Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-04-14
Day #196 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
138 of 141
9,630
3.275
15.077
21.72%
14.429
22.70%
15.004
18.912
79.34%
April 4th
15.580
21.02%

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
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.167
7.364
2.26%
6.833
2.44%
13.850
16.079
86.14%
March 14th
10.750
1.55%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
0.600
12.872
4.66%
12.757
4.70%
12.491
16.961
73.64%
March 31st
13.981
4.29%
GUNNISON RIVER
15 of 16
10,320
2.260
16.263
13.90%
14.920
15.15%
15.280
19.743
77.40%
April 5th
16.621
13.60%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
2.156
14.358
15.01%
13.625
15.82%
17.067
19.875
85.87%
March 31st
15.640
13.78%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
2.811
18.478
15.21%
17.378
16.18%
21.467
23.039
93.17%
April 5th
18.871
14.90%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
2.612
16.952
15.41%
16.289
16.04%
20.875
22.877
91.25%
April 4th
17.615
14.83%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
3.050
16.121
18.92%
15.300
19.93%
13.612
20.481
66.46%
April 4th
16.685
18.28%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
1.567
7.987
19.62%
6.725
23.30%
10.350
13.073
79.17%
March 31st
9.491
16.51%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
2.100
9.646
21.77%
8.600
24.42%
11.675
13.616
85.74%
April 3rd
10.582
19.85%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
4.495
19.884
22.61%
19.715
22.80%
17.624
23.762
74.17%
April 4th
20.167
22.29%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
2.933
12.755
23.00%
11.753
24.96%
14.407
16.979
84.85%
March 31st
13.492
21.74%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
4.350
16.171
26.90%
16.741
25.98%
12.590
18.630
67.58%
April 12th
16.217
26.82%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
5.288
13.901
38.04%
13.183
40.11%
14.732
15.690
93.89%
April 9th
14.148
37.38%

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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