The Lake Powell Water Database
It is 05:50:22 pm MDT at Lake Powell, Utah on Friday, May 18th, 2012.
Today is day 231 of 366 for the Water Year 2012.
We are 63% through the Water Year.
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Water Release Data | Lake Powell is 64.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)
By content, Lake Powell is 63.85% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2012: 4,421,382 acre feet
This is 84.98% of the May 17th average of 5,203,011 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2012: 6,313,764 acre feet
This is 76.72% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet |
| During WY 2012, storage at Lake Powell has fallen by 2,064,538 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,892,382 AF |
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Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 78.2% of capacity. Click for Details |
| Inflows for WY 2012 are 92.35% of WY 2011
Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 29.12% of the May 18th avg. Click for Details
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Last 14 Measurements for Lake Powell
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
| 05-17-2012 |
3635.94 |
-0.05 |
15528762 |
7624 |
10205 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| 05-16-2012 |
3635.99 |
-0.01 |
15534543 |
10083 |
10145 |
n/a |
n/a |
66.0 |
| 05-15-2012 |
3636.00 |
0.01 |
15535699 |
11489 |
10292 |
n/a |
n/a |
65.0 |
| 05-14-2012 |
3635.99 |
0.03 |
15534543 |
12631 |
10174 |
n/a |
n/a |
64.0 |
| 05-13-2012 |
3635.96 |
0.01 |
15531074 |
9786 |
8589 |
n/a |
n/a |
64.0 |
| 05-12-2012 |
3635.95 |
0.06 |
15529918 |
13633 |
9289 |
n/a |
n/a |
64.0 |
| 05-11-2012 |
3635.89 |
0.00 |
15522983 |
10777 |
10210 |
n/a |
n/a |
64.0 |
| 05-10-2012 |
3635.89 |
0.00 |
15522983 |
10800 |
10233 |
n/a |
n/a |
64.0 |
| 05-09-2012 |
3635.89 |
0.03 |
15522983 |
12695 |
10240 |
n/a |
n/a |
63.0 |
| 05-08-2012 |
3635.86 |
-0.09 |
15519517 |
5146 |
10243 |
n/a |
n/a |
62.0 |
| 05-07-2012 |
3635.95 |
0.05 |
15529918 |
13950 |
10236 |
n/a |
n/a |
61.0 |
| 05-06-2012 |
3635.90 |
-0.04 |
15524139 |
6722 |
8672 |
n/a |
n/a |
62.0 |
| 05-05-2012 |
3635.94 |
0.11 |
15528762 |
16763 |
9274 |
n/a |
n/a |
61.0 |
| 05-04-2012 |
3635.83 |
0.01 |
15516051 |
11418 |
10222 |
n/a |
n/a |
61.0 |
| Averages of List |
3635.93 |
0.01 |
15527276.79 |
10965.50 |
9858.86 |
n/a |
n/a |
63.1 |
Averages for May 18th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
| Since Filled |
3648.67 |
0.29 |
17450723.42 |
31362.19 |
15802.35 |
83.71 |
56.49 |
64.2 |
| All-Time |
3627.33 |
0.31 |
15588886.60 |
30336.47 |
14677.00 |
84.51 |
56.42 |
64.2 |
Last 10 May 18th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
WATER TEMP |
| 05-18-2011 |
3616.55 |
0.28 |
13400917 |
39333 |
22361 |
62.1 |
50.0 |
60.0 |
| 05-18-2010 |
3621.99 |
0.07 |
13975234 |
17832 |
9830 |
73.0 |
60.1 |
60.0 |
| 05-18-2009 |
3619.40 |
0.67 |
13699772 |
45015 |
10041 |
97.0 |
63.0 |
69.0 |
| 05-18-2008 |
3600.96 |
0.44 |
11841886 |
33042 |
12136 |
93.0 |
61.0 |
65.0 |
| 05-18-2007 |
3604.89 |
0.41 |
12222809 |
26864 |
10112 |
88.0 |
63.0 |
68.0 |
| 05-18-2006 |
3598.13 |
0.27 |
11572540 |
24408 |
10110 |
95.0 |
64.9 |
70.0 |
| 05-18-2005 |
3570.90 |
0.60 |
9180010 |
32803 |
10355 |
82.9 |
52.0 |
62.0 |
| 05-18-2004 |
3585.14 |
0.15 |
10386274 |
19355 |
10173 |
87.1 |
64.0 |
64.0 |
| 05-18-2003 |
3605.26 |
0.13 |
12259103 |
10733 |
7747 |
84.0 |
64.0 |
60.0 |
| 05-18-2002 |
3644.67 |
-0.06 |
16561371 |
4796 |
10065 |
91.0 |
62.1 |
62.0 |
| Averages of List |
3606.79 |
0.30 |
12509991.60 |
25418.10 |
11293.00 |
85.31 |
60.41 |
64.0 |
Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, May 17th, 2012 where elevation was 3635.94'
| SITE/LAUNCH NAME |
MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION |
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION |
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM |
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY |
| Antelope Point |
3587.00 |
3586.00 |
49.94 Above |
Open and Usable |
| Castle Rock Cut-Off |
3612.00 |
3608.00 |
27.94 Above |
Open and Usable |
| Hite Marina |
3650.00 |
3645.00 |
9.06 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
| Farley Canyon |
3653.00 |
3649.00 |
13.06 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
| Copper Canyon |
3663.00 |
3660.00 |
24.06 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
| Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off |
3670.00 |
3668.00 |
32.06 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
| Piute Farms |
3682.00 |
3680.00 |
44.06 Below |
Unusable, go to main marinas |
| Gunsite Pass Cut-Off |
3685.00 |
3680.00 |
44.06 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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