Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 192 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 53% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.79 on Friday, April 10th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 9, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.21 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.57% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 302,795 acre feet

This is 121.4% of the average of 249,425 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 133,743 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 150,651 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 169,052 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 257.82% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 56.33% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.66 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 16.35 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 1.54 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6036.79
0.11
1,027,275
911
307
75.9
47.8
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6036.68
0.08
1,026,148
751
298
78.1
39.2
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6036.60
0.05
1,025,329
554
265
76.8
40.1
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6036.55
0.10
1,024,817
852
262
73.4
46.4
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6036.45
0.07
1,023,795
723
256
69.8
40.5
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
6036.38
0.11
1,023,079
896
255
70.3
32.0
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
6036.27
0.09
1,021,956
771
256
65.7
28.9
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
6036.18
0.12
1,021,038
927
257
55.9
34.7
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
6036.06
0.21
1,019,814
1386
256
68.0
37.8
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
6035.85
0.23
1,017,676
1542
290
59.0
43.7
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
6035.62
0.09
1,015,339
820
279
72.3
45.7
Mon, Mar 30, 2026
6035.53
0.15
1,014,425
1251
275
76.8
44.2
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
6035.38
0.13
1,012,904
1001
272
75.7
36.0
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
6035.25
0.21
1,011,587
1548
270
73.0
40.5
Averages of List
6036.11
0.12
1,020,370
995.2
271.3
70.8
39.8

Averages for April 10th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6049.88
-13.09
1,232,392
1989.11
988.75
66.28
35.44
All-Time
6035.74
1.05
1,119,823
1920.28
982.77
66.28
35.44

Last 10 April 10th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 10, 2025
6036.13
0.66
1,020,528
708
412
80.5
41.1
Wed, Apr 10, 2024
6041.10
-4.31
1,072,239
522
510
64.7
42.2
Mon, Apr 10, 2023
6029.83
6.96
957,877
2765
287
77.0
46.8
Sun, Apr 10, 2022
6019.53
17.26
861,993
1364
290
61.0
46.0
Sat, Apr 10, 2021
6033.68
3.11
1,046,042
1119
527
71.0
28.0
Fri, Apr 10, 2020
6055.30
-18.51
1,289,159
1165
564
66.0
32.0
Wed, Apr 10, 2019
6028.94
7.85
997,939
4540
335
80.0
43.0
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
6050.96
-14.17
1,236,874
1178
815
70.0
30.0
Mon, Apr 10, 2017
6071.71
-34.92
1,504,402
3042
665
61.0
19.0
Sun, Apr 10, 2016
6068.08
-31.29
1,454,170
1979
471
66.0
39.0
Averages of List
6043.71
-6.92
1,146,133
1841
491
71.3
35.9


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
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 = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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