Lake Powell, Houseboating, Glen Canyon, Striped Bass

Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For March 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 59.45% of avg
TotalPrecip is 84.06% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 396.28 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 179 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3528.28 on Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 27, 2026
There are currently 1,868,945,961,590 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 171.72 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.58% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,054,484 acre feet

This is 65.63% of the March 28th average of 3,130,172 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,081,680 acre feet

This is 41.09% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,013,108 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,027,196 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.65% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 97.57% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 70.49% of the March 29th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.28 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 17.37 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.33 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
3528.28
-0.10
5,735,577
4919
8005
80.6
45.9
n/a
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
3528.38
-0.14
5,741,450
3682
8051
78.1
47.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
3528.52
-0.02
5,749,678
7674
8203
85.5
45.9
n/a
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
3528.54
-0.10
5,750,854
5079
8170
89.8
52.0
n/a
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
3528.64
-0.10
5,756,736
5142
8236
87.4
49.6
n/a
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
3528.74
-0.12
5,762,621
4517
8254
84.7
48.0
n/a
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
3528.86
-0.09
5,769,689
5297
8073
81.1
53.1
n/a
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
3528.95
-0.12
5,774,993
4405
8147
88.5
47.8
n/a
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
3529.07
-0.10
5,782,070
5082
8183
86.4
47.8
n/a
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
3529.17
-0.08
5,787,972
5807
8267
84.0
46.9
n/a
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
3529.25
-0.10
5,792,696
5100
8205
79.5
43.5
n/a
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
3529.35
-0.10
5,798,604
5007
8113
77.2
41.0
n/a
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
3529.45
-0.11
5,804,515
4698
8129
66.2
33.6
n/a
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
3529.56
-0.05
5,811,023
6569
8067
53.4
36.1
n/a
Averages of List
3528.91
-0.1
5,772,748
5213
8150
80.2
45.6
n/a

Averages for March 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3611.58
-83.30
-0.05
13,752,605
10444
12043
65.4
41.2
51.6
Since Filled
3623.32
-95.04
-0.03
14,686,172
11037
12754
64.6
40.8
52.1
Since WY 2000
3591.98
-63.70
-0.05
11,293,106
8395
10720
66.5
42.5
51.5

Last 10 March 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, Mar 28, 2025
3559.56
-31.28
7,755,600
4934
9791
63.6
42.2
n/a
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
3559.25
-30.97
7,733,703
7653
11347
66.3
45.1
n/a
Tue, Mar 28, 2023
3521.97
6.31
5,372,144
9627
7985
55.8
28.4
47.0
Mon, Mar 28, 2022
3523.41
4.87
5,829,425
5717
9571
70.0
51.0
52.0
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
3567.24
-38.96
8,885,850
7511
13826
68.0
40.0
49.0
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
3600.87
-72.59
11,833,261
9959
11290
60.0
34.0
52.0
Thu, Mar 28, 2019
3569.59
-41.31
9,073,983
6268
13551
72.0
45.0
49.0
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
3612.63
-84.35
12,996,853
7665
13523
70.0
39.0
50.0
Tue, Mar 28, 2017
3595.39
-67.11
11,315,505
18940
12630
66.0
48.0
54.0
Mon, Mar 28, 2016
3592.37
-64.09
11,036,419
4415
11685
66.9
44.1
52.0
Averages of List
3570.18
-41.90
9,179,732
9493
11239
65.2
42.8
50.6


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, March 28th, 2026 where elevation was 3528.28'


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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
8.28 Above
9.28 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
0.72 Below
0.28 Above
Looking bad, not likely. Go very slow!
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
11.72 Below
10.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
20.72 Below
19.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
21.72 Below
20.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
27.72 Below
26.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
35.72 Below
34.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
49.72 Below
48.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
54.72 Below
53.72 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
59.72 Below
58.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
73.72 Below
72.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
84.72 Below
83.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
121.72 Below
120.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
124.72 Below
123.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
134.72 Below
133.72 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
141.72 Below
140.72 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
153.72 Below
152.72 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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