Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2024-05-05
Day #217 of Water Year 2024
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

128 of 141 9,630 9.912 11.630 85.22% 10.630 93.24% 20.185 21.085 95.73% April 4th 15.580 63.62%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
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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 4 of 6 8,976 0.050 1.962 2.55% 0.100 50.00% 15.267 17.414 87.67% March 14th 10.750 0.47%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 7.978 14.922 53.46% 13.767 57.95% 21.344 24.904 85.71% April 5th 18.871 42.28%

GUNNISON RIVER 14 of 16 10,320 8.050 12.535 64.22% 11.227 71.70% 19.719 21.899 90.05% April 5th 16.621 48.43%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 6.622 9.025 73.38% 7.600 87.13% 19.478 21.815 89.29% March 31st 15.640 42.34%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 9.862 13.136 75.08% 13.044 75.61% 21.800 24.889 87.59% April 4th 17.615 55.99%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 10.025 12.389 80.92% 11.338 88.42% 22.725 23.124 98.27% April 4th 16.685 60.08%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 22 of 26 8,946 8.891 10.784 82.45% 9.438 94.21% 16.944 17.544 96.57% April 9th 14.148 62.84%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 7.986 9.198 86.82% 7.367 108.40% 18.740 18.841 99.46% March 31st 13.492 59.19%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 10 of 11 9,013 7.080 7.984 88.67% 7.329 96.61% 19.118 18.812 101.62% March 31st 13.981 50.64%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 3 of 6 9,445 2.700 2.941 91.81% 0.500 540.00% 13.517 14.603 92.56% March 31st 9.491 28.45%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 15.600 16.980 91.87% 16.290 95.76% 27.314 26.762 102.06% April 4th 20.167 77.35%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 15.270 14.718 103.75% 15.265 100.03% 21.845 21.345 102.34% April 12th 16.217 94.16%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 5.733 4.132 138.75% 1.000 573.33% 15.750 15.055 104.62% April 3rd 10.582 54.18%

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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