Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 11 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 3% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6021.44 on Saturday, October 11th, 2025
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Sep 29, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 63.56 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 51.84% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 19,508 acre feet

This is 122.93% of the average of 15,869 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 11,798 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 208,909 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 7,710 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 286.44% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 791.26% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -20.04 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 1.00 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.03 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Oct 11, 2025
6021.44
0.94
879,157
4916
452
64.4
56.5
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
6020.50
0.06
870,676
994
435
72.0
57.4
Thu, Oct 09, 2025
6020.44
-0.08
870,137
357
425
68.5
52.9
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
6020.52
-0.09
870,856
383
470
78.1
52.9
Tue, Oct 07, 2025
6020.61
-0.08
871,665
433
590
78.3
40.6
Mon, Oct 06, 2025
6020.69
-0.08
872,385
533
591
78.3
37.4
Sun, Oct 05, 2025
6020.77
-0.05
873,106
588
593
73.6
38.7
Sat, Oct 04, 2025
6020.82
-0.15
873,556
143
593
77.7
46.9
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
6020.97
-0.07
874,909
616
597
84.6
49.1
Thu, Oct 02, 2025
6021.04
-0.12
875,541
398
600
84.2
44.8
Wed, Oct 01, 2025
6021.16
-0.09
876,624
474
602
79.9
52.2
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
6021.25
-0.09
877,438
414
598
75.4
55.6
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
6021.34
-0.07
878,252
564
600
75.2
50.5
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
6021.41
-0.13
878,886
332
599
73.0
53.4
Averages of List
6020.93
-0.01
874,513
796.1
553.2
75.9
49.2

Averages for October 11th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6053.54
-32.1
1,281,115
825.54
720.79
70.14
41.25
All-Time
6041.26
-19.82
1,182,972
776.97
757.08
70.14
41.25

Last 10 October 11th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
6041.48
-20.04
1,076,282
337
632
84.2
39.1
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
6047.00
-25.56
1,136,793
345
522
73.0
39.6
Tue, Oct 11, 2022
6020.82
0.62
873,556
540
477
74.0
43.0
Mon, Oct 11, 2021
6023.21
-1.77
942,039
250
498
70.0
38.0
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
6041.18
-19.74
1,125,610
470
1211
77.0
41.0
Fri, Oct 11, 2019
6062.05
-40.61
1,374,077
368
615
55.0
23.0
Thu, Oct 11, 2018
6019.23
2.21
904,658
711
983
n/a
n/a
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
6056.81
-35.37
1,307,770
1038
499
72.0
36.0
Tue, Oct 11, 2016
6056.79
-35.35
1,307,522
451
414
78.0
51.0
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
6062.86
-41.42
1,384,592
453
566
78.0
46.0
Averages of List
6043.00
-21.56
1,141,720
417
621
73.4
37.6


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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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