Lake Powell water level
Colorado River · Utah · operated by USBR (Glen Canyon Dam)
By Michael, independent developer behind zovo.one. Readings pulled live from the same USGS feed the operator reports to.
Lake Powell is at 3,536.2 ft as of Nov 5, 2026, per USGS data; full pool is 3,700 ft.
Is that normal for the date?
At 3,536.20 ft, Lake Powell is lower than 93% of Novembers in 64 years of daily record.
The median for this date across 64 years is 3,626.96 ft, so this is -90.76 ft against the lake’s own history. Placed on a quantile ladder built from 22,868 daily readings published by USBR for site 919, 1963-12-28 to 2026-08-06. This reservoir typically peaks in July and bottoms out in December.
Lake Powell today: level, trend, source and access
Level against full pool
On Nov 5, 2026 the surface sat at 3,536.2 ft, 163.8 ft below the full-pool mark of 3,700 ft.
Trend
Between Oct 7 and Nov 5 (29 days) the level rose 17.3 ft, about 4.2 ft a week. The high in that window was 3,536.2 ft on Nov 5 and the low was 3,518.6 ft on Oct 9. In the last 7 days it rose 5.0 ft. The last 24 hours moved it up 1.30 ft.
Data source
The elevation comes from USGS monitoring location 09379900 (lake surface elevation above NGVD 1929, parameter 62614), last reported Nov 5, 2026. Feet from full pool, the trend and the figures above are computed from that reading and the published full-pool elevation; none is typed by hand. USBR (Glen Canyon Dam) runs the dam on the Colorado River.
Recreation status
Status: low. At 163.8 ft below full pool, expect closed ramps and exposed hazards. Call USBR (Glen Canyon Dam) before you tow a boat there. If the 30-day pace of 4.2 ft a week up held, the surface would be near 3,552.9 ft in four weeks. Releases and rain change that quickly.
Where Lake Powell sits in its operating band
The reading lands 163.8 ft below full pool. Minimum power pool is the line below which Glen Canyon Dam can no longer generate hydropower; dead pool is where water can no longer reach the outlet works. Today the surface is 46.2 ft above minimum power pool and 166.2 ft above dead pool.
The band share is an elevation-distance fraction, not a storage-volume percentage. Reservoirs widen toward the top, so volume is not linear with elevation.
Wondering how deep the water actually is at the dam right now? How deep is Lake Powell right now? computes it live from this same gage. If you are launching, check the minimum elevation each Lake Powell ramp needs against this reading. To see where today sits against every daily reading since 1963, the Lake Powell water level chart plots the whole Reclamation record.
Check an elevation against full pool
For readers outside the U.S., the surface of Lake Powell is about 1,077.8 m above sea level, and full pool is about 1,127.8 m.
Check any elevation yourself. Type a level in feet above sea level (a ramp cutoff, a marina mark) to see how far it sits below full pool and in meters.