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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For September 8th, 2024
Snowpack is 0% of avg
TotalPrecip is 0% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 448.46 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 342 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 93% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3580.46 on Friday, September 6th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 5, 2024
There are currently 3,040,529,133,690 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 119.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 38.36% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 7,818,188 acre feet

This is 78.64% of the September 6th average of 9,941,204 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 6,985,097 acre feet

This is 93.13% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has risen by 545,680 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 833,091 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 80.01% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 67.15% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 72.67% of the September 8th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 6.43 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is down 6.71 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.99 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
3580.46
-0.14
9,331,029
8582
19476
87.9
71.2
n/a
Thu, Sep 05, 2024
3580.60
-0.14
9,342,249
8667
19570
86.2
73.1
n/a
Wed, Sep 04, 2024
3580.74
-0.07
9,353,480
14656
19497
91.9
76.3
n/a
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
3580.81
-0.10
9,359,098
11845
19290
89.0
75.0
n/a
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
3580.91
-0.07
9,367,129
13338
18183
89.3
75.2
n/a
Sun, Sep 01, 2024
3580.98
-0.03
9,372,753
16760
18134
88.4
72.0
n/a
Sat, Aug 31, 2024
3581.01
-0.10
9,375,164
15145
22546
90.9
73.3
n/a
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
3581.11
-0.13
9,383,204
14604
24617
92.2
73.4
n/a
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
3581.24
-0.09
9,393,663
18114
24654
92.5
74.0
n/a
Wed, Aug 28, 2024
3581.33
-0.09
9,400,908
18310
24854
89.3
74.2
n/a
Tue, Aug 27, 2024
3581.42
-0.02
9,408,157
24514
24968
87.6
72.4
n/a
Mon, Aug 26, 2024
3581.44
0.01
9,409,768
26844
24688
83.9
67.9
n/a
Sun, Aug 25, 2024
3581.43
0.01
9,408,962
24860
22704
84.3
70.8
n/a
Sat, Aug 24, 2024
3581.42
-0.03
9,408,157
22072
23397
86.6
72.6
n/a
Averages of List
3581.06
-0.07
9,379,552
17022
21898
88.6
73
n/a

Averages for September 6th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3630.36
-49.90
-0.08
15,450,555
16633
25934
90.1
65.3
77.6
Since Filled
3640.55
-60.09
-0.11
16,648,962
16375
26830
89.2
64.9
77.6
Since WY 2000
3610.20
-29.74
-0.08
13,002,456
11921
21448
89.5
66.6
77.6

Last 10 September 6th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Sep 07, 2023
3573.92
6.54
8,816,940
14172
22178
90.0
55.0
80.0
Wed, Sep 07, 2022
3530.71
49.75
5,879,328
8009
18149
101.0
79.0
81.0
Tue, Sep 07, 2021
3548.92
31.54
7,508,117
12895
21067
97.0
72.0
80.0
Mon, Sep 07, 2020
3598.80
-18.34
11,635,961
3662
17492
100.0
74.0
78.0
Sat, Sep 07, 2019
3617.83
-37.37
13,534,610
13375
22951
98.0
73.0
78.0
Fri, Sep 07, 2018
3596.09
-15.63
11,380,827
9618
23261
93.0
70.0
76.0
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
3630.10
-49.64
14,864,040
8081
23134
93.0
70.0
80.0
Wed, Sep 07, 2016
3612.85
-32.39
13,019,316
14727
24076
88.0
63.0
75.0
Mon, Sep 07, 2015
3608.33
-27.87
12,562,936
14694
21678
89.1
69.1
79.0
Sun, Sep 07, 2014
3605.73
-25.27
12,305,296
18643
18097
91.0
70.0
75.0
Averages of List
3592.22
-11.76
11,141,087
12023
20982
92
67.4
78.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, September 6th, 2024 where elevation was 3580.46'


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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
78.46 Above
80.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
51.46 Above
53.46 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
40.46 Above
42.46 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
34.46 Above
36.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
31.46 Above
33.46 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
24.46 Above
26.46 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
16.46 Above
18.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
2.46 Above
4.46 Above
Open and Usable
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
2.54 Below
0.46 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
7.54 Below
5.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
21.54 Below
19.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
32.54 Below
28.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
69.54 Below
64.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
72.54 Below
68.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
82.54 Below
79.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
89.54 Below
87.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
101.54 Below
99.54 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 - 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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