Lake Powell Drought Low Water Level March 2023

This video depicts a very low Lone Rock Beach
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[@beavis8167]

Thank u for explaining everything on where what when how and why in ur videos

[@DesertRatExploration]

I try! Thank you.

[@saffronskies333]

Years ago, a friend and I took a river raft ride, down the Green river to Lake Powell. It was a helluva trip. That was in 1975

[@DesertRatExploration]

You should take it again!

[@Brian-sy5su]

Too many people depend on the water supply from Lake Powell. Stop trying to get them to drain it.

[@henrymerino6038]

Thank you for showing the area with great accuracy and 😅

[@DesertRatExploration]

I’ll try and get more shots!

[@ericinman9245]

What feeds into it? Anything created since droughts worsened over the last few decades? Or people just crossing fingers?

[@DesertRatExploration]

Feeding Lake Powell is the Green, Colorado and San Juan Rivers. Plus manny smaller streams and washes. The only thing created was a tier based restrictions on consumption. I’ll send you a map and tier explanation. Map gcdamp.com/images_gcdamp_com/b/b5/MAP-_Colorado_River_Basin-_UB-LB.jpg Cutback Elevations www.climatesurvivalsolutions.com/news/170763-Arizona_to_Suffer_Drastic_Colorado_River_Water_Cutback_as_Tier_1_Water_Shortage_Declared_at_Lake_Mead.html

[@johncreed2627]

Any before and after pictures?

[@DesertRatExploration]

I can’t find a lone rock link but on Google. There is a lot of photos you can see of low and high water

[@dgsantafedave1]

Man I bet the SXS riding along the banks of the lake are awesome!

[@DesertRatExploration]

Yeah I’d imagine. Just need to be carful of the mud that’s been submerged for 50 years. That stuff is literal quick sand.

[@idkidk8278]

Isnt that last year level?

[@DesertRatExploration]

We are close to the same level as last year. Only 4.31 feet lower than the previous year. lakepowell.water-data.com

[@DesertRatExploration]

The lake should rise 40+ feet this year!

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Its gonna rise alot more than that. Colorado and Utah are about to get crushed with snow again.

[@DesertRatExploration]

Can’t argue with more!

[@sextoyrepairman1621]

I predict by mid summer both lake Powell and Mead will be full, has anyone seen how much the Colorado mountains have gotten snow wise and same goes for the wasatch and uintas, winter is far from over and the eruption of HungaTunga last year has been flooding the whole world ever since so calm down theres lots of water coming soon

[@DesertRatExploration]

That’s a bold statement which, I hope your correct on. But that’s a lot of water we are talking about. Let’s see what happens.

[@sextoyrepairman1621]

@@DesertRatExploration well i live in slc utah and we have been getting a ton of snow this year and so is Colorado and winter is far from over, they built a huge dam up by park city like 25 years ago and they said it would take 50 years to fill it well they were wrong cuz i got fill in 1 year and the eruption of the Hunga Tunga volcano ejected 4× more water into the atmosphere than what mt pinatoba did back in 93 and slc utah that year got 4 feet of snow in the valley and that was awesome so i think there is a really good chance both of them lakes will be full by mid summer

[@scottvanzant1149]

I think it would take a decade of this snow pack to refill the lakes

[@DesertRatExploration]

@@scottvanzant1149 it took 17 years to fill. While at that time of its rise was sacrificing Lake Meads allotment to increase the filling of Lake Powell.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

​@@sextoyrepairman1621 The northwest jet stream moved way up north allowing all these storms from Alaska to nail the west coast and rockies etc. Next year is supposed to be even more storms.

[@johnprendergast1338]

"Water, water everywhere" but not here ...but where ?

[@DesertRatExploration]

Where? Washington County Utah at their 15 golf course.

[@johnprendergast1338]

@@DesertRatExploration How do I get a tee time ?🦍

[@tomlathrop4094]

so what was the update?

[@DesertRatExploration]

Visual lake levels. You can see where the lake is with a accurate video as of March 2023. Instead of generic clips of Lake Powell with information that can be looked up.

[@douglashunt7057]

I agree. The lake is needed for water. Far more people enjoy those canyons by boat than those few who do serious hiking. Fill it back up and leave it alone. What happened to this country. Majority should rule and not the ones with the biggest mouths. Far more benefit from the lake. That's why it was built so many years ago.

[@katieking8830]

Correct, especially about majority! WTF has happened to this country!

[@robinday2137]

Wtf?Have you ever read “Desert Solitaire?”

[@alvinhang8721]

A few more good years of snow up in the Rockies. If we are lucky.

[@DesertRatExploration]

It’s a gamble.

[@cszulu2000]

All that snow surely must send some water....

[@ItsEricAZ]

The Colorado River basin is in Western Colorado, Eastern Utah and parts of Wyoming. It hasn't started to melt yet so we won't see it's impact for another several months. It is some 150% of average, it will only raise this lake by 20 feet or so is my guess. We need several snowy years to get the lake to it's normal range.

[@dansherwood9851]

20-25’ is my guess as well but I’d love to see it come up 40’

[@ItsEricAZ]

@@dansherwood9851 I did see one story later saying experts are expecting it to rise 40 feet or so. That's good news for all of us.

[@beezer5623]

@@ItsEricAZ only 20 feet? You say it like its not alot. That is an enormous amount of water. If the lake rises by 20 feet, that also means all the water consumption is covered as well no? Am I calculating it wrong in my brain? lol

[@ronwade2206]

Oh my Gawd! Lone Rock Beach, you can drive to Lone Rock now. Drain Lake Powell already.

[@dethray1000]

your skull got drained of any grey matter--the lake will be full this year-your skull will still be empty

[@7donc]

Camped by Lone Rock about ten years ago, there was about 1,000 feet of water between our tents and the rock.

[@DesertRatExploration]

Now you can camp at the base 15 feet away.

[@TheSkipAd]

gonna be a good spring here in Vegas

[@DesertRatExploration]

Yes!

[@rodneycluff1348]

CA lakes full and they still want water from Little Colorado

[@DesertRatExploration]

California back in the 20s-40s wanted water from the Columbia!!

[@malibustacy3606]

You should have used your artistic abilities and drawn in an approximate shoreline where the water used to be say 5 years ago.

[@28105wsking]

If you know how to read rocks, you can see where the old water line is.

[@DesertRatExploration]

I’m not that skilled with video editing. Lol

[@TNRealestateGuru]

California & most parts of Country getting floods so it’s just ebbs & flows of Mother Nature 22 degrees in Tennessee on 3/19/23. No global warming to be seen

[@jaycee_9999]

That does not disprove global warming. What a stupid comment.

[@elwap0]

Oh boy that's not good

[@DesertRatExploration]

The lake should come up near 50 feet this year!

[@JC-ch7lr]

Still looks dry AF....

[@DesertRatExploration]

Should rise this year!

[@vincentortega4284]

Wow! 2-3 more years and there will be no lake.

[@DesertRatExploration]

Only time will tell.

[@dethray1000]

nonsense--the lake was empty in 1963--it will be full this year low IQ num skull