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Lake Powell



Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For March 23rd, 2023
Snowpack is 144.51% of avg
TotalPrecip is 121.05% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 389.23 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 175 of 365 for the Water Year 2023. We are 48% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3521.23 on Mar 22, 2023
Powell was last within 2" of this elevation on Feb 27, 2023
There are currently 1,736,929,210,239 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 178.77 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 21.92% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2023: 2,405,797 acre feet

This is 78.41% of the March 22nd average of 3,068,354 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2023: 2,852,156 acre feet

This is 38.03% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2023, water storage has fallen by 472,900 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 446,359 AF
The 28 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 59.14% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2023 are 133% of WY 2022         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 103.86% of the Mar 23rd avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 2.83 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.77 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.69 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Mar 22, 2023
3521.23
0.18
5,330,433
13740
8128
50.0
36.3
n/a
Tue, Mar 21, 2023
3521.05
0.07
5,320,316
10406
8162
54.9
30.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
3520.98
0.00
5,316,384
8082
7979
51.8
35.1
48.0
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
3520.98
0.17
5,316,384
12491
7193
54.7
29.7
49.0
Sat, Mar 18, 2023
3520.81
0.09
5,306,844
10569
7718
51.8
31.1
49.0
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
3520.72
0.03
5,301,797
9054
8036
52.3
31.6
48.0
Thu, Mar 16, 2023
3520.69
0.07
5,300,115
10175
7936
54.1
40.8
48.0
Wed, Mar 15, 2023
3520.62
0.13
5,296,193
12079
8012
54.9
44.4
48.0
Tue, Mar 14, 2023
3520.49
0.03
5,288,912
9034
8017
62.2
31.1
48.0
Mon, Mar 13, 2023
3520.46
-0.01
5,287,233
7866
8068
58.5
28.2
47.0
Sun, Mar 12, 2023
3520.47
0.00
5,287,793
7309
7207
63.1
38.7
46.0
Sat, Mar 11, 2023
3520.47
-0.02
5,287,793
7306
7813
62.8
36.7
45.0
Fri, Mar 10, 2023
3520.49
-0.05
5,288,912
6654
8075
55.8
31.5
43.0
Thu, Mar 09, 2023
3520.54
-0.08
5,291,712
5731
8068
54.7
29.1
43.0
Averages of List
3520.71
0.04
5,301,487
9321
7887
55.8
33.9
46.8

Averages for March 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Since Filled
3628.98
-0.04
15,259,477
10666
12727
64.4
40.8
51.7
All-Time
3616.42
-0.02
14,246,183
10630
11420
64.7
40.5
51.7

Last 10 March 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
3523.93
-2.70
5,861,090
5599
9799
67.0
40.0
47.5
Tue, Mar 23, 2021
3568.47
-47.24
8,983,986
5354
20013
50.0
39.0
48.0
Mon, Mar 23, 2020
3601.12
-79.89
11,857,239
9350
11729
56.0
42.0
52.0
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
3570.23
-49.00
9,125,682
8539
12762
62.0
39.0
49.0
Fri, Mar 23, 2018
3613.23
-92.00
13,058,175
7745
13620
64.0
46.0
50.0
Thu, Mar 23, 2017
3594.50
-73.27
11,232,797
18652
11867
57.0
44.0
57.0
Wed, Mar 23, 2016
3592.86
-71.63
11,081,400
6825
11609
60.1
39.9
51.0
Mon, Mar 23, 2015
3591.25
-70.02
10,934,043
6950
10205
75.0
48.0
56.0
Sun, Mar 23, 2014
3575.16
-53.93
9,530,579
6738
7906
70.0
42.1
50.0
Sat, Mar 23, 2013
3599.73
-78.50
11,724,338
1248
9317
48.9
34.0
51.0
Averages of List
3583.05
-61.82
10,338,933
7700
11883
61.0
41.4
51.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 where elevation was 3521.23'


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SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY
Wahweap
3553.00
3551.00
29.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing Launch
3556.00
3553.00
31.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3562.00
40.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3576.00
54.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3580.00
58.77 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point
3588.00
3587.00
65.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3600.00
78.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3609.00
87.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite Marina
3650.00
3645.00
123.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
127.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
138.77 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3668.00
146.77 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
158.77 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 Kelsoand 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
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