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Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 3rd, 2023
Snowpack is 0% of avg
TotalPrecip is 0% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 441.46 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 2 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 1% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3573.46 on Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 1, 2023
There are currently 2,861,464,649,615 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 126.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 36.11% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 28,271 acre feet

This is 80.11% of the October 2nd average of 35,292 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 30,867 acre feet

This is 0.41% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 3,848 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 2,596 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 80.75% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 64.82% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 87.46% of the October 3rd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 43.95 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 0.09 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.16 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Oct 02, 2023
3573.46
-0.09
8,781,501
4414
7792
67.8
43.0
n/a
Sun, Oct 01, 2023
3573.55
0.04
8,788,428
9839
7770
71.4
54.3
n/a
Sat, Sep 30, 2023
3573.51
-0.09
8,785,349
3444
6632
84.0
49.5
n/a
Fri, Sep 29, 2023
3573.60
0.00
8,792,277
7197
6611
86.5
47.8
n/a
Thu, Sep 28, 2023
3573.60
0.00
8,792,277
7202
6617
88.2
46.6
n/a
Wed, Sep 27, 2023
3573.60
0.00
8,792,277
7213
6628
88.2
52.7
n/a
Tue, Sep 26, 2023
3573.60
-0.01
8,792,277
6456
6290
85.8
53.1
75.0
Mon, Sep 25, 2023
3573.61
0.00
8,793,047
7205
6620
83.6
49.1
75.0
Sun, Sep 24, 2023
3573.61
-0.02
8,793,047
6454
6708
79.0
52.3
75.0
Sat, Sep 23, 2023
3573.63
0.05
8,794,587
9290
6608
77.7
59.0
76.0
Fri, Sep 22, 2023
3573.58
0.00
8,790,737
7208
6623
77.8
47.3
76.0
Thu, Sep 21, 2023
3573.58
-0.01
8,790,737
6772
6606
81.3
50.4
77.0
Wed, Sep 20, 2023
3573.59
0.01
8,791,507
8099
7094
81.9
51.6
77.0
Tue, Sep 19, 2023
3573.58
-0.04
8,790,737
5985
7077
85.5
54.1
78.0
Averages of List
3573.58
-0.01
8,790,628
6913
6834
81.3
50.8
76.1

Averages for October 2nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3628.45
-54.99
-0.04
15,223,592
8952
10262
81.2
55.8
71.9
Since Filled
3640.31
-66.85
-0.03
16,602,917
9193
11237
79.1
54.4
71.5
Since WY 2000
3612.13
-38.67
-0.04
13,267,633
8024
9721
80.2
57.1
71.8

Last 10 October 2nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Oct 02, 2022
3529.51
43.95
5,808,064
10658
7810
74.0
59.0
73.0
Sat, Oct 02, 2021
3545.33
28.13
7,255,625
7512
5654
79.0
57.0
72.0
Fri, Oct 02, 2020
3595.69
-22.23
11,343,471
4050
10656
88.0
56.0
71.0
Wed, Oct 02, 2019
3615.19
-41.73
13,259,814
8777
10448
76.0
48.0
71.0
Tue, Oct 02, 2018
3592.04
-18.58
11,006,191
5346
10332
72.0
62.0
73.0
Mon, Oct 02, 2017
3628.32
-54.86
14,665,547
5611
10415
69.0
51.0
69.0
Sun, Oct 02, 2016
3610.92
-37.46
12,823,128
9302
8738
82.0
60.0
70.0
Fri, Oct 02, 2015
3605.83
-32.37
12,315,139
6387
10131
82.0
70.0
75.0
Thu, Oct 02, 2014
3605.75
-32.29
12,307,264
15500
10132
69.1
48.0
73.0
Wed, Oct 02, 2013
3591.25
-17.79
10,934,043
8435
7941
82.0
55.9
69.0
Averages of List
3591.97
-18.51
11,169,495
7649
9365
76.9
53.8
71.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, October 2nd, 2023 where elevation was 3573.46'


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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
71.46 Above
73.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
44.46 Above
46.46 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
33.46 Above
35.46 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
27.46 Above
29.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
24.46 Above
26.46 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
17.46 Above
19.46 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
9.46 Above
11.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
4.54 Below
2.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
9.54 Below
6.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
14.54 Below
12.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
28.54 Below
26.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
39.54 Below
35.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
76.54 Below
71.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
79.54 Below
75.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
89.54 Below
86.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
96.54 Below
94.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
108.54 Below
106.54 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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