Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 212 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 58% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.72 on Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 29, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.28 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.53% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 319,381 acre feet

This is 92.89% of the average of 343,820 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 149,046 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 149,934 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 170,335 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 199.26% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 25.25% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -0.63 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.47 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.36 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
274
441
66.0
44.6
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
44.6
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
6036.82
-0.01
1,027,583
423
436
63.7
44.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
6036.83
-0.01
1,027,685
582
595
62.8
40.8
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
126
605
61.2
48.4
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
6036.94
-0.09
1,028,814
182
610
69.4
49.5
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
6037.03
-0.07
1,029,738
172
497
67.5
39.4
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
6037.10
-0.03
1,030,457
261
370
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
Averages of List
6037.00
-0.02
1,029,380
342.9
416.9
66.4
43.2

Averages for April 30th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6053.20
-16.48
1,271,333
2667.77
1275.45
71.80
39.82
All-Time
6039.64
-2.92
1,159,242
2624.58
1230.89
71.80
39.82

Last 10 April 30th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Apr 30, 2025
6037.35
-0.63
1,033,029
1030
384
70.7
35.5
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
6044.44
-7.72
1,108,346
1413
362
72.7
50.8
Sun, Apr 30, 2023
6045.83
-9.11
1,123,741
5871
550
81.9
50.5
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
6023.53
13.19
898,254
2323
297
72.0
40.0
Fri, Apr 30, 2021
6033.54
3.18
1,044,597
1123
709
81.0
47.0
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
6055.92
-19.20
1,296,775
2630
564
86.0
48.0
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
6040.36
-3.64
1,116,694
6105
408
70.0
44.0
Mon, Apr 30, 2018
6049.73
-13.01
1,222,381
1452
981
73.0
52.0
Sun, Apr 30, 2017
6078.18
-41.46
1,597,690
2050
1010
61.0
34.0
Sat, Apr 30, 2016
6070.75
-34.03
1,490,970
1480
432
63.0
30.0
Averages of List
6048.23
-11.51
1,196,202
2540
557
73.6
43.6


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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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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
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification


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