Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2025-11-15
Day #46 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
139 of 141
9,630
0.459
1.971
23.28%
1.791
25.62%
3.820
3.786
100.90%
April 4th
15.580
2.95%

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
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
10 of 11
9,013
0.100
1.006
9.94%
0.714
14.00%
2.818
3.187
88.43%
March 31st
13.981
0.72%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
0.322
2.808
11.47%
2.300
14.01%
9.500
4.873
194.94%
April 5th
18.871
1.71%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.100
0.798
12.53%
0.600
16.67%
4.300
3.366
127.74%
March 14th
10.750
0.93%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
0.325
2.462
13.20%
2.100
15.48%
8.350
4.797
174.08%
April 4th
17.615
1.85%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
0.256
1.844
13.86%
1.712
14.93%
4.822
3.978
121.21%
March 31st
15.640
1.63%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
0.352
2.506
14.06%
2.490
14.15%
3.290
4.564
72.10%
April 4th
20.167
1.75%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
0.306
2.096
14.61%
1.887
16.23%
4.162
3.906
106.57%
April 5th
16.621
1.84%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
0.375
2.316
16.19%
2.376
15.78%
2.055
3.680
55.85%
April 12th
16.217
2.31%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
0.133
0.807
16.52%
0.600
22.22%
2.833
2.666
106.30%
March 31st
9.491
1.40%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
0.225
1.266
17.78%
0.900
25.00%
3.225
2.912
110.77%
April 3rd
10.582
2.13%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
0.412
2.117
19.49%
2.013
20.50%
2.638
3.964
66.54%
April 4th
16.685
2.47%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
0.793
1.666
47.61%
1.347
58.91%
3.380
3.574
94.57%
March 31st
13.492
5.88%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
0.956
1.776
53.83%
1.621
58.98%
3.430
3.150
108.91%
April 9th
14.148
6.76%

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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