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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 10th, 2023
Snowpack is 77.18% of avg
TotalPrecip is 82.69% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 438.63 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 69 of 366 for the Water Year 2024. We are 19% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3570.63 on Friday, December 8th, 2023
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 7, 2023
There are currently 2,791,111,045,134 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 129.37 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 35.22% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2024: 955,958 acre feet

This is 75.38% of the December 8th average of 1,268,162 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2024: 1,136,946 acre feet

This is 15.16% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2024, water storage has fallen by 219,755 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 180,988 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.72% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2024 are 93.01% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 109.77% of the December 10th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is up 43.36 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 2.92 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.16 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Dec 08, 2023
3570.63
-0.14
8,565,594
4791
10259
46.7
26.6
n/a
Thu, Dec 07, 2023
3570.77
-0.10
8,576,189
6445
10267
58.2
26.6
n/a
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
3570.87
-0.11
8,583,762
6024
10261
55.6
29.7
59.0
Tue, Dec 05, 2023
3570.98
-0.08
8,592,097
7140
10140
55.5
27.9
60.0
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
3571.06
-0.10
8,598,163
6403
10232
54.9
32.0
60.0
Sun, Dec 03, 2023
3571.16
-0.06
8,605,749
6607
8784
52.3
29.8
60.0
Sat, Dec 02, 2023
3571.22
-0.12
8,610,303
4446
9106
48.1
27.5
60.0
Fri, Dec 01, 2023
3571.34
-0.09
8,619,416
6847
10268
47.7
28.0
60.0
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
3571.43
-0.11
8,626,255
4372
8535
50.6
31.3
61.0
Wed, Nov 29, 2023
3571.54
-0.05
8,634,619
6892
8572
46.2
27.9
61.0
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
3571.59
-0.06
8,638,422
6394
8489
42.4
23.4
61.0
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
3571.65
-0.06
8,642,988
6427
8522
43.5
23.9
61.0
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
3571.71
-0.08
8,647,556
5391
8317
42.3
22.5
62.0
Sat, Nov 25, 2023
3571.79
0.00
8,653,648
8481
8089
42.6
24.1
62.0
Averages of List
3571.27
-0.08
8,613,912
6190
9274
49
27.2
60.6

Averages for December 8th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3625.93
-55.30
-0.08
14,932,005
8692
12750
47.5
28.8
53.8
Since Filled
3636.03
-65.40
-0.15
16,091,121
7870
13905
47.1
28.5
53.5
Since WY 2000
3608.99
-38.36
-0.14
12,949,455
6363
12664
46.2
29.6
53.8

Last 10 December 8th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Dec 09, 2022
3527.17
43.46
5,670,631
6184
9148
39.0
28.2
48.0
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
3540.57
30.06
6,929,564
7233
9912
58.0
41.0
54.0
Wed, Dec 09, 2020
3586.16
-15.53
10,476,465
3794
12116
50.0
27.0
53.0
Mon, Dec 09, 2019
3610.49
-39.86
12,779,686
8679
12640
51.0
35.0
54.0
Sun, Dec 09, 2018
3585.19
-14.56
10,390,692
5871
10786
49.0
31.0
52.0
Sat, Dec 09, 2017
3624.59
-53.96
14,255,835
8808
11882
50.0
28.0
55.0
Fri, Dec 09, 2016
3604.28
-33.65
12,163,159
6376
15532
48.0
28.0
55.0
Wed, Dec 09, 2015
3604.11
-33.48
12,146,567
4259
14471
48.9
35.1
55.0
Tue, Dec 09, 2014
3600.66
-30.03
11,813,145
7021
14435
51.1
37.9
57.0
Mon, Dec 09, 2013
3587.04
-16.41
10,554,674
3125
10031
28.9
15.1
51.0
Averages of List
3586.89
-16.26
10,705,640
5541
11920
45.8
28.8
53.3


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, December 8th, 2023 where elevation was 3570.63'


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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
68.63 Above
70.63 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3527.00
41.63 Above
43.63 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3538.00
30.63 Above
32.63 Above
Open and Usable
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3546.00
3544.00
24.63 Above
26.63 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3547.00
21.63 Above
23.63 Above
Open and Usable
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3554.00
14.63 Above
16.63 Above
Open and Usable
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
6.63 Above
8.63 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
7.37 Below
5.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
12.37 Below
9.37 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3586.00
17.37 Below
15.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
31.37 Below
29.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
42.37 Below
38.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3645.00
79.37 Below
74.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
82.37 Below
78.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
92.37 Below
89.37 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
99.37 Below
97.37 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
111.37 Below
109.37 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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