Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

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 396.12 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 182 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 50% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3528.12 on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 30, 2026 There are currently 1,865,886,868,374 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 171.88 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 23.54% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,093,385 acre feet This is 65.54% of the March 31st average of 3,194,211 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2026: 3,130,060 acre feet This is 41.73% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,022,496 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,036,675 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.9% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 97.59% of WY Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 68.04% of the April 1st avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.18 feet from one year ago. Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 17.53 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.23 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

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

Thu, Mar 26, 2026 3528.52 -0.02 5,749,678 7674 8203 85.5 45.9 n/a

Wed, Mar 25, 2026 3528.54 -0.10 5,750,854 5079 8170 89.8 52.0 n/a

Tue, Mar 24, 2026 3528.64 -0.10 5,756,736 5142 8236 87.4 49.6 n/a

Mon, Mar 23, 2026 3528.74 -0.12 5,762,621 4517 8254 84.7 48.0 n/a

Sun, Mar 22, 2026 3528.86 -0.09 5,769,689 5297 8073 81.1 53.1 n/a

Sat, Mar 21, 2026 3528.95 -0.12 5,774,993 4405 8147 88.5 47.8 n/a

Fri, Mar 20, 2026 3529.07 -0.10 5,782,070 5082 8183 86.4 47.8 n/a

Thu, Mar 19, 2026 3529.17 -0.08 5,787,972 5807 8267 84.0 46.9 n/a

Wed, Mar 18, 2026 3529.25 -0.10 5,792,696 5100 8205 79.5 43.5 n/a

Averages of List 3528.64 -0.09 5,756,466 5451 8156 83.3 47.8 n/a

Averages for March 31st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

All-Time 3611.46 -83.34 -0.04 13,744,088 10881 12062 67 41 52.6

Since Filled 3623.22 -95.10 -0.03 14,676,202 10651 12188 67.2 43.2 53

Since WY 2000 3591.84 -63.72 -0.05 11,281,713 8879 10708 67.2 42.6 52.6

Last 10 March 31st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Mon, Mar 31, 2025 3559.30 -31.18 7,737,232 4807 10041 68.7 35.5 n/a

Sun, Mar 31, 2024 3559.02 -30.90 7,717,482 6895 9817 53.5 42.4 n/a

Fri, Mar 31, 2023 3522.02 6.10 5,374,969 8769 8049 56.5 28.9 48.0

Thu, Mar 31, 2022 3523.13 4.99 5,812,418 6484 9009 67.0 50.0 52.0

Wed, Mar 31, 2021 3566.71 -38.59 8,843,790 4793 12383 60.0 36.0 50.0

Tue, Mar 31, 2020 3600.71 -72.59 11,817,933 9683 11534 74.0 42.0 52.0

Sun, Mar 31, 2019 3569.28 -41.16 9,049,012 7182 11820 62.0 41.0 50.0

Sat, Mar 31, 2018 3612.23 -84.11 12,956,078 6266 12667 79.0 50.0 52.0

Fri, Mar 31, 2017 3595.91 -67.79 11,364,007 20156 12304 50.0 37.0 53.0

Thu, Mar 31, 2016 3592.18 -64.06 11,019,009 10520 11796 61.0 37.9 53.0

Averages of List 3570.00 -41.88 9,165,623 8758 10401 65.6 42.5 52.6

Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 where elevation was 3528.12'

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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 8.12 Above 9.12 Above Open and Usable

Bullfrog North Ramp 3529.00 3528.00 0.88 Below 0.12 Above Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!

Antelope Point Business Ramp 3540.00 3539.00 11.88 Below 10.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25') 3549.00 3548.00 20.88 Below 19.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Wahweap (Main Launch) 3550.00 3549.00 21.88 Below 20.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Halls Crossing (use at own risk) 3556.00 3555.00 27.88 Below 26.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Stateline Launch 3564.00 3563.00 35.88 Below 34.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog (Main Launch) 3578.00 3577.00 49.88 Below 48.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3583.00 3582.00 54.88 Below 53.88 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Antelope Point Public Ramp 3588.00 3587.00 59.88 Below 58.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Dominguez Butte Cut-Off 3602.00 3601.00 73.88 Below 72.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off 3613.00 3612.00 84.88 Below 83.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Hite 3650.00 3649.00 121.88 Below 120.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3652.00 124.88 Below 123.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3662.00 134.88 Below 133.88 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3669.00 141.88 Below 140.88 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3681.00 153.88 Below 152.88 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

Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass