The Lake Powell Water Database
It is 07:06:12 am MDT at Lake Powell, Utah on Saturday, July 31st, 2010.
Today is day 304 of 365 for the Water Year 2010. We are 83% through the Water Year.
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For July 21st, 2010
Snowpack is 5300.0% of avg
TotalPrecip is 86.9% of avg
Water Summary
3636.68 on Jul 29, 2010

Last within 2" of this elevation on Jul 27, 2010

Snowpack Above
Lake Powell Database

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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Water Release Data
Lake Powell is 63.32 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 64.2% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2010: 7,695,486 acre feet

This is 79.01% of the July 29th average of 9,740,452 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2010: 6,900,708 acre feet

This is 83.85% of the minimum required of 8,230,000 acre feet
During WY 2010, storage at Lake Powell has risen by 151,494 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 794,778 AF
Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 86.65% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2010 are 84.72% of WY 2009         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 61.31% of the May 20th avg. Click for Details

Last 14 Measurements for Lake Powell

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
07-29-2010
3636.68
-0.14
15614467
9266
13354
91.0
75.9
n/a
07-28-2010
3636.82
-0.02
15630719
10178
13394
93.0
73.9
n/a
07-27-2010
3636.84
-0.16
15633041
8954
13485
96.1
75.0
n/a
07-26-2010
3637.00
-0.13
15651631
8776
13555
96.1
73.9
n/a
07-25-2010
3637.13
-0.09
15666747
8910
11891
97.0
69.1
n/a
07-24-2010
3637.22
-0.09
15677218
7743
12582
91.9
73.9
n/a
07-23-2010
3637.31
-0.08
15687693
7887
13459
97.0
72.0
n/a
07-22-2010
3637.39
-0.14
15697009
7990
13374
93.0
73.9
84.0
07-21-2010
3637.53
-0.13
15713321
8296
13394
95.0
75.9
83.0
07-20-2010
3637.66
-0.10
15728478
8798
13496
96.1
75.9
84.0
07-19-2010
3637.76
-0.14
15740145
9165
13536
104.0
75.0
83.0
07-18-2010
3637.90
-0.06
15756488
9598
11869
105.1
75.9
82.0
07-17-2010
3637.96
-0.04
15763496
10118
12641
102.0
75.0
81.0
07-16-2010
3638.00
-0.18
15768170
10334
13317
106.0
75.9
81.0
Averages of List
3637.37
-0.11
15694901.64
9000.93
13096.21
97.38
74.37
82.5

Averages for July 31st

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Since Filled
3663.53
-0.11
19403600.43
12725.10
17622.93
96.83
71.50
80.4
All-Time
3643.37
-0.09
16976636.94
12650.43
15841.45
96.95
71.69
80.4

Last 10 July 31st's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
07-31-2009
3641.14
-0.06
16138064
11588
13428
98.1
68.0
80.0
07-31-2008
3633.00
-0.07
15191540
13381
14531
102.0
73.0
80.0
07-31-2007
3607.35
-0.23
12465417
7876
13234
93.0
68.0
81.0
07-31-2006
3606.85
-0.14
12415852
6941
13666
93.0
71.1
82.0
07-31-2005
3606.87
-0.06
12417834
11251
11755
98.1
73.9
80.0
07-31-2004
3579.70
-0.24
9913853
6690
14436
99.0
72.0
78.0
07-31-2003
3610.63
-0.19
12793807
6687
15871
93.9
73.0
82.0
07-31-2002
3634.24
-0.26
15333130
3480
15120
102.9
77.0
81.0
07-31-2001
3669.46
-0.14
19763890
5318
14060
93.9
72.0
79.0
07-31-2000
3682.12
-0.04
21568546
5832
8026
102.0
72.0
n/a
Averages of List
3627.14
-0.14
14800193.30
7904.40
13412.70
97.59
72.00
80.3


Accessibility of Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Thursday, July 29th, 2010 where elevation was 3636.68'

SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY
Antelope Point
3587.00
3586.00
50.68 Above
Open and Usable
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3612.00
3608.00
28.68 Above
Open and Usable
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3649.00
12.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3660.00
23.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3668.00
3665.00
28.32 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Piute Farms
3682.00
3680.00
43.32 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.


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 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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Water data courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
*Water temp data is provided by Wayne Gustaveson
  as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
   Page, AZ Weather
Weather forecast for Lake Powell, UT
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
Call 1-800-752-8525 for up-to-date water level infomation
or go to USBOR Water Data for Lake Powell
USBOR Water Projections for Lake Powell
Current Snowpack Conditions above Lake Powell

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