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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For September 19th, 2023
Snowpack is 1761.43% of avg
TotalPrecip is 112.8% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 441.6 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 364 of 365 for the Water Year 2023. We are 100% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3573.60 on Sep 29, 2023
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 28, 2023
There are currently 2,864,976,024,614 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 126.4 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 36.15% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2023: 11,948,697 acre feet

This is 115.15% of the September 29th average of 10,376,694 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2023: 8,545,894 acre feet

This is 113.95% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2023, water storage has risen by 2,994,855 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 3,402,803 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 81.16% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2023 are 212.22% of WY 2022         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 82.65% of the September 30th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 44.16 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is down 11.08 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.04 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Mon, Sep 18, 2023
3573.62
-0.02
8,793,817
6824
7077
88.7
59.2
78.0
Sun, Sep 17, 2023
3573.64
0.02
8,795,357
8493
7068
86.2
56.5
78.0
Sat, Sep 16, 2023
3573.62
-0.02
8,793,817
6797
7051
83.3
54.3
78.0
Averages of List
3573.60
-0
8,792,607
7228
6763
83.8
52.4
76.6

Averages for September 29th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3628.59
-54.99
-0.09
15,240,529
8928
11782
83.3
56.1
72.8
Since Filled
3640.42
-66.82
-0.08
16,617,744
9102
12418
82.6
55.7
72.5
Since WY 2000
3608.96
-35.36
-0.04
12,877,961
7714
9733
83.5
58.1
72.8

Last 10 September 29th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Sep 29, 2022
3529.44
44.16
5,803,924
6531
9347
85.0
65.0
73.0
Wed, Sep 29, 2021
3545.53
28.07
7,269,543
6774
10433
73.0
59.0
74.0
Tue, Sep 29, 2020
3596.11
-22.51
11,382,697
3540
10420
80.0
52.0
71.0
Sun, Sep 29, 2019
3615.49
-41.89
13,290,856
5380
10154
81.0
60.0
72.0
Sat, Sep 29, 2018
3592.40
-18.80
11,039,169
2959
11209
91.0
65.0
74.0
Fri, Sep 29, 2017
3628.35
-54.75
14,668,877
9528
11605
78.0
52.0
72.0
Thu, Sep 29, 2016
3610.97
-37.37
12,828,186
16178
12033
73.0
61.0
71.0
Tue, Sep 29, 2015
3606.12
-32.52
12,343,715
7039
12670
93.0
68.0
76.0
Mon, Sep 29, 2014
3605.45
-31.85
12,277,762
13094
10680
n/a
n/a
75.0
Sun, Sep 29, 2013
3591.32
-17.72
10,940,424
8313
9067
75.9
48.9
70.0
Averages of List
3592.04
-18.44
11,177,878
7874
10745
83.1
58.5
72.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, September 29th, 2023 where elevation was 3573.60'


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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
71.6 Above
73.6 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
44.6 Above
46.6 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
33.6 Above
35.6 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
27.6 Above
29.6 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
24.6 Above
26.6 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
17.6 Above
19.6 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
9.6 Above
11.6 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
4.4 Below
2.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
9.4 Below
6.4 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
14.4 Below
12.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
28.4 Below
26.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
39.4 Below
35.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
76.4 Below
71.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
79.4 Below
75.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
89.4 Below
86.4 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
96.4 Below
94.4 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
108.4 Below
106.4 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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