🌊 Colorado River Basin Water Dashboard

Lake Powell · Lake Mead · Streamflow gauges · Snowpack · USGS, USBR & NRCS data

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🏔 Lake Powell
Upper Basin
ft
Glen Canyon Dam · Loading…
Capacity —%
3,700 ftFull pool
3,490 ftDead pool
Above dead pool
💧 Lake Mead
Lower Basin
ft
Hoover Dam · Loading…
Capacity —%
1,229 ftFull pool
895 ftDead pool
Above dead pool
Powell Outflow — Lees Ferry
cfs
USGS 09380000 · Accounting point
Grand Canyon Flow
cfs
USGS 09402500
Upper Basin (Cisco UT)
cfs
USGS 09163500 · Unregulated runoff
Snowpack SWE — Grand Mesa
in
NRCS SNOTEL 1040 · Snow water equiv.
Headwaters (Cameo CO)
cfs
USGS 09095500 · Grand Valley

Lake Powell Elevation — 30 Days

Reservoir water surface elevation (ft) · USBR HDB

Lees Ferry Streamflow — 30 Days

Lake Powell controlled outflow (cfs) · USGS

Lake Mead Elevation — 30 Days

Reservoir water surface elevation (ft) · USBR HDB

Snowpack (SWE) — Grand Mesa CO

Snow water equivalent, inches · NRCS SNOTEL

📍 Streamflow Gauges — Colorado River Mainstem

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📋 About This Data

Sources & methodology

Reservoir levels (Lake Powell & Mead) from USBR Hydrologic Database (HDB) — daily observations updated each morning.

Streamflow is real-time from USGS NWIS, updated every 15–60 min. Values in cubic feet per second (cfs).

Snowpack from NRCS SNOTEL at Grand Mesa, CO (10,600 ft), updated daily. SWE = snow water equivalent in inches.

Lees Ferry, AZ is the legal accounting point dividing the Upper and Lower Colorado Basin under the 1922 Colorado River Compact.