Data Dump: Glen Canyon dips into hydropower buffer zone

Lake Powell hits 3,525 feet

Lake Powell just north of Glen Canyon Dam. January 2022. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Lake Powell surface level dropped below the critical 3,525-foot mark sometime on the Ides of March. You’ve probably already read that somewhere, since the national media can’t seem to get enough of the slow motion desiccation of one of the nation’s largest reservoirs. And what’s so critical about 3,525 feet?

Nothing, really.