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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For April 28th, 2024
Snowpack is 80.2% of avg
TotalPrecip is 96.41% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 427.19 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 210 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 57% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3559.19 on Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 29, 2024
There are currently 2,518,658,519,061 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 140.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 31.78% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 3,076,555 acre feet

This is 77.46% of the April 27th average of 3,972,027 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 4,113,531 acre feet

This is 54.85% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 1,055,880 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,036,976 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 77.93% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 85.43% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 79.36% of the April 28th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 35.39 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.98 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.92 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
3559.19
0.19
7,729,469
17194
9651
n/a
n/a
n/a
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
3559.00
0.10
7,716,072
14406
10322
65.5
51.7
n/a
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
3558.90
0.11
7,709,027
14749
10284
65.5
54.7
n/a
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
3558.79
0.10
7,701,282
14371
10292
75.9
57.8
n/a
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
3558.69
0.12
7,694,245
15189
10347
77.7
59.4
n/a
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
3558.57
0.11
7,685,806
14763
10307
79.0
61.5
n/a
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
3558.46
0.09
7,678,076
12742
9054
76.4
58.3
n/a
Sat, Apr 20, 2024
3558.37
0.08
7,671,755
12929
9624
74.9
56.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
3558.29
0.07
7,666,139
13207
10287
75.2
56.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
3558.22
0.01
7,661,227
10809
10181
76.4
56.5
n/a
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
3558.21
0.00
7,660,526
10616
10370
76.3
52.9
n/a
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
3558.21
-0.02
7,660,526
9961
10479
70.8
46.9
n/a
Mon, Apr 15, 2024
3558.23
-0.02
7,661,929
9974
10492
59.0
46.8
n/a
Sun, Apr 14, 2024
3558.25
-0.02
7,663,332
8619
9137
67.5
51.8
n/a
Averages of List
3558.53
0.07
7,682,815
12824
10059
72.3
54.8
n/a

Averages for April 27th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3615.33
-56.14
0.09
14,199,669
17707
13065
73.8
47.5
57.9
Since Filled
3627.18
-67.99
0.1
15,110,740
17664
12223
76.3
50.9
58.5
Since WY 2000
3597.61
-38.42
0.09
11,848,690
15196
11371
74.3
50.7
57.9

Last 10 April 27th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, Apr 27, 2023
3523.80
35.39
5,476,113
23201
29247
79.3
54.0
n/a
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
3522.63
36.56
5,782,124
10693
8848
83.0
61.0
58.0
Tue, Apr 27, 2021
3562.86
-3.67
8,542,341
5680
10451
58.0
44.0
58.0
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
3570.00
-10.81
9,107,080
21687
10827
87.0
56.0
58.0
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
3609.66
-50.47
12,696,107
5714
12417
88.0
54.0
61.0
Thu, Apr 27, 2017
3603.20
-44.01
12,058,012
23469
10927
70.0
52.0
57.0
Wed, Apr 27, 2016
3591.79
-32.60
10,983,327
15976
11634
64.9
50.0
57.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2015
3590.33
-31.14
10,850,405
8773
10391
51.0
48.0
61.0
Sun, Apr 27, 2014
3576.52
-17.33
9,644,346
20518
7402
64.9
46.0
57.0
Sat, Apr 27, 2013
3596.74
-37.55
11,441,696
5192
8393
79.0
53.1
56.0
Averages of List
3575.11
-15.92
9,690,547
14124
10416
72
53.6
58.8


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, April 27th, 2024 where elevation was 3559.19'


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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
57.19 Above
59.19 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
30.19 Above
32.19 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
19.19 Above
21.19 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
13.19 Above
15.19 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
10.19 Above
12.19 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
3.19 Above
5.19 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
4.81 Below
2.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
18.81 Below
16.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
23.81 Below
20.81 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
28.81 Below
26.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
42.81 Below
40.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
53.81 Below
49.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
90.81 Below
85.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
93.81 Below
89.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
103.81 Below
100.81 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
110.81 Below
108.81 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
122.81 Below
120.81 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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