Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 151 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.86 on Saturday, February 28th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 27, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.14 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.23% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 224,374 acre feet

This is 159.4% of the average of 140,763 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 110,935 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 110,998 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 113,439 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 273.07% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 90.17% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.00 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.84 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
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
617
307
61.3
33.1
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
6032.82
0.03
987,225
565
306
62.6
27.5
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
6032.79
0.02
986,927
514
305
63.9
29.7
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
6032.77
-0.02
986,729
318
310
63.5
29.5
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6032.79
-0.01
986,927
370
312
61.7
28.0
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
375
317
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
227
320
57.6
26.6
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6032.85
-0.03
987,523
280
323
45.5
25.0
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
431
324
38.1
27.9
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
435
329
31.6
24.3
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6032.88
-0.03
987,821
276
320
44.1
29.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6032.91
-0.05
988,119
166
311
47.5
32.7
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6032.96
0.00
988,616
368
306
60.8
32.9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
367
306
55.2
28.4
Averages of List
6032.85
-0.01
987,566
379.2
314.0
53.8
28.9

Averages for February 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.22
-14.36
1,202,363
635.60
715.72
49.81
25.12
All-Time
6032.68
0.18
1,092,797
618.61
799.58
49.81
25.12

Last 10 February 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Feb 28, 2025
6036.86
-4.00
1,027,993
296
377
61.2
28.9
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
6041.76
-8.90
1,079,269
383
389
46.2
28.0
Tue, Feb 28, 2023
6017.38
15.48
843,028
370
305
39.4
26.6
Mon, Feb 28, 2022
6018.00
14.86
848,454
197
398
54.0
17.0
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
6034.25
-1.39
1,051,940
254
393
42.0
17.0
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
6055.77
-22.91
1,294,929
240
403
56.0
22.0
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
6014.90
17.96
865,215
267
288
n/a
n/a
Wed, Feb 28, 2018
6051.73
-18.87
1,246,020
924
1076
51.0
24.0
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
6059.31
-26.45
1,339,060
1834
980
42.0
30.0
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
6064.31
-31.45
1,403,605
1016
457
64.0
24.0
Averages of List
6039.43
-6.57
1,099,976
534
477
54.5
24.4


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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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