6018.73 ft USBR project datum
level 66.3 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Reading comes straight from Bureau of Reclamation RISE (Reclamation RISE item 612) and updates live when you load this page.
Navajo Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1980–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.
This year vs the years that matter
This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.
- 1992 (wettest on record)
- 2003 (driest on record)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2026 (this year)
Full pool, datum, and the gauge
"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.
| Full pool | 6085.00 ft USBR project datum · per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 1,708,600 acre-feet · per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region capacity reference |
| Gauge | Reclamation RISE item 612 · Bureau of Reclamation RISE |
| Datum | USBR project datum — USBR: normal operating range 5,990-6,085 ft. CWMS SPA alternate series Navajo.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.DCP-rev. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.
Quick answers
How full is Navajo Lake right now?
Navajo Lake is at 6018.73 ft (USBR project datum) as of August 14, 2026 — 66.3 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Is Navajo Lake full?
Not quite — at 6018.73 ft, Navajo Lake is 66.3 ft below its full pool of 6085.00 ft (USBR project datum).
What is full pool for Navajo Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Navajo Lake is 6085.00 ft USBR project datum, per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.