Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

For May 6th, 2026
Snowpack is 1.03% of avg
TotalPrecip is 57.02% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.11 feet deep at the dam

Water Summary Today is day 216 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.11 on Monday, May 4th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 3, 2026 There are currently 1,827,707,182,290 gallons of water in Lake Powell!

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Elevation & Content	Water Inflow Data	Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.89 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700) By content, Lake Powell is 23.06% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)	Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,518,380 acre feet This is 60.62% of the May 4th average of 4,154,534 acre feet	Total releases for water year 2026: 3,659,445 acre feet This is 48.79% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,139,665 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,141,065 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 67.84% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 92.32% of WY Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 25.41% of the May 6th 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 19.54 feet from the high.

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Lake Powell is down -1.04 feet over these measurements

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

Mon, May 04, 2026 3526.11 -0.13 5,609,020 7427 15159 74.1 53.4 n/a

Sun, May 03, 2026 3526.24 0.00 5,616,555 14662 14255 80.0 55.4 n/a

Sat, May 02, 2026 3526.24 0.00 5,616,555 14703 14296 75.1 48.4 n/a

Fri, May 01, 2026 3526.24 -0.05 5,616,555 12432 15157 68.5 50.5 n/a

Thu, Apr 30, 2026 3526.29 -0.02 5,619,455 11253 14022 70.3 50.0 n/a

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 3526.31 -0.12 5,620,615 6887 14043 71.4 50.0 n/a

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 3526.43 -0.10 5,627,578 8141 14049 69.1 46.2 n/a

Mon, Apr 27, 2026 3526.53 -0.13 5,633,385 6234 14028 68.2 43.0 n/a

Sun, Apr 26, 2026 3526.66 -0.12 5,640,938 6855 14027 59.4 49.1 n/a

Sat, Apr 25, 2026 3526.78 0.07 5,647,916 18786 14025 72.5 49.8 n/a

Fri, Apr 24, 2026 3526.71 -0.14 5,643,845 5586 14017 72.3 46.8 n/a

Thu, Apr 23, 2026 3526.85 -0.09 5,651,989 8720 14013 68.4 44.1 n/a

Wed, Apr 22, 2026 3526.94 -0.04 5,657,228 14140 16291 66.4 51.4 n/a

Tue, Apr 21, 2026 3526.98 -0.17 5,659,558 5927 16259 79.7 57.7 n/a

Averages of List 3526.52 -0.07 5,632,942 10125 14546 71.1 49.7 n/a

Averages for May 4th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

All-Time 3614.48 -88.37 0.15 14,104,807 41804 25808 79.2 52.4 60.6

Since Filled 3625.32 -99.21 0.17 14,909,750 42920 26037 79.7 52.4 60.5

Since WY 2000 3595.67 -69.56 0.16 11,615,416 36325 23097 78.7 53.6 60.6

Last 10 May 4th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP

Mon, May 05, 2025 3557.85 -31.74 7,635,296 19402 19608 54.6 46.9 n/a

Sun, May 05, 2024 3560.94 -34.83 7,853,566 31796 17375 67.0 46.7 n/a

Fri, May 05, 2023 3528.40 -2.29 5,742,625 95367 34846 67.5 46.4 64.0

Thu, May 05, 2022 3522.87 3.24 5,796,653 22753 19694 81.0 51.0 59.0

Wed, May 05, 2021 3561.67 -35.56 8,450,619 14107 23423 87.0 59.0 60.0

Tue, May 05, 2020 3599.48 -73.37 11,700,539 36030 20787 82.0 54.0 64.0

Sun, May 05, 2019 3574.18 -48.07 9,449,155 68625 21456 84.0 56.0 62.0

Sat, May 05, 2018 3609.30 -83.19 12,659,969 26694 18183 82.0 54.0 60.0

Fri, May 05, 2017 3605.37 -79.26 12,269,903 46614 22388 91.0 60.0 63.0

Thu, May 05, 2016 3592.58 -66.47 11,055,682 25115 24292 87.1 60.1 59.0

Averages of List 3571.46 -45.35 9,275,756 38476 22285 80.1 55.2 62

Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Monday, May 4th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.11'

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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 6.11 Above 7.11 Above Open and Usable

Bullfrog North Ramp 3529.00 3528.00 2.89 Below 1.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Antelope Point Business Ramp 3540.00 3539.00 13.89 Below 12.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25') 3549.00 3548.00 22.89 Below 21.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Wahweap (Main Launch) 3550.00 3549.00 23.89 Below 22.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Halls Crossing (use at own risk) 3556.00 3555.00 29.89 Below 28.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Stateline Launch 3564.00 3563.00 37.89 Below 36.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog (Main Launch) 3578.00 3577.00 51.89 Below 50.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Castle Rock Cut-Off 3583.00 3582.00 56.89 Below 55.89 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Antelope Point Public Ramp 3588.00 3587.00 61.89 Below 60.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Dominguez Butte Cut-Off 3602.00 3601.00 75.89 Below 74.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off 3613.00 3612.00 86.89 Below 85.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Hite 3650.00 3649.00 123.89 Below 122.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Farley Canyon 3653.00 3652.00 126.89 Below 125.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Copper Canyon 3663.00 3662.00 136.89 Below 135.89 Below Unusable, go to main marinas

Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off 3670.00 3669.00 143.89 Below 142.89 Below Unusable, use Main Channel

Piute Farms 3682.00 3681.00 155.89 Below 154.89 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
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Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass