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August 7, 2026

Lake Powell Water Level Today

Live elevation, storage, and boat ramp readiness — refreshed each visit from official federal sources.

Today's Reading
3,521.43ft-0.16 ft

Capacity

22%

Storage

5.34 MAF

Below Full

178.6 ft

Above Power Pool

31.43 ft

Depth at Dam

389.43 ft

Latest official reading

Source: USBR Hydromet 919

Official end-of-day elevation at the Glen Canyon Dam forebay. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation publishes one finalized reading per day; this refreshes automatically.

Last 7 days-0.98 ft

What today's reading means

Today's elevation is measured at the Glen Canyon Dam forebay. Full Pool sits at 3,700 ft, with minimum power pool at 3,490 ft and dead pool at 3,370 ft. Storage capacity is derived from the published USBR area–capacity curve.

Boat ramp status today: 0 open, 2 at risk, 3 limited, 7 closed. Check the Boat Ramps tab for ramp-by-ramp detail.

Where this data comes from

Live readings come from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Hydromet system, fetched and cached by this site's data service, with USGS Water Services as a fallback. If both are unreachable, the page shows the latest cached snapshot.

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