Level of the Lake
daily reading for Sep 28 · the agency posts once a day

What 6,117.41 ft means on Jordanelle Reservoir

We haven’t compiled ramp minimums for Jordanelle Reservoir yet.

If you run a ramp or marina here and know a ramp’s lowest usable level, please send it to contact@handhewn.works. The level ranges and NWS stages below still apply.

Public boat ramps · sorted by minimum level

Minimum usable elevations: Jordanelle State Park current conditions (retrieved 2026-07-13). Conditions change, so check with the operator before towing a boat out. Lakes may be closed to boating during floods.

What each level means

Approximate. Based on published thresholds (ramp minimums, full pool, spillway, records), but every cove is different.

  1. At the fuse-plug spillwayabove 6,182.00 ft

    Above 6,182 ft the emergency fuse-plug spillway engages. Never approached; the record is 6,168.06 ft (Jun 23, 1997).

  2. Above full pool6,167.40–6,182.00 ft

    Storing into the surcharge space above top of conservation (6,166.4 ft). A normal sight in good snowmelt years: the lake topped full pool in 14 of the 31 years since it filled (1996–2026), most recently 2024.

  3. Near full6,150.00–6,167.40 ft

    All Jordanelle State Park ramps typically in the water, including the high, single-lane Rock Cliff launch on the upper Provo arm.

  4. First pinch points6,130.00–6,150.00 ft

    Rock Cliff is usually the first ramp out of the water; Hailstone's main ramp stays open. Check the park's weekly ramp report.

  5. Drought territory6,102.00–6,130.00 ftnow · 6,117.41 ft

    Approaching the post-fill record low, 6,102.01 ft (Mar 23, 2022). Expect long walks to the water and shrinking coves on the arms.

  6. Below the recordbelow 6,102.00 ft

    Uncharted since the reservoir filled in the mid-1990s. Outlet works keep Provo River deliveries running far below here.