Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow





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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2025-10-18
Day #18 of Water Year 2026
All water / SWE measurements in inches

SNOTEL SITES
REPORTING
AVG
ELEVATION
AVG
CUR SWE
AVG
SWE AVG
PCT
SWE AVG
ALL UC
MEDIAN SWE
PCT
MEDIAN SWE
AVG
CUR TP
AVG
TP AVG
PCT
TP AVG
SNOWPACK
MAX DATE
SNOWPACK
MAX AMT
PCT of
MAX AMT
139 of 141
9,630
0.204
0.308
66.27%
0.077
266.71%
3.124
1.367
228.60%
April 4th
15.580
1.31%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
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BASIN SITES
REPORTING
AVG
ELEVATION
AVG
CUR SWE
AVG
SWE AVG
PCT
SWE AVG
BASIN
MEDIAN SWE
PCT
MEDIAN SWE
AVG
CUR TP
AVG
TP AVG
PCT
TP AVG
SNOWPACK
MAX DATE
SNOWPACK
MAX AMT
PCT of
MAX AMT
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
0.033
0.214
15.57%
0.000
%
4.456
1.506
295.76%
March 31st
15.640
0.21%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
0.095
0.387
24.55%
0.200
47.50%
1.135
1.242
91.41%
April 12th
16.217
0.59%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
0.033
0.122
27.23%
0.000
%
2.400
1.098
218.54%
March 31st
9.491
0.35%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
0.088
0.318
27.52%
0.062
140.00%
1.825
1.350
135.19%
April 4th
16.685
0.52%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
0.088
0.316
27.72%
0.027
327.72%
3.650
1.410
258.87%
April 5th
16.621
0.53%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.050
0.149
33.53%
0.000
%
3.767
1.383
272.36%
March 14th
10.750
0.47%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
0.129
0.353
36.45%
0.120
107.17%
2.371
1.546
153.44%
April 4th
20.167
0.64%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
0.075
0.146
51.19%
0.000
%
2.575
1.217
211.52%
April 3rd
10.582
0.71%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
0.244
0.464
52.67%
0.011
2,201.80%
9.078
1.753
517.90%
April 5th
18.871
1.30%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
0.262
0.386
67.92%
0.000
%
8.125
1.804
450.36%
April 4th
17.615
1.49%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
0.392
0.333
117.61%
0.114
345.07%
2.222
1.158
191.89%
April 9th
14.148
2.77%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
10 of 11
9,013
0.230
0.115
199.65%
0.000
%
2.673
1.234
216.52%
March 31st
13.981
1.65%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
0.567
0.262
216.55%
0.027
2,122.47%
2.960
1.346
219.99%
March 31st
13.492
4.20%

SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from all data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020

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Upper Colorado River Basin SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020

Abbreviations Legend:
-- indicates the either no measurement taken or data not received
SWE = Snow Water Equivalent
SWE is the amount of water in a volume of snow, measured by weight
TP = Total Precipitation
AVG SWE = Average Snow Water Equivalent for date listed above
AVG TP = Average Total Precipitation for date listed above
PCT SWE AVG = SWE as a Percent of Average SWE for that date
PCT TP AVG = TP as a Percent of Average TP for that date
  Percent of Average Numbers are calculated only for those stations that report for a given date
  A non-reporting station is eliminated from the calculation of overall averages, not treated as a 0
* Max Snowpack numbers and dates come from NRCS data for previous year

Colors Legend:
Red, less than 50% of average
Orange, between 50% and 80% of average
Green, between 80% and 120% of average
Blue, between 120% and 150% of average
Purple, greater than 150% of average



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