Reservoirs
Near normalLake Mohave water level
Live reservoir storage and water level in Colorado (Lower) basin, Nevada / Arizona
Data through Aug 12, 2026 · source last checked Aug 13, 2026 · page revised Aug 13, 2026
Cite
- Storage
About this data
- Source
- US Bureau of Reclamation RISE; California reservoirs via CA DWR CDEC
- Series
- End-of-day reservoir storage
- Geography
- Lake Mohave water level
- Unit
- acre-feet
- Calculation
- Daily reading
- Last observation
- Aug 12, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily
Now 1.76M af, 3% above the 5-yr median, 97% of capacity.
Lake Mohave storage held at 1.75M af, 97% of capacity and 2% above the 5-year median. It declined 1.6% from a month earlier but stands 2.7% above last year.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | 1.76M af | 1.75M af | +0.8% |
| Month over month | 1.76M af | 1.76M af | +0.4% |
| Year over year | 1.76M af | 1.71M af | +3.4% |
| vs 5-yr median | 1.76M af | 1.71M af | +3.1% |
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Full pool elevation | 647 ft above sea level (top of active conservation pool) | USBR |
| Maximum depth at the dam | 140 ft | USBR |
| Surface area at full pool | 28,200 acres | USACE NID |
| Total capacity | 1,809,800 acre-feet | USBR |
About Lake Mohave
Davis Dam backs up Lake Mohave along the Colorado River below Hoover, reaching about 67 miles upstream to the base of Hoover's powerplant. Reclamation uses it to re-regulate Hoover's releases so downstream users and the treaty delivery to Mexico receive steady flows. The lake lies within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Total capacity is 1.81M af, over the past five years storage has ranged from 1.44M af to 1.80M af.
Those figures describe the reservoir at full pool, not today. The chart at the top of this page tracks storage in acre-feet rather than water depth, so read the current figure against total capacity for how full the reservoir is, and against the full pool elevation and maximum depth for the size of the water column behind the dam. The two do not move together one for one: a reservoir narrows as it deepens, so one holding half its capacity still stands more than half as deep.
Sources: full pool elevation and maximum depth from the Bureau of Reclamation; surface area from the Army Corps' National Inventory of Dams; total capacity from the Bureau of Reclamation.