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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 4th, 2024
Snowpack is 103.64% of avg
TotalPrecip is 102.44% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 443.03 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 63 of 365 for the Water Year 2025. We are 17% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3575.03 on Monday, December 2nd, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 1, 2024
There are currently 2,901,004,439,564 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 124.97 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 36.6% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2025: 815,961 acre feet

This is 70.2% of the December 2nd average of 1,162,271 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2025: 1,023,753 acre feet

This is 13.65% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2025, water storage has fallen by 238,850 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 207,792 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 75.02% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2025 are 92.54% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 82.78% of the December 4th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 3.81 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 2.98 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.86 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
3575.67
-0.08
8,952,621
5515
8507
48.6
28.8
n/a
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
3575.75
-0.06
8,958,855
6337
8481
45.6
26.6
n/a
Tue, Nov 19, 2024
3575.81
-0.08
8,963,533
5566
8560
48.7
35.6
n/a
Averages of List
3575.42
-0.06
8,932,999
6335
8548
47.5
29.8
n/a

Averages for December 2nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.52
-50.49
-0.08
14,884,534
8795
12339
50.7
30.4
55.1
Since Filled
3635.19
-60.16
-0.11
15,994,200
8248
13584
49.9
30.1
54.9
Since WY 2000
3608.22
-33.19
-0.11
12,851,051
6884
12523
49.4
31.9
55.1

Last 10 December 2nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Dec 03, 2023
3571.16
3.87
8,605,749
6607
8784
52.3
29.8
60.0
Sat, Dec 03, 2022
3527.74
47.29
5,703,927
6026
8681
45.5
28.8
49.0
Fri, Dec 03, 2021
3541.37
33.66
6,983,669
3953
9971
57.0
35.0
54.0
Thu, Dec 03, 2020
3587.18
-12.15
10,567,151
2232
12059
46.0
25.0
54.0
Tue, Dec 03, 2019
3611.02
-35.99
12,833,245
9782
12651
47.0
32.0
55.0
Mon, Dec 03, 2018
3586.12
-11.09
10,472,918
7202
12625
41.0
27.0
54.0
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
3625.07
-50.04
14,308,087
8520
11009
69.0
39.0
57.0
Sat, Dec 03, 2016
3605.38
-30.35
12,270,885
5665
12199
44.0
28.0
57.0
Thu, Dec 03, 2015
3605.07
-30.04
12,240,462
7872
14929
46.0
27.0
56.0
Wed, Dec 03, 2014
3601.47
-26.44
11,890,863
8395
14271
53.6
45.0
57.0
Averages of List
3586.01
-10.98
10,574,871
5443
12057
47
31.7
55.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, December 2nd, 2024 where elevation was 3575.03'


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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
73.03 Above
75.03 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
46.03 Above
48.03 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
35.03 Above
37.03 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
29.03 Above
31.03 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
26.03 Above
28.03 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
19.03 Above
21.03 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
11.03 Above
13.03 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
2.97 Below
0.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
7.97 Below
4.97 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
12.97 Below
10.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
26.97 Below
24.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
37.97 Below
33.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
74.97 Below
69.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
77.97 Below
73.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
87.97 Below
84.97 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
94.97 Below
92.97 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
106.97 Below
104.97 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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