Water report · Bartlett Lake
Near normal for late September, and filling fast this week. Above 62% of past September 22s on record.
Updated 7:30 PM UTC, Sep 22
143,200 acre-feet puts Bartlett Lake in the 62nd percentile for September 22, against 52 years of record.
The median for this date is 129,400 acre-feet, and half of all September 22s on record fell between 86,170 and 158,400.
Over the last 7 days, Bartlett Lake held between 141,400 and 143,200 acre-feet, lowest on Sep 16 and highest on Sep 22.
That is 1,800 acre-feet higher than on Sep 16.
Over the last 30 days, Bartlett Lake held between 135,300 and 143,200 acre-feet, lowest on Aug 24 and highest on Sep 22.
That is 7,900 acre-feet higher than on Aug 24.
Over the last 90 days, Bartlett Lake held between 122,900 and 143,200 acre-feet, lowest on Jun 25 and highest on Sep 22.
That is 20,300 acre-feet higher than on Jun 25.
Over the last 12 months, Bartlett Lake held between 68,840 and 151,500 acre-feet, lowest on Oct 6 and highest on Nov 2.
That is 69,710 acre-feet higher than on Sep 22.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 09509502, BARTLETT RESERVOIR AT BARTLETT DAM, AZ, 2.2 miles from the center of Bartlett Lake. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 09509502, BARTLETT RESERVOIR AT BARTLETT DAM, AZ, 2.2 miles from the center of Bartlett Lake. It reports storage and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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