Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-05-14
Day #226 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
136 of 141
9,630
1.323
8.982
14.73%
7.614
17.37%
17.085
21.918
77.95%
April 4th
15.580
8.49%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
Click for details and graph		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
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
5 of 6
9,445
0.000
1.255 *
0.00%
0.000
%
11.433
15.134
75.55%
March 31st
9.491
0.00%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
0.009
4.992
0.18%
3.186
0.29%
14.236
19.515
72.95%
March 31st
13.981
0.07%
ESCALANTE RIVER
3 of 4
9,877
0.033
2.224
1.50%
0.067
49.93%
12.825
15.582
82.31%
April 3rd
10.582
0.31%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
0.212
10.105
2.10%
8.711
2.44%
23.350
25.617
91.15%
April 4th
17.615
1.21%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
0.200
9.242
2.16%
7.738
2.58%
16.238
24.068
67.47%
April 4th
16.685
1.20%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
0.600
9.478
6.33%
7.800
7.69%
17.125
22.708
75.41%
April 5th
16.621
3.61%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
0.822
11.891
6.91%
9.844
8.35%
24.078
25.583
94.12%
April 5th
18.871
4.36%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
0.773
6.952
11.12%
5.367
14.41%
16.207
19.590
82.73%
March 31st
13.492
5.73%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.100
0.743
13.46%
0.000
%
15.033
17.980
83.61%
March 14th
10.750
0.93%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
19 of 20
10,195
1.900
12.344
15.39%
12.500
15.20%
15.500
22.217
69.77%
April 12th
16.217
11.72%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
1.708
8.248
20.71%
6.838
24.98%
16.228
18.457
87.92%
April 9th
14.148
12.07%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
1.467
6.475
22.65%
4.400
33.33%
18.944
22.612
83.78%
March 31st
15.640
9.38%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
20 of 21
9,153
3.140
13.849
22.67%
12.915
24.31%
20.768
27.822
74.65%
April 4th
20.167
15.57%

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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