Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 146 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 40% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.80 on Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 22, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.2 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.2% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 219,643 acre feet

This is 162.56% of the average of 135,113 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 107,881 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 110,402 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,762 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 276.55% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 66.76% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.18 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.90 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.18 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
374
317
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
227
320
57.6
26.6
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6032.85
-0.03
987,523
280
323
45.5
25.0
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
431
324
38.1
27.9
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
435
329
31.6
24.3
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6032.88
-0.03
987,821
276
320
44.1
29.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6032.91
-0.05
988,119
166
311
47.5
32.7
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6032.96
0.00
988,616
368
306
60.8
32.9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
367
306
55.2
28.4
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
6032.95
0.01
988,516
368
307
53.6
31.6
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
285
325
52.7
37.8
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
284
324
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-3935
321
56.7
34.5
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6032.98
-0.02
988,815
264
354
58.8
30.4
Averages of List
6032.91
-0.01
988,098
13.6
320.5
51.0
30.6

Averages for February 23rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.35
-14.55
1,203,944
603.81
689.91
50.18
25.29
All-Time
6032.97
-0.17
1,095,449
574.25
797.34
50.18
25.29

Last 10 February 23rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Feb 23, 2025
6036.98
-4.18
1,029,225
249
383
55.0
28.7
Fri, Feb 23, 2024
6041.92
-9.12
1,080,979
262
392
52.2
32.8
Thu, Feb 23, 2023
6017.44
15.36
843,552
323
303
35.8
23.2
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
6018.22
14.58
850,388
276
345
49.0
27.0
Tue, Feb 23, 2021
6034.48
-1.68
1,054,327
133
398
57.0
22.0
Sun, Feb 23, 2020
6055.99
-23.19
1,297,637
492
406
n/a
n/a
Sat, Feb 23, 2019
6015.05
17.75
866,561
264
289
n/a
n/a
Fri, Feb 23, 2018
6051.87
-19.07
1,247,689
422
774
44.0
18.0
Thu, Feb 23, 2017
6058.90
-26.10
1,333,887
2116
1153
48.0
30.0
Tue, Feb 23, 2016
6064.07
-31.27
1,400,441
1212
457
44.0
25.0
Averages of List
6039.48
-6.68
1,100,366
492
482
48.2
25.1


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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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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*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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