Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 161 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 44% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.19 on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 9, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.43% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 238,081 acre feet

This is 151.2% of the average of 157,456 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 116,961 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 114,280 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 121,120 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 268.75% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 52.76% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -3.40 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.51 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.42 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6033.19
0.01
990,904
1418
599
68.9
30.9
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6033.18
0.03
990,805
1623
605
67.3
28.6
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
6033.15
0.04
990,506
1724
609
63.7
27.7
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
6033.11
0.03
990,108
1619
605
52.9
23.9
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
6033.08
0.04
989,809
1327
605
48.0
31.5
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
6033.04
0.01
989,411
990
597
61.9
30.6
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
6033.03
0.03
989,312
1150
593
63.0
31.1
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
6033.00
0.06
989,014
1420
605
58.6
37.4
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
6032.94
0.05
988,417
1319
603
68.9
34.2
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
6032.89
0.03
987,920
1121
605
71.4
34.9
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
1222
609
61.3
33.1
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
6032.82
0.03
987,225
1121
607
62.6
27.5
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
6032.79
0.02
986,927
1020
605
63.9
29.7
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
6032.77
-0.02
986,729
631
615
63.5
29.5
Averages of List
6032.99
0.03
988,908
1264.6
604.4
62.6
30.8

Averages for March 10th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.24
-14.05
1,202,416
1966.73
1706.18
56.69
28.94
All-Time
6032.44
0.75
1,091,107
1884.94
1734.54
56.69
28.94

Last 10 March 10th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Mar 10, 2025
6036.59
-3.40
1,025,227
629
787
61.7
27.2
Sun, Mar 10, 2024
6041.39
-8.20
1,075,323
609
772
54.4
36.3
Fri, Mar 10, 2023
6018.12
15.07
849,508
1888
611
60.3
28.8
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
6017.85
15.34
847,138
734
776
36.0
28.0
Wed, Mar 10, 2021
6033.82
-0.63
1,047,488
776
813
54.0
31.0
Tue, Mar 10, 2020
6055.61
-22.42
1,292,962
1131
831
51.0
38.0
Sun, Mar 10, 2019
6016.17
17.02
876,658
1674
551
n/a
n/a
Sat, Mar 10, 2018
6051.36
-18.17
1,241,618
2132
2188
60.0
27.0
Fri, Mar 10, 2017
6059.89
-26.70
1,346,404
2757
1299
71.0
30.0
Thu, Mar 10, 2016
6065.30
-32.11
1,416,725
1987
825
66.0
24.0
Averages of List
6039.66
-6.47
1,102,428
1673
944
58.6
32.2


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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 - 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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Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
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