Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 194 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 53% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.88 on Sunday, April 12th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 11, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.12 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.62% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 305,040 acre feet

This is 118.61% of the average of 257,182 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 134,939 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 151,574 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 170,101 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 251.39% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 44.96% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.60 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 16.44 feet from the low.

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

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
6036.88
0.04
1,028,198
549
309
67.8
38.7
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
6036.84
0.05
1,027,788
597
307
64.9
48.4
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6036.79
0.11
1,027,275
910
307
75.9
47.8
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6036.68
0.08
1,026,148
744
291
78.1
39.2
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6036.60
0.05
1,025,329
552
263
76.8
40.1
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6036.55
0.10
1,024,817
850
260
73.4
46.4
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6036.45
0.07
1,023,795
721
254
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
Averages of List
6036.33
0.11
1,022,620
894.0
275.6
69.6
40.6

Averages for April 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6050.15
-13.27
1,235,491
2060.40
1003.25
67.28
37.67
All-Time
6036.04
0.84
1,122,933
2007.36
987.66
67.28
37.67

Last 10 April 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
6036.28
0.60
1,022,058
1014
459
79.8
44.2
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
6040.99
-4.11
1,071,072
753
512
74.5
47.1
Wed, Apr 12, 2023
6031.54
5.34
974,578
5215
288
78.4
54.0
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
6019.79
17.09
864,313
1156
444
58.0
32.0
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
6033.84
3.04
1,047,695
1329
529
73.0
39.0
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
6055.36
-18.48
1,289,895
1153
565
62.0
35.0
Fri, Apr 12, 2019
6029.81
7.07
1,006,642
2347
335
52.0
26.0
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
6050.85
-13.97
1,235,572
997
913
75.0
45.0
Wed, Apr 12, 2017
6072.23
-35.35
1,511,721
2781
480
73.0
39.0
Tue, Apr 12, 2016
6068.43
-31.55
1,458,947
1987
479
66.0
41.0
Averages of List
6044.17
-7.29
1,151,056
2220
519
64.3
40.2


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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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