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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For January 18th, 2026
Snowpack is 62% of avg
TotalPrecip is 91.68% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 405.55 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 109 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 30% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3537.55 on Saturday, January 17th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Jan 16, 2026
There are currently 2,051,457,953,784 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 162.45 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 25.88% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,389,491 acre feet

This is 73.61% of the January 17th average of 1,887,668 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 1,823,951 acre feet

This is 24.32% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 453,000 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 434,460 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.38% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 105.52% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 66.32% of the January 19th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.66 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 8.10 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -2.32 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Jan 17, 2026
3537.55
-0.16
6,295,685
4270
9617
44.6
27.0
n/a
Fri, Jan 16, 2026
3537.71
-0.17
6,305,628
4547
10239
50.5
30.4
n/a
Thu, Jan 15, 2026
3537.88
-0.17
6,316,202
4515
10212
50.7
30.9
n/a
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
3538.05
-0.17
6,326,787
4666
10369
51.1
30.7
n/a
Tue, Jan 13, 2026
3538.22
-0.17
6,337,383
4685
10393
49.6
29.3
n/a
Mon, Jan 12, 2026
3538.39
-0.20
6,347,989
3570
10305
42.8
25.9
n/a
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
3538.59
-0.13
6,360,480
5058
9416
40.8
24.3
n/a
Sat, Jan 10, 2026
3538.72
-0.15
6,368,607
4802
9845
39.4
23.9
n/a
Fri, Jan 09, 2026
3538.87
-0.14
6,377,992
5837
10544
36.3
22.6
n/a
Thu, Jan 08, 2026
3539.01
-0.17
6,386,759
4801
10536
39.6
31.5
n/a
Wed, Jan 07, 2026
3539.18
-0.18
6,397,414
4483
10565
45.3
32.9
n/a
Tue, Jan 06, 2026
3539.36
-0.16
6,408,708
5185
10590
48.2
31.1
n/a
Mon, Jan 05, 2026
3539.52
-0.17
6,418,757
4786
10538
49.3
35.2
n/a
Sun, Jan 04, 2026
3539.69
-0.18
6,429,445
3522
9622
49.6
38.5
n/a
Averages of List
3538.62
-0.17
6,362,703
4623
10199
45.6
29.6
n/a

Averages for January 17th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3616.80
-79.25
-0.11
14,291,363
8138
13992
47.4
28.4
47.5
Since Filled
3630.77
-93.22
-0.12
15,449,358
7405
14376
48.2
28.6
47.7
Since WY 2000
3600.88
-63.33
-0.14
12,103,238
6303
13139
47
29.5
47.5

Last 10 January 17th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Jan 18, 2025
3569.10
-31.55
8,450,406
6364
10765
38.3
24.3
n/a
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
3566.37
-28.82
8,247,484
7845
11774
51.8
35.2
n/a
Wed, Jan 18, 2023
3524.22
13.33
5,500,139
7613
8179
42.1
31.8
46.0
Tue, Jan 18, 2022
3534.01
3.54
6,495,555
3943
11295
38.0
30.0
45.0
Mon, Jan 18, 2021
3578.84
-41.29
9,840,487
5512
13286
54.0
32.0
48.0
Sat, Jan 18, 2020
3606.77
-69.22
12,407,924
7808
12526
44.0
27.0
47.0
Fri, Jan 18, 2019
3578.34
-40.79
9,797,995
9054
13107
51.0
37.0
47.0
Thu, Jan 18, 2018
3620.79
-83.24
13,847,108
6158
14126
51.0
30.0
50.0
Wed, Jan 18, 2017
3597.69
-60.14
11,531,028
7376
14954
46.0
30.0
49.0
Mon, Jan 18, 2016
3598.26
-60.71
11,584,837
7910
14480
46.9
32.0
48.0
Averages of List
3583.43
-45.88
10,239,280
6407
12470
45
31.5
47.8


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, January 17th, 2026 where elevation was 3537.55'


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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
17.55 Above
18.55 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
8.55 Above
9.55 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
2.45 Below
1.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
11.45 Below
10.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
12.45 Below
11.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
18.45 Below
17.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
26.45 Below
25.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
40.45 Below
39.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
45.45 Below
44.45 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
50.45 Below
49.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
64.45 Below
63.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
75.45 Below
74.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
112.45 Below
111.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
115.45 Below
114.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
125.45 Below
124.45 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
132.45 Below
131.45 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
144.45 Below
143.45 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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