Printable posters, a gift with nothing to ship
91 years of Lake Mead, ready for your wall
Every daily reading the Bureau of Reclamation has for Lake Mead and Lake Powell, drawn as a quiet print you can frame.
$9 one time, instant download
Get the posters, $9Nothing to ship. The files arrive the moment you pay, and a store near you can print them the same day.
Pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay, or any card. No account needed.
Not useful? Email lipmichal@gmail.com within 14 days for a full refund.
Checkout is handled by Stripe. The checkout page shows the name BeLikeNative and your statement shows AUTOM8 LLC. Both belong to the small company behind this site.
What you get
- Three posters. Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and Two Lakes with both lakes on one sheet.
- Light and dark. Each poster in a cream colorway and a deep night blue one.
- Four sizes. 18 x 24 in, 11 x 14 in, 8 x 10 in and A3. That makes 24 poster files, each a vector PDF that stays sharp at any size.
- Photo counter copies. The 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 posters also come as 300 dpi JPG files (12 in all), for stores that print from photos.
- A 2027 Lake Mead calendar. A cover and 12 US Letter pages. Each month has a date grid and a small chart of where the lake has stood at the end of that month since 1942.
- One ZIP. Everything in one download (10.7 MB) with a short print guide.
The three designs
What is on each poster
The line is the lake surface, one reading per day, with a soft fill below it. A few marks are added, and each one is computed from the readings themselves.
- The record high with its date. Lake Mead reached 1,225.83 ft on July 24, 1983. Lake Powell reached 3,708.34 ft on July 14, 1983.
- The first reading in the record, from the year each lake began to fill.
- The latest reading in the file and the low since each lake first filled. Lake Mead stood at 1,039.55 ft on November 7, 2026. Its low after first filling was 1,037.16 ft on October 22, 2026, the lowest since April 1937. Lake Powell stood at 3,538.56 ft on November 7, 2026. Its low after first filling was 3,516.62 ft on September 15, 2026, the lowest since May 1968.
- Two dashed lines at dead pool and minimum power pool, at the elevations Reclamation publishes. That is 895 ft and 950 ft for Lake Mead, 3,370 ft and 3,490 ft for Lake Powell.
I make LakeLevelNow on my own. I drew these from the same Reclamation files that feed the charts on this site, and I left out anything the data cannot show.
A Christmas gift with nothing to ship
If someone in your family boats, fishes or camps on Lake Mead or Lake Powell, this is their lake on the wall. There is no box to wait for. The files arrive the moment you pay, so it still works in the last days before Christmas.
- Buy and download. One ZIP holds every poster, size and colorway.
- Print it near you. Staples says it can have the 18 x 24 ready the same day if you order by noon. Walgreens prints the 8 x 10 and the 11 x 14. The steps for each store are below.
- Frame it. Each poster is a standard size, so a ready made frame of the same size fits.
Family far away? Send them the ZIP. They print it at a store near them and you skip the postage. You may print copies for gifts, so one purchase covers the whole family.
How to print it
One rule matters most. Print at actual size or 100 percent, not fit to page. Each PDF is exactly the size in its name, and all text and lines sit at least a quarter inch inside the edge, so a small trim never cuts anything. Matte paper suits both colorways.
Staples, for 18 x 24
Order a custom paper poster in 18 x 24 and upload the 18 x 24 PDF. Staples takes JPG, PNG or PDF files. Pick standard heavyweight matte or super heavyweight matte paper. Staples says eligible paper posters ordered by 12 pm are ready for free same day pickup, and that pickup can vary by store.
Walgreens, for 8 x 10 and 11 x 14
Order an 8 x 10 photo print or an 11 x 14 poster and upload the matching JPG from the photo-counter-jpg folder. Walgreens offers matte or glossy prints for same day pickup. Pick matte. Walgreens does not list 18 x 24, so use Staples or a print shop for the big size.
CVS or another photo counter
Upload the JPG that matches the size you choose, 8 x 10 or 11 x 14, and print at full size with no cropping.
A local print shop
Bring the PDF on your phone or a USB stick. Ask for it at 100 percent on matte paper with no scaling. Outside the US, ask for the A3 file.
At home
The 8 x 10 PDF and the calendar print well on matte photo paper. The dark posters fill the sheet with color and most home printers leave a thin white edge, so a store print suits them better.
Store details as listed on Staples and Walgreens pages on November 8, 2026. Stores change their options, so check the order screen.
Questions
Do you mail a printed poster?
No. You get the files and print them where you like.
Will the latest reading update itself?
No. The posters show readings up to November 7, 2026. The live level stays free on the lake pages.
Lake Mead pageLake Powell page
Can I print more than one copy?
Yes. Print as many as you like for your home, your family and gifts. Please do not resell the files.
I lost my download page. What now?
Open the download page and enter the email you paid with. Your files come right back.
Open the download page$9 three posters, eight variations each, plus the calendar
Get the posters, $9Pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay, or any card.
Not useful? Email lipmichal@gmail.com within 14 days for a full refund.
Checkout is handled by Stripe. The checkout page shows the name BeLikeNative and your statement shows AUTOM8 LLC. Both belong to the small company behind this site.
The posters are drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation daily elevation files. Dead pool and minimum power pool are as listed in Reclamation's 5-year projections table.
Lake Mead daily file Lake Powell daily file 5-year projections table