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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For October 13th, 2025
Snowpack is 53.61% of avg
TotalPrecip is 190.71% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 412.46 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 12 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 3% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3544.46 on Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 5, 2025
There are currently 2,194,215,419,937 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 155.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.69% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 179,489 acre feet

This is 81.75% of the October 12th average of 219,569 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 188,233 acre feet

This is 2.51% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 14,894 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 8,744 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.38% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 136.96% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 160.11% of the October 13th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 32.83 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.43 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.39 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, Oct 12, 2025
3544.46
0.25
6,733,791
16808
7696
64.6
52.3
n/a
Sat, Oct 11, 2025
3544.21
0.16
6,717,625
13701
7766
71.2
60.1
n/a
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
3544.05
0.02
6,707,291
8888
7877
64.0
59.5
n/a
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
3544.03
-0.10
6,705,999
4654
7862
70.2
57.0
n/a
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
3544.13
-0.06
6,712,456
6077
7880
80.6
45.7
n/a
Tue, Oct 07, 2025
3544.19
-0.10
6,716,332
4690
7901
77.2
47.7
n/a
Mon, Oct 06, 2025
3544.29
-0.06
6,722,795
6052
7856
74.5
44.2
n/a
Sun, Oct 05, 2025
3544.35
-0.07
6,726,675
5515
7672
71.2
43.0
n/a
Sat, Oct 04, 2025
3544.42
-0.08
6,731,203
5350
7860
72.7
48.9
n/a
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
3544.50
-0.06
6,736,380
6353
8159
86.5
49.5
n/a
Thu, Oct 02, 2025
3544.56
-0.07
6,740,264
6015
8175
85.6
54.9
n/a
Wed, Oct 01, 2025
3544.63
-0.06
6,744,798
6389
8196
80.4
49.6
n/a
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
3544.69
-0.08
6,748,685
6892
9255
81.7
52.7
n/a
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
3544.77
-0.08
6,753,870
6929
9293
77.7
51.8
n/a
Averages of List
3544.38
-0.03
6,728,440
7451
8103
75.6
51.2
n/a

Averages for October 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3626.00
-81.54
-0.04
14,955,407
9408
10339
74.3
50.3
68.9
Since Filled
3637.14
-92.68
-0.05
16,222,081
9419
11060
73.8
48.8
68.5
Since WY 2000
3608.20
-63.74
-0.03
12,850,551
8971
9638
71.1
49.3
68.9

Last 10 October 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
3577.29
-32.83
9,079,426
5455
7620
84.8
56.4
n/a
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
3573.16
-28.70
8,758,440
7835
7861
64.7
43.9
71.0
Wed, Oct 12, 2022
3530.39
14.07
5,860,271
8480
7882
80.0
57.0
72.0
Tue, Oct 12, 2021
3545.00
-0.54
7,232,699
3695
8266
51.0
38.0
69.0
Mon, Oct 12, 2020
3594.34
-49.88
11,217,969
2638
10713
80.0
53.0
68.0
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
3614.32
-69.86
13,170,061
5674
10142
65.0
35.0
66.0
Fri, Oct 12, 2018
3591.90
-47.44
10,993,384
7879
10370
66.0
51.0
69.0
Thu, Oct 12, 2017
3628.07
-83.61
14,637,823
11014
10379
79.0
50.0
67.0
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
3610.59
-66.13
12,789,780
8555
10191
79.0
54.0
69.0
Mon, Oct 12, 2015
3606.17
-61.71
12,348,646
6770
9984
84.0
59.0
73.0
Averages of List
3587.05
-42.59
10,602,623
6268
9186
75.3
48.1
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Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Sunday, October 12th, 2025 where elevation was 3544.46'


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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
3520.00
3519.00
24.46 Above
25.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
15.46 Above
16.46 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
4.46 Above
5.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
4.54 Below
3.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
5.54 Below
4.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
11.54 Below
10.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
19.54 Below
18.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
33.54 Below
32.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
38.54 Below
37.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
43.54 Below
42.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
57.54 Below
56.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
68.54 Below
67.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
105.54 Below
104.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
108.54 Below
107.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
118.54 Below
117.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
125.54 Below
124.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
137.54 Below
136.54 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 - 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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