Upper Colorado River Snowpack Database

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2013-05-24
Day #236 of Water Year 2013
All water measurements in inches

LOCATIONSAVG
ELEVATION
AVG
CUR SWE
AVG
SWE AVG
PCT
SWE AVG
AVG
CUR TP
AVG
TP AVG
PCT
TP AVG
SNOWPACK
MAX DATE *
SNOWPACK
MAX AMT *
PCT of
MAX AMT *
113
9606
3.143
4.798
65.51%
18.507
23.034
80.35%
April 15th
17.746
17.71%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
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LOCATIONSAVG
ELEVATION
AVG
CUR SWE
AVG
SWE AVG
PCT
SWE AVG
AVG
CUR TP
AVG
TP AVG
PCT
TP AVG
SNOWPACK
MAX DATE *
SNOWPACK
MAX AMT *
PCT of
MAX AMT *
ANIMAS RIVER
9
10415
0.144
4.889
2.95%
17.889
27.467
65.13%
April 6th
20.422
0.71%
COLORADO RIVER PLATEAUS
3
8700
0.067
0.1 *
67%
15.067
19.600
76.87%
March 31st
11.800
0.57%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
7
10041
0.071
1.829
3.88%
16.229
23.743
68.35%
April 1st
16.057
0.44%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15
9383
2.293
3.460
66.27%
16.433
20.713
79.34%
April 1st
14.893
15.4%
GUNNISON RIVER
12
10203
2.508
4.833
51.89%
18.867
24.858
75.90%
April 15th
17.108
14.66%
MUDDY/FREMONT/ESCALANTE RIVER
4
9475
0.200
0.1 *
200%
13.650
16.725
81.61%
April 1st
16.475
1.21%
PRICE/SAN RAFAEL RIVER
7
9236
0.243
0.243
100.00%
16.986
20.929
81.16%
April 1st
15.600
1.56%
ROARING FORK RIVER
7
9814
3.814
3.143
121.35%
20.629
25.000
82.52%
April 15th
22.671
16.82%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9
10619
1.514
9.614
15.75%
18.922
28.267
66.94%
April 15th
19.067
7.94%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
16
10092
7.850
7.729
101.57%
20.920
22.500
92.98%
April 14th
14.713
53.35%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
19
8794
2.495
4.374
57.04%
16.147
19.258
83.85%
April 15th
19.905
12.53%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
18
9256
6.582
9.206
71.50%
24.106
27.824
86.64%
April 16th
29.080
22.63%
* Denotes that Avg SWE (snow water equiv) is 0.000 but is adjusted up to 0.1 for calculation purposes



Abbreviations Legend:
-- indicates the either no measurement taken or data not received
SWE = Snow Water Equivilent
SWE is the amount of water in a volume of snow, measured by weight
TP = Total Precipitation
AVG SWE = Average Snow Water Equivilent 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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