Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 135 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 37% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.95 on Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 11, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.05 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.29% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 212,548 acre feet

This is 172.57% of the average of 123,164 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 100,962 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 111,892 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,586 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 288.27% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 80.92% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.39 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.75 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.31 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
563
643
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-7805
637
56.7
34.5
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6032.98
-0.02
988,815
524
702
58.8
30.4
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6033.00
-0.02
989,014
585
764
60.8
29.7
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6033.02
-0.03
989,212
482
760
60.1
30.9
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6033.05
-0.04
989,511
379
758
57.4
34.5
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6033.09
-0.01
989,909
676
758
55.2
29.5
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6033.10
-0.03
990,008
478
758
55.4
29.8
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
6033.13
-0.03
990,307
486
766
53.8
27.1
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
6033.16
-0.02
990,605
581
762
51.1
24.1
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
6033.18
-0.04
990,805
381
760
52.7
30.0
Sun, Feb 01, 2026
6033.22
-0.02
991,203
585
766
53.1
29.3
Sat, Jan 31, 2026
6033.24
-0.02
991,402
587
768
47.1
26.4
Fri, Jan 30, 2026
6033.26
-0.03
991,601
486
768
46.2
25.5
Averages of List
6033.10
-0.02
989,966
-72.3
740.7
54.3
29.9

Averages for February 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.73
-14.78
1,208,495
1158.70
1621.04
47.16
23.80
All-Time
6033.76
-0.81
1,102,320
1104.38
1762.06
47.16
23.80

Last 10 February 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Feb 12, 2025
6037.34
-4.39
1,032,926
286
780
37.0
21.7
Mon, Feb 12, 2024
6042.38
-9.43
1,085,912
438
789
41.9
27.6
Sun, Feb 12, 2023
6017.58
15.37
844,774
692
674
50.4
26.4
Sat, Feb 12, 2022
6018.64
14.31
854,093
4548
4883
53.0
21.0
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
6034.99
-2.04
1,059,633
3021
3626
55.0
29.0
Wed, Feb 12, 2020
6056.26
-23.31
1,300,966
407
780
38.0
25.0
Tue, Feb 12, 2019
6014.98
17.97
865,933
321
559
38.0
15.0
Mon, Feb 12, 2018
6052.15
-19.20
1,251,032
1277
1613
50.0
31.0
Sun, Feb 12, 2017
6057.39
-24.44
1,314,977
4832
3065
53.0
37.0
Fri, Feb 12, 2016
6063.63
-30.68
1,394,659
841
934
61.0
24.0
Averages of List
6039.52
-6.57
1,100,441
1775
1723
48.6
24.3


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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 - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
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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