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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 394.85 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 191 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 52% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.85 on Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 8, 2026
There are currently 1,841,708,692,342 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.15 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.24% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,194,971 acre feet

This is 64.77% of the April 9th average of 3,388,770 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,276,426 acre feet

This is 43.69% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,096,696 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,081,455 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 70.36% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 95.68% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 43.77% of the April 10th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.97 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 18.80 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.67 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
3526.85
-0.08
5,651,989
5833
8237
80.4
48.2
n/a
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
3526.93
-0.13
5,656,743
4200
8212
81.0
41.2
n/a
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
3527.06
-0.14
5,664,450
4201
8216
79.3
45.3
n/a
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
3527.20
-0.13
5,672,163
4173
8192
70.2
40.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
3527.33
-0.13
5,679,883
4157
8179
72.9
33.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
3527.46
-0.64
5,687,609
4114
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
Averages of List
3527.74
-0.12
5,703,776
5674
8160
74.5
42.6
n/a

Averages for April 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.25
-84.40
-0.01
13,735,145
11116
11572
71.3
43.6
54
Since Filled
3623.12
-96.27
-0.01
14,671,135
11145
12152
70.3
45.2
54
Since WY 2000
3591.49
-64.64
-0.03
11,253,617
9127
10602
70
44.6
53.9

Last 10 April 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Apr 09, 2025
3558.82
-31.97
7,703,394
8659
10329
79.9
42.4
n/a
Tue, Apr 09, 2024
3558.42
-31.57
7,675,266
8775
10441
63.3
41.1
n/a
Sun, Apr 09, 2023
3520.41
6.44
5,284,435
8957
13052
70.9
49.5
n/a
Sat, Apr 09, 2022
3522.99
3.86
5,803,926
9079
7559
83.0
51.0
52.0
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
3565.45
-38.60
8,744,344
4199
11187
76.0
54.0
55.0
Thu, Apr 09, 2020
3600.27
-73.42
11,775,849
11267
10882
64.0
47.0
55.0
Tue, Apr 09, 2019
3568.64
-41.79
8,997,607
9961
12279
80.0
54.0
55.0
Mon, Apr 09, 2018
3611.41
-84.56
12,872,752
6064
12275
70.0
50.0
54.0
Sun, Apr 09, 2017
3598.14
-71.29
11,573,496
26987
9645
61.0
42.0
53.0
Sat, Apr 09, 2016
3591.34
-64.49
10,942,248
8421
10543
69.1
50.0
57.0
Averages of List
3569.52
-42.67
9,132,679
8386
10619
70.4
47.4
54.4


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, April 9th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.85'


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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
6.85 Above
7.85 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.15 Below
1.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.15 Below
12.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.15 Below
21.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.15 Below
22.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.15 Below
28.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.15 Below
36.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.15 Below
50.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.15 Below
55.15 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.15 Below
60.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.15 Below
74.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.15 Below
85.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.15 Below
122.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.15 Below
125.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.15 Below
135.15 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.15 Below
142.15 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.15 Below
154.15 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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