Flaming Gorge

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Water Summary
Today is day 216 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6021.19 on Monday, May 4th, 2026 Flaming Gorge was last within 3" of this elevation on Jun 2, 2023
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Flaming Gorge Dam Release Data | Flaming Gorge is 18.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6040.00 )
By content, Flaming Gorge is 77.88% of Full Pool (3,788,900 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 377,442 acre feet
This is 64.35% of the average of 586,517 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 406,530 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 906,795 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 47,790 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 29,088 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 78.36% of WY 2025
 
Rivers feeding Flaming Gorge are running at 37.92% of the avg. Click for Details
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Flaming Gorge is down -5.69 feet from one year ago. Flaming Gorge is at low for water year and down 1.64 feet from the high.
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Last 14 Measurements Flaming Gorge is down -1.58 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Mon, May 04, 2026 |
6021.19 |
-0.40 |
2,950,785 |
-294 |
6790 |
69.2 |
49.6 |
| Sun, May 03, 2026 |
6021.59 |
-0.20 |
2,964,487 |
1027 |
4529 |
73.1 |
44.0 |
| Sat, May 02, 2026 |
6021.79 |
-0.22 |
2,971,353 |
655 |
4524 |
66.2 |
37.0 |
| Fri, May 01, 2026 |
6022.01 |
-0.22 |
2,978,918 |
512 |
4389 |
62.8 |
40.3 |
| Thu, Apr 30, 2026 |
6022.23 |
-0.07 |
2,986,495 |
830 |
2000 |
57.9 |
44.4 |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 |
6022.30 |
-0.08 |
2,988,908 |
643 |
1997 |
59.0 |
41.2 |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 |
6022.38 |
-0.06 |
2,991,668 |
n/a |
1975 |
53.6 |
35.9 |
| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 |
6022.44 |
-0.05 |
2,993,739 |
1158 |
1973 |
54.1 |
38.4 |
| Sun, Apr 26, 2026 |
6022.49 |
-0.06 |
2,995,466 |
962 |
1960 |
53.0 |
42.5 |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2026 |
6022.55 |
-0.05 |
2,997,538 |
1117 |
1934 |
63.5 |
33.3 |
| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 |
6022.60 |
-0.06 |
2,999,266 |
937 |
1938 |
64.9 |
31.3 |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2026 |
6022.66 |
-0.09 |
3,001,340 |
387 |
1934 |
58.3 |
33.5 |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 |
6022.75 |
-0.02 |
3,004,454 |
549 |
828 |
61.2 |
43.3 |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 |
6022.77 |
0.00 |
3,005,146 |
916 |
832 |
74.5 |
51.6 |
| Averages of List |
6022.27 |
-0.11 |
2,987,826 |
723.0 |
2685.9 |
62.2 |
40.5 |
Averages for May 4th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (08-01-1974) |
6021.02 |
0.17 |
3,015,898 |
2694.88 |
2133.67 |
68.28 |
39.43 |
| All-Time |
6018.78 |
2.41 |
2,949,452 |
2892.41 |
2108.00 |
68.28 |
39.43 |
Last 10 May 4th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, May 04, 2025 |
6026.88 |
-5.69 |
3,149,612 |
1875 |
1022 |
69.6 |
44.9 |
| Sat, May 04, 2024 |
6027.09 |
-5.90 |
3,157,114 |
1887 |
1032 |
67.2 |
39.7 |
| Thu, May 04, 2023 |
6011.25 |
9.94 |
2,623,514 |
7198 |
802 |
68.0 |
50.5 |
| Wed, May 04, 2022 |
6018.87 |
2.32 |
2,872,138 |
2006 |
851 |
54.0 |
35.0 |
| Tue, May 04, 2021 |
6025.55 |
-4.36 |
3,180,567 |
1742 |
855 |
64.0 |
34.0 |
| Mon, May 04, 2020 |
6026.63 |
-5.44 |
3,220,848 |
2631 |
950 |
62.0 |
42.0 |
| Sat, May 04, 2019 |
6028.97 |
-7.78 |
3,309,437 |
2908 |
1594 |
70.0 |
36.0 |
| Fri, May 04, 2018 |
6025.81 |
-4.62 |
3,190,229 |
2565 |
1676 |
72.0 |
38.0 |
| Thu, May 04, 2017 |
6022.41 |
-1.22 |
3,065,626 |
6086 |
8631 |
77.0 |
36.0 |
| Wed, May 04, 2016 |
6026.61 |
-5.42 |
3,220,099 |
1700 |
804 |
77.0 |
38.0 |
| Averages of List |
6024.11 |
-2.92 |
3,102,331 |
3051 |
1911 |
71.3 |
42.3 |
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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
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