Lake Mead Falls to Its Lowest Level on Record
United States Bureau of Reclamation
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEABC News[1] (7 Aug 2026): 'The water level at Lake Mead ... hit a record low on Thursday' at 1,040.50 feet, 'according to data published by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Friday'.
Lake Mead's surface fell to 1,040.50 feet above sea level, below the 1,040.58-foot record of July 2022, after a record-low snowpack left the reservoir that supplies Las Vegas lower than at any time since it filled in the 1930s.
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