442.7 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 66 of 365 for the Water Year 2025. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3574.70 on Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 4, 2024
There are currently 2,892,663,946,387 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 125.3 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 36.5% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 850,348 acre feet

This is 70.15% of the December 5th average of 1,212,261 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 1,083,933 acre feet

This is 14.45% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 264,446 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 233,585 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 74.97% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2025 are 92.26% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 85.95% of the December 7th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 3.72 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 3.31 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.97 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Dec 05, 2024
3574.70
-0.10
8,877,248
6203
10113
48.3
29.9
n/a
Wed, Dec 04, 2024
3574.80
-0.13
8,884,999
4951
10131
47.8
29.9
n/a
Tue, Dec 03, 2024
3574.93
-0.10
8,895,082
6182
10097
47.3
29.6
n/a
Mon, Dec 02, 2024
3575.03
-0.12
8,902,844
5338
10101
44.8
28.1
n/a
Sun, Dec 01, 2024
3575.15
-0.08
8,912,163
5662
8735
44.4
27.8
n/a
Sat, Nov 30, 2024
3575.23
-0.04
8,918,380
7037
8328
42.9
26.6
n/a
Fri, Nov 29, 2024
3575.27
-0.02
8,921,489
7940
8384
43.0
27.0
n/a
Thu, Nov 28, 2024
3575.29
-0.03
8,923,044
7380
8248
43.3
28.3
n/a
Wed, Nov 27, 2024
3575.32
-0.05
8,925,377
6658
8373
43.4
32.9
n/a
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
3575.37
-0.02
8,929,265
7918
8363
57.4
35.7
n/a
Mon, Nov 25, 2024
3575.39
-0.07
8,930,821
5796
8359
48.3
31.8
n/a
Sun, Nov 24, 2024
3575.46
-0.06
8,936,268
6086
8227
50.8
30.9
n/a
Sat, Nov 23, 2024
3575.52
-0.07
8,940,938
5935
8500
54.4
28.7
n/a
Fri, Nov 22, 2024
3575.59
-0.08
8,946,389
5516
8506
49.5
28.8
n/a
Averages of List
3575.22
-0.07
8,917,451
6329
8890
47.5
29.7
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
3625.26
-50.56
-0.09
14,855,057
8787
12879
49.4
30.5
54.7
Since Filled
3634.88
-60.18
-0.1
15,958,501
8054
13728
48.7
30.9
54.4
Since WY 2000
3607.83
-33.13
-0.12
12,811,954
6815
12572
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
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
3570.87
3.83
8,583,762
6024
10261
55.6
29.7
59.0
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
3527.44
47.26
5,686,388
7712
9090
42.1
29.7
49.0
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
3540.98
33.72
6,957,258
5454
9982
55.0
35.0
54.0
Sun, Dec 06, 2020
3586.70
-12.00
10,524,412
3865
10274
50.0
27.0
53.0
Fri, Dec 06, 2019
3610.75
-36.05
12,805,942
8675
12641
50.0
39.0
54.0
Thu, Dec 06, 2018
3585.62
-10.92
10,428,659
4681
12497
43.0
35.0
53.0
Wed, Dec 06, 2017
3624.82
-50.12
14,280,855
9078
12156
48.0
26.0
56.0
Tue, Dec 06, 2016
3604.94
-30.24
12,227,718
7212
14798
55.0
37.0
56.0
Sun, Dec 06, 2015
3604.67
-29.97
12,201,280
9036
13413
48.0
30.0
56.0
Sat, Dec 06, 2014
3601.02
-26.32
11,847,644
6954
13860
52.0
43.0
57.0
Averages of List
3585.64
-10.94
10,541,507
5566
12214
48.2
32.7
54.5


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, December 5th, 2024 where elevation was 3574.70'


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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
72.7 Above
74.7 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
45.7 Above
47.7 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
34.7 Above
36.7 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
28.7 Above
30.7 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
25.7 Above
27.7 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
18.7 Above
20.7 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
10.7 Above
12.7 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
3.3 Below
1.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
8.3 Below
5.3 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
13.3 Below
11.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
27.3 Below
25.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
38.3 Below
34.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
75.3 Below
70.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
78.3 Below
74.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
88.3 Below
85.3 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
95.3 Below
93.3 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
107.3 Below
105.3 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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