Flaming Gorge Water Database

Flaming Gorge, Wyoming, Utah, Green River

Flaming Gorge




Water Summary
Today is day 228 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6017.72 on Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Flaming Gorge was last within 3" of this elevation on May 15, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Flaming Gorge Dam Release Data
Flaming Gorge is 22.28 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6040.00 )

By content, Flaming Gorge is 74.79% of Full Pool (3,788,900 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 399,328 acre feet

This is 60.1% of the average of 664,418 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 547,704 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 906,795 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 164,908 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 148,376 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 75.24% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Flaming Gorge are running at 28.39% of the avg. Click for Details

Flaming Gorge is down -9.47 feet from one year ago.    Flaming Gorge is up 0.01 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Flaming Gorge is down -3.87 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, May 16, 2026
6017.72
0.01
2,833,667
1535
1248
73.1
49.2
Fri, May 15, 2026
6017.71
-0.06
2,833,334
310
1247
78.7
49.1
Thu, May 14, 2026
6017.77
-0.01
2,835,332
1181
1247
78.9
49.8
Wed, May 13, 2026
6017.78
-0.16
2,835,666
781
3469
85.1
54.1
Tue, May 12, 2026
6017.94
-0.30
2,841,000
355
5501
85.0
52.2
Mon, May 11, 2026
6018.24
-0.38
2,851,020
927
7494
82.4
43.0
Sun, May 10, 2026
6018.62
-0.43
2,863,746
1060
8529
72.1
40.3
Sat, May 09, 2026
6019.05
-0.46
2,878,190
502
8528
74.1
45.1
Fri, May 08, 2026
6019.51
-0.47
2,893,695
291
8523
72.7
42.1
Thu, May 07, 2026
6019.98
-0.43
2,909,593
968
8519
67.4
36.5
Wed, May 06, 2026
6020.41
-0.45
2,924,188
537
8471
54.7
35.7
Tue, May 05, 2026
6020.86
-0.41
2,939,513
1135
8381
52.1
45.9
Mon, May 04, 2026
6021.27
-0.32
2,953,522
1158
6807
69.2
47.4
Sun, May 03, 2026
6021.59
-0.20
2,964,487
1027
4529
73.1
41.9
Averages of List
6019.18
-0.29
2,882,640
840.5
5892.4
72.8
45.2

Averages for May 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (08-01-1974)
6021.41
-3.69
3,029,671
3247.42
2443.77
74.10
45.60
All-Time
6019.32
-1.6
2,967,622
3521.93
2486.48
74.10
45.60

Last 10 May 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, May 16, 2025
6027.19
-9.47
3,160,691
1054
2998
66.2
36.1
Thu, May 16, 2024
6028.21
-10.49
3,197,363
8715
1024
73.2
49.3
Tue, May 16, 2023
6014.23
3.49
2,719,004
6623
405
73.8
51.6
Mon, May 16, 2022
6018.55
-0.83
2,861,399
1560
1798
86.0
50.0
Sun, May 16, 2021
6025.61
-7.89
3,182,794
981
856
80.0
51.0
Sat, May 16, 2020
6027.51
-9.79
3,253,953
2628
917
72.0
36.0
Thu, May 16, 2019
6029.61
-11.89
3,333,979
5348
1592
79.0
52.0
Wed, May 16, 2018
6027.03
-9.31
3,235,864
4162
1670
83.0
45.0
Tue, May 16, 2017
6023.39
-5.67
3,101,152
10943
6624
69.0
42.0
Mon, May 16, 2016
6029.03
-11.31
3,311,732
5345
806
55.0
46.0
Averages of List
6025.08
-7.36
3,137,213
2940
1540
71.7
46.7


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Dutch John, UT
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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Water data sourced from: Flaming Gorge Source Data
Weather forecast for Dutch John, UT
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