Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 3 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 1% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6020.97 on Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Oct 2, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 64.03 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 51.59% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,951 acre feet

This is 66.9% of the average of 4,411 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,568 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 213,157 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 617 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 127.87% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 45.28% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -21.40 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at low for water year and down 0.19 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -1.35 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
6020.97
-0.07
874,909
616
597
84.6
49.1
Thu, Oct 02, 2025
6021.04
-0.12
875,541
398
600
84.2
44.8
Wed, Oct 01, 2025
6021.16
-0.09
876,624
474
602
79.9
52.2
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
6021.25
-0.09
877,438
414
598
75.4
55.6
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
6021.34
-0.07
878,252
564
600
75.2
50.5
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
6021.41
-0.13
878,886
332
599
73.0
53.4
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
6021.54
-0.15
880,063
252
610
79.7
53.4
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
6021.69
-0.08
881,423
641
648
79.3
49.3
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
6021.77
-0.14
882,150
384
656
81.1
44.2
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
6021.91
-0.14
883,421
422
693
78.1
42.3
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
6022.05
-0.12
884,695
413
667
80.4
45.7
Mon, Sep 22, 2025
6022.17
-0.07
885,787
502
555
72.0
57.4
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
6022.24
-0.08
886,425
498
598
82.4
50.5
Sat, Sep 20, 2025
6022.32
-0.09
887,155
451
594
82.2
55.4
Averages of List
6021.63
-0.1
880,912
454.4
615.5
79.1
50.3

Averages for October 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6053.79
-32.82
1,283,970
709.58
763.90
75.38
45.54
All-Time
6041.53
-20.56
1,186,022
692.03
787.02
75.38
45.54

Last 10 October 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Oct 03, 2024
6042.37
-21.40
1,085,805
369
597
84.7
46.2
Tue, Oct 03, 2023
6047.63
-26.66
1,143,965
440
593
70.3
45.0
Mon, Oct 03, 2022
6020.70
0.27
872,475
1364
564
66.0
53.0
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
6023.89
-2.92
948,544
285
685
75.0
46.0
Sat, Oct 03, 2020
6042.79
-21.82
1,143,302
568
1128
81.0
39.0
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
6062.80
-41.83
1,383,811
243
599
73.0
40.0
Wed, Oct 03, 2018
6020.37
0.60
915,246
327
509
76.0
56.0
Tue, Oct 03, 2017
6055.90
-34.93
1,296,528
1777
616
78.0
37.0
Mon, Oct 03, 2016
6056.91
-35.94
1,309,011
535
466
71.0
46.0
Sat, Oct 03, 2015
6063.16
-42.19
1,388,506
468
613
78.0
39.0
Averages of List
6043.60
-22.63
1,148,139
615
624
74.6
45.0


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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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