Lake Powell Water Database

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Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For May 18th, 2012
Snowpack is 13% of avg
TotalPrecip is 75.00% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 503.94 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 231 of 366 for the Water Year 2012. We are 63% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3635.94 on May 17, 2012
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on May 14, 2012 There are currently 5,060,069,288,301 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 64.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 63.85% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2012: 4,421,382 acre feet This is 84.98% of the May 17th average of 5,203,011 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2012: 6,313,764 acre feet This is 76.72% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2012, water storage has fallen by 2,048,110 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,892,382 AF
Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.2% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2012 are 92.35% of WY 2011 Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 29.28% of the May 18th avg. Click for Details

View Acre Feet Last 14 Measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Thu, May 17, 2012 3635.94 -0.05 15528762 7624 10205 n/a n/a n/a

Wed, May 16, 2012 3635.99 -0.01 15534543 10083 10145 n/a n/a 66.0

Tue, May 15, 2012 3636.00 0.01 15535699 11489 10292 n/a n/a 65.0

Mon, May 14, 2012 3635.99 0.03 15534543 12631 10174 n/a n/a 64.0

Sun, May 13, 2012 3635.96 0.01 15531074 9786 8589 n/a n/a 64.0

Sat, May 12, 2012 3635.95 0.06 15529918 13633 9289 n/a n/a 64.0

Fri, May 11, 2012 3635.89 0.00 15522983 10777 10210 n/a n/a 64.0

Thu, May 10, 2012 3635.89 0.00 15522983 10800 10233 n/a n/a 64.0

Wed, May 09, 2012 3635.89 0.03 15522983 12695 10240 n/a n/a 63.0

Tue, May 08, 2012 3635.86 -0.09 15519517 5146 10243 n/a n/a 62.0

Mon, May 07, 2012 3635.95 0.05 15529918 13950 10236 n/a n/a 61.0

Sun, May 06, 2012 3635.90 -0.04 15524139 6722 8672 n/a n/a 62.0

Sat, May 05, 2012 3635.94 0.11 15528762 16763 9274 n/a n/a 61.0

Fri, May 04, 2012 3635.83 0.01 15516051 11418 10222 n/a n/a 61.0

Averages of List 3635.93 0.01 15527276.79 10965.50 9858.86 n/a n/a 63.1

Averages for May 18th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Since Filled 3648.67 0.29 17450723.42 31362.19 15802.35 83.71 56.49 64.2

All-Time 3627.33 0.31 15588886.60 30336.47 14677.00 84.51 56.42 64.2

Last 10 May 18th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Wed, May 18, 2011 3616.55 0.28 13400917 39333 22361 62.1 50.0 60.0

Tue, May 18, 2010 3621.99 0.07 13975234 17832 9830 73.0 60.1 60.0

Mon, May 18, 2009 3619.40 0.67 13699772 45015 10041 97.0 63.0 69.0

Sun, May 18, 2008 3600.96 0.44 11841886 33042 12136 93.0 61.0 65.0

Fri, May 18, 2007 3604.89 0.41 12222809 26864 10112 88.0 63.0 68.0

Thu, May 18, 2006 3598.13 0.27 11572540 24408 10110 95.0 64.9 70.0

Wed, May 18, 2005 3570.90 0.60 9180010 32803 10355 82.9 52.0 62.0

Tue, May 18, 2004 3585.14 0.15 10386274 19355 10173 87.1 64.0 64.0

Sun, May 18, 2003 3605.26 0.13 12259103 10733 7747 84.0 64.0 60.0

Sat, May 18, 2002 3644.67 -0.06 16561371 4796 10065 91.0 62.1 62.0

Averages of List 3606.79 0.30 12509991.60 25418.10 11293.00 85.31 60.41 64.0

Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, May 17th, 2012 where elevation was 3635.94'

SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY

Antelope Point 3587.00 3586.00 49.94 Above Open and Usable

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3612.00 3608.00 27.94 Above Open and Usable

Hite Marina 3650.00 3645.00 9.06 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3649.00 13.06 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3660.00 24.06 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3668.00 32.06 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3680.00 44.06 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsite Pass Cut-Off 3685.00 3680.00 44.06 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

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
*Water temp data is provided by Wayne Gustaveson
as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
Page, AZ Weather
Weather forecast for Bullfrog, UT
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
Call 1-800-752-8525 for up-to-date water level infomation
or go to USBR Last 40 Measurementsl
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin

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