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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 18th, 2024
Snowpack is 101.29% of avg
TotalPrecip is 99.26% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 428.43 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 169 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 46% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3560.43 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 16, 2024
There are currently 2,547,266,645,270 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 139.57 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 32.14% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 2,321,601 acre feet

This is 78.63% of the March 17th average of 2,952,552 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 3,281,133 acre feet

This is 43.75% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 968,085 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 959,532 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 76.54% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 100.19% of WY 2023         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 70.32% of the March 18th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 39.71 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 13.12 feet from the high.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.31 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
3560.43
-0.06
7,817,264
16406
20712
53.1
39.8
n/a
Sat, Mar 16, 2024
3560.49
-0.02
7,821,529
19593
20829
47.4
37.7
n/a
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
3560.51
-0.02
7,822,950
20430
21668
41.6
36.2
n/a
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
3560.53
-0.12
7,824,372
13559
22479
47.9
37.2
n/a
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
3560.65
-0.08
7,832,908
15912
21761
52.9
40.9
n/a
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
3560.73
-0.12
7,838,603
13369
22300
60.6
43.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
3560.85
-0.14
7,847,150
11282
21763
62.0
48.1
n/a
Sun, Mar 10, 2024
3560.99
-0.11
7,857,132
11324
19500
58.8
39.9
n/a
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
3561.10
-0.11
7,864,981
11532
19712
53.7
36.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
3561.21
-0.10
7,872,835
14964
22378
54.0
40.0
n/a
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
3561.31
-0.11
7,879,980
10747
18936
52.3
43.0
n/a
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
3561.42
-0.09
7,887,843
15933
22584
56.6
41.0
n/a
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
3561.51
-0.13
7,894,281
12538
22285
53.7
40.5
n/a
Mon, Mar 04, 2024
3561.64
-0.10
7,903,586
14942
22374
53.4
39.0
n/a
Averages of List
3560.96
-0.09
7,854,672
14467
21377
53.4
40.2
n/a

Averages for March 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.36
-53.93
-0.01
14,048,379
20661
21900
64.3
40.3
50.6
Since Filled
3626.61
-66.18
-0.03
15,041,784
20136
23470
64.5
39
51.1
Since WY 2000
3596.49
-36.06
-0.04
11,731,090
16695
21060
63.1
41.1
50.6

Last 10 March 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
3520.72
39.71
5,301,797
17959
15939
52.3
31.6
48.0
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
3524.68
35.75
5,906,945
8950
18644
57.0
41.0
47.0
Wed, Mar 17, 2021
3569.28
-8.85
9,049,012
12901
8192
59.0
34.0
48.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
3601.38
-40.95
11,882,211
14247
26240
68.0
50.0
53.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2019
3570.75
-10.32
9,167,834
18583
23475
63.0
37.0
49.0
Sat, Mar 17, 2018
3613.94
-53.51
13,130,984
11296
25212
61.0
42.0
50.0
Fri, Mar 17, 2017
3593.93
-33.50
11,180,029
28043
22610
81.0
53.0
56.0
Tue, Mar 17, 2015
3591.85
-31.42
10,988,812
19666
19230
60.0
38.0
54.0
Mon, Mar 17, 2014
3575.34
-14.91
9,545,585
15027
16445
73.9
44.1
50.0
Sun, Mar 17, 2013
3600.12
-39.69
11,761,525
14700
17330
70.0
50.0
51.0
Averages of List
3575.47
-15.04
9,723,672
14667
19322
61.9
41
51.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Sunday, March 17th, 2024 where elevation was 3560.43'


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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
58.43 Above
60.43 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
31.43 Above
33.43 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
20.43 Above
22.43 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
14.43 Above
16.43 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
11.43 Above
13.43 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
4.43 Above
6.43 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
3.57 Below
1.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
17.57 Below
15.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
22.57 Below
19.57 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
27.57 Below
25.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
41.57 Below
39.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
52.57 Below
48.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
89.57 Below
84.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
92.57 Below
88.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
102.57 Below
99.57 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
109.57 Below
107.57 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
121.57 Below
119.57 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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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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