Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 4th, 2026
Snowpack is 62% of avg
TotalPrecip is 85.72% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 398.68 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 154 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 42% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3530.68 on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 2, 2026
There are currently 1,915,204,808,005 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 169.32 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.17% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,798,855 acre feet

This is 68.23% of the March 3rd average of 2,636,408 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,678,305 acre feet

This is 35.71% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 871,145 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 879,450 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.93% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 99.15% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 56.89% of the March 4th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.75 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.97 feet from the high.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.93 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
3530.68
-0.10
5,877,540
9882
16094
60.6
36.9
n/a
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
3530.78
-0.11
5,883,502
9097
15959
73.8
39.4
n/a
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
3530.89
-0.11
5,890,065
9066
15933
76.1
41.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
3531.00
-0.14
5,896,632
9444
18334
65.7
41.4
n/a
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
3531.14
-0.16
5,904,997
9348
19538
65.8
34.9
n/a
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
3531.30
-0.16
5,914,566
9321
19522
70.2
39.6
n/a
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
3531.46
-0.12
5,924,144
11786
19406
69.8
39.7
n/a
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
3531.58
-0.20
5,931,334
6437
19247
68.2
32.9
n/a
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
3531.78
-0.14
5,943,330
10035
18968
59.4
29.1
n/a
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
3531.92
-0.15
5,951,736
8180
17770
53.4
25.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
3532.07
-0.11
5,960,750
10958
17957
46.9
22.8
n/a
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
3532.18
-0.15
5,967,366
9317
18922
44.2
28.6
n/a
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
3532.33
-0.12
5,976,394
11416
19077
37.0
25.3
n/a
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
3532.45
-0.16
5,983,623
8705
18977
44.4
28.6
n/a
Averages of List
3531.54
-0.14
5,928,999
9499
18265
59.7
33.3
n/a

Averages for March 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.27
-81.59
-0.05
13,812,049
17902
23407
57.9
35.9
47.9
Since Filled
3624.35
-93.67
-0.06
14,788,489
17458
24829
59.4
37.1
48
Since WY 2000
3593.60
-62.92
-0.07
11,437,600
14279
21406
57.4
35.9
47.9

Last 10 March 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, Mar 03, 2025
3562.43
-31.75
7,960,301
17683
20488
46.5
31.8
n/a
Sun, Mar 03, 2024
3561.74
-31.06
7,910,749
14503
19617
54.0
40.5
n/a
Fri, Mar 03, 2023
3520.89
9.79
5,311,332
13157
15985
48.9
23.9
41.0
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
3526.47
4.21
6,017,264
8337
18808
66.0
38.0
46.0
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
3570.87
-40.19
9,177,580
1192
23655
62.0
31.0
47.0
Tue, Mar 03, 2020
3602.46
-71.78
11,986,322
11683
22701
61.0
36.0
47.0
Sun, Mar 03, 2019
3571.54
-40.86
9,232,123
17711
22626
59.0
46.0
47.0
Sat, Mar 03, 2018
3615.67
-84.99
13,309,504
12720
24518
68.0
43.0
47.0
Fri, Mar 03, 2017
3594.19
-63.51
11,204,079
20180
23735
59.0
30.0
48.0
Thu, Mar 03, 2016
3594.27
-63.59
11,211,486
17403
22959
69.1
45.0
51.0
Averages of List
3571.96
-41.28
9,324,786
14388
21892
60
38.3
47.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 where elevation was 3530.68'


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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
10.68 Above
11.68 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.68 Above
2.68 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
9.32 Below
8.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
18.32 Below
17.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
19.32 Below
18.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
25.32 Below
24.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
33.32 Below
32.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
47.32 Below
46.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
52.32 Below
51.32 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
57.32 Below
56.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
71.32 Below
70.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
82.32 Below
81.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
119.32 Below
118.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
122.32 Below
121.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
132.32 Below
131.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
139.32 Below
138.32 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
151.32 Below
150.32 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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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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