Bureau Of Reclamation Provides Flaming Gorge Update

While things are moving in the right direction for Lake Powell, it’s hard for locals to watch the effects on Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The Bureau of Reclamation provided an update on Flaming Gorge dated November 5th: As of November 4, 2026, Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation is 6004.41 feet, which amounts to 66 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow volume for the month of October totaled approximately 64,884 acre-feet, which is 122 percent of the average unregulated inflow volume for that time period. The unregulated inflows into Flaming Gorge for the next three months projects to be below average. November is expected to have inflow of 92 percent of the average, December at 88 percent of average, and January at 70 percent of average. “Between 660,000 and one million acre-feet of additional water is being delivered from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Lake Powell through April 2027 to help keep Lake Powell above critical elevations. When these supplemental releases began, Flaming Gorge Reservoir was approximately 82% full, holding approximately 3.01 million acre-feet of water.”