Upper Colorado River Snowpack Database

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2023-03-30
Day #181 of Water Year 2023
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 *
150
9607
28.600
15.525
184.22%
27.600
17.457
158.1%
April 3rd
15.602
183.31%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
Click for details and graph		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
10439
17.350
%
20.980
%
April 4th
17.407
0%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6
9445
9.358
%
11.944
%
March 31st
9.362
0%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9
10316
15.533
%
18.132
%
March 31st
15.539
0%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15
9301
28.600
13.461
212.47%
27.600
15.660
176.25%
March 31st
13.478
212.2%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4
9877
10.376
%
12.411
%
March 31st
10.382
0%
GUNNISON RIVER
16
10320
16.234
%
17.965
%
April 4th
16.423
0%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11
9013
13.698
%
15.543
%
March 30th
13.698
0%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8
9780
16.492
%
18.639
%
April 3rd
16.601
0%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9
10689
18.653
%
21.315
%
April 5th
18.807
0%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6
8976
9.872
%
14.781
%
March 14th
10.542
0%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20
10195
15.778
%
16.903
%
April 18th
16.061
0%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
26
8946
13.714
%
14.379
%
April 9th
13.885
0%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21
9153
19.674
%
21.601
%
April 4th
19.910
0%

SWE and TP Averages are calculated from all snowpack data since 10/01/1990...

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Average Snowpack calculated from all River Basin data since 10/01/1990...

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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