Lower Colorado River Operations Schedule
Note: You may now view this report with near real-time data at this link. The link is updated hourly with our most recent operations data and operational projections.
Releases from Davis and Parker dams will vary from about 1,800 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 20,000 cfs during a 24-hour period. River levels will vary during the 24-hour
periods with the higher levels coinciding with periods of peak hydroelectric power
generation. Levels below the dams are usually highest during the afternoon and early
evening. Average daily releases may vary in response to changing conditions.
Average daily releases and midnight lake elevations for the week, as well as
anticipated averages for the following 2 weeks, are scheduled as follows:
Parker Davis Hoover
Dam Lake Dam Lake Dam Lake
Average Havasu Average Mohave Average Mead
Release Elev. Release Elev. Release Elev.
Date (cfs) (ft) (cfs) (ft) (cfs) (ft)
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Oct 7 8900 446.9 12000 636.8 8800 1063.8
Oct 8 9000 446.9 12000 636.5 8800 1063.8
Oct 9 8900 446.9 11000 636.3 8800 1063.8
Oct 10 6000 447.2 11000 636.1 8800 1063.8
Oct 11 8500 447.1 12600 635.8 8800 1063.7
Oct 12 8300 447.2 12600 635.5 8800 1063.7
Oct 13 8300 447.4 12600 635.1 8400 1063.7
Average 8300 12000 8700
Oct 14 to
Oct 20 7000 447.8 9900 635.1 10200 1063.3
Oct 21 to
Oct 27 6400 447.7 8600 637.1 12700 1062.5
Current Lake Powell storage is 9,131 thousand acre-feet (KAF) (39 percent of capacity).
Lake Mead storage is 8,715 KAF (33 percent of capacity). Total system storage is 25,132
KAF (43 percent of capacity). Lake Powell elevation is 3,577.95 feet.
Yesterday, the average Colorado River flows were 699 cfs near the Yuma Fourth Avenue
Bridge and 953 cfs at the Northerly International Boundary. The average release from
Painted Rock Dam was 0 cfs and Alamo Dam was 30 cfs. The Morelos Dam diversions for the
week of 07-Oct-2024 are expected to be 912 cfs.
ALL RIVER USERS should remember that fluctuating river flows may conceal or create
natural hazards such as moving sandbars, gravel bars, unstable riverbanks, floating or
submerged debris, or other unfamiliar obstacles. Caution should be exercised while using
the river between Davis Dam and the Mexican Border at San Luis, Arizona.
This Schedule can now be accessed on the Internet at:
www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/rivops.html
Last updated: 03-October-2024
Please contact the Water Operations Control Center via e-mail at bcoowaterops@usbr.gov or via phone at (702) 293-8373 for additional questions or information.