Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 208 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 57% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.84 on Sunday, April 26th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 25, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.16 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.6% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 316,535 acre feet

This is 97.81% of the average of 323,612 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 145,279 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 151,164 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 171,256 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 208.48% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 32.35% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -0.37 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.35 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.10 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
129
608
61.2
48.4
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
6036.94
-0.09
1,028,814
185
613
68.9
49.5
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
6037.03
-0.07
1,029,738
175
500
67.5
43.7
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
6037.10
-0.03
1,030,457
263
372
61.5
46.9
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
6037.13
-0.02
1,030,766
239
306
70.3
51.8
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
6037.15
-0.02
1,030,971
239
307
76.3
55.0
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
6037.17
-0.02
1,031,177
238
306
72.9
52.3
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
6037.19
0.02
1,031,383
448
300
73.6
31.6
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
6037.17
0.09
1,031,177
1034
300
63.0
23.0
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
6037.08
0.01
1,030,252
416
326
53.6
32.5
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
6037.07
0.01
1,030,149
408
323
69.3
32.5
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
6037.06
0.06
1,030,046
668
322
67.5
32.4
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
6037.00
0.06
1,029,430
697
318
59.0
40.1
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
6036.94
0.06
1,028,814
656
312
66.2
42.1
Averages of List
6037.06
-0
1,030,069
413.9
372.4
66.5
41.6

Averages for April 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6052.53
-15.69
1,263,343
2519.42
1176.91
70.53
39.61
All-Time
6038.85
-2.01
1,151,030
2478.00
1149.84
70.53
39.61

Last 10 April 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Apr 26, 2025
6037.21
-0.37
1,031,588
1008
384
79.9
47.4
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
6043.84
-7.00
1,101,759
2552
354
60.6
48.6
Wed, Apr 26, 2023
6042.97
-6.13
1,092,281
3685
499
71.6
44.1
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
6022.58
14.26
889,530
1521
297
76.0
37.0
Mon, Apr 26, 2021
6033.61
3.23
1,045,319
1003
731
70.0
48.0
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
6055.27
-18.43
1,288,792
1494
539
79.0
42.0
Fri, Apr 26, 2019
6037.09
-0.25
1,081,690
4780
403
80.0
43.0
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
6049.84
-13.00
1,223,671
1119
742
81.0
35.0
Wed, Apr 26, 2017
6077.66
-40.82
1,590,015
2936
484
63.0
34.0
Tue, Apr 26, 2016
6070.42
-33.58
1,486,377
1672
418
55.0
28.0
Averages of List
6047.26
-10.42
1,185,457
2224
535
68.4
43.2


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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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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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