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 CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.10 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
1224
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
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6032.79
-0.01
986,927
734
619
61.7
28.0
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
744
629
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
450
635
57.6
26.6
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6032.85
-0.03
987,523
555
641
45.5
25.0
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
855
643
38.1
27.9
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
863
653
31.6
24.3
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6032.88
-0.03
987,821
547
635
44.1
29.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6032.91
-0.05
988,119
329
617
47.5
32.7
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6032.96
0.00
988,616
730
607
60.8
32.9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
728
607
55.2
28.4
Averages of List
6032.85
-0.01
987,566
752.2
623.0
53.8
28.9

Averages for February 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.22
-14.36
1,202,363
1260.72
1419.62
49.81
25.12
All-Time
6032.68
0.18
1,092,797
1227.01
1585.96
49.81
25.12

Last 10 February 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Feb 28, 2025
6036.86
-4.00
1,027,993
587
748
61.2
28.9
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
6041.76
-8.90
1,079,269
760
772
46.2
28.0
Tue, Feb 28, 2023
6017.38
15.48
843,028
734
605
39.4
26.6
Mon, Feb 28, 2022
6018.00
14.86
848,454
391
789
54.0
17.0
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
6034.25
-1.39
1,051,940
504
780
42.0
17.0
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
6055.77
-22.91
1,294,929
476
799
56.0
22.0
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
6014.90
17.96
865,215
530
571
n/a
n/a
Wed, Feb 28, 2018
6051.73
-18.87
1,246,020
1833
2134
51.0
24.0
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
6059.31
-26.45
1,339,060
3638
1944
42.0
30.0
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
6064.31
-31.45
1,403,605
2015
906
64.0
24.0
Averages of List
6039.43
-6.57
1,099,976
1059
946
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 - 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
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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