Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 138 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.96 on Sunday, February 15th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 14, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.04 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: 214,644 acre feet

This is 169.84% of the average of 126,383 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 102,896 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 111,992 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,748 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 283.09% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 81.31% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.35 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.74 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.22 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
766
645
55.2
28.4
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
6032.95
0.01
988,516
766
645
53.6
31.6
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
565
645
52.7
37.8
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
Averages of List
6033.03
-0.02
989,348
-40.9
714.5
55.4
31.1

Averages for February 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.61
-14.65
1,207,047
1011.88
1458.28
50.29
26.38
All-Time
6033.54
-0.58
1,100,363
991.47
1618.20
50.29
26.38

Last 10 February 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Feb 15, 2025
6037.31
-4.35
1,032,617
375
766
44.6
29.0
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
6042.23
-9.27
1,084,300
397
787
51.0
33.0
Wed, Feb 15, 2023
6017.52
15.44
844,250
454
680
28.6
17.8
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
6018.49
14.47
852,768
268
674
62.0
28.0
Mon, Feb 15, 2021
6034.93
-1.97
1,059,008
478
770
35.0
20.0
Sat, Feb 15, 2020
6056.15
-23.19
1,299,609
327
754
n/a
n/a
Fri, Feb 15, 2019
6015.13
17.83
867,280
1882
581
40.0
32.0
Thu, Feb 15, 2018
6052.09
-19.13
1,250,315
2220
2350
51.0
35.0
Wed, Feb 15, 2017
6057.89
-24.93
1,321,214
2803
1412
52.0
28.0
Mon, Feb 15, 2016
6063.64
-30.68
1,394,790
1182
932
55.0
33.0
Averages of List
6039.51
-6.55
1,100,417
817
814
50.0
24.0


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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
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