Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-06-05
Day #248 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
135 of 141
9,630
0.167
2.847
5.88%
1.417
11.82%
18.380
23.409
78.52%
April 4th
15.580
1.07%

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
0.000
0.006 *
0.00%
0.000
%
16.067
19.052
84.33%
March 14th
10.750
0.00%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
0.000
0.104 *
0.00%
0.000
%
12.150
16.227
74.88%
March 31st
9.491
0.00%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
0.000
2.613 *
0.00%
0.680
0.00%
18.140
21.126
85.87%
March 31st
13.492
0.00%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
0.000
0.621 *
0.00%
0.000
%
15.473
20.730
74.64%
March 31st
13.981
0.00%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
0.000
0.260 *
0.00%
0.000
%
13.725
16.683
82.27%
April 3rd
10.582
0.00%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
0.000
2.680 *
0.00%
0.947
0.00%
17.681
23.895
74.00%
April 5th
16.621
0.00%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
8 of 9
10,689
0.000
3.926 *
0.00%
1.767
0.00%
24.738
26.867
92.07%
April 5th
18.871
0.00%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
0.015
4.338
0.35%
2.747
0.55%
16.770
23.882
70.22%
April 12th
16.217
0.09%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
0.012
2.386
0.52%
0.900
1.39%
16.588
25.457
65.16%
April 4th
16.685
0.07%
ANIMAS RIVER
7 of 9
10,439
0.029
2.824
1.01%
0.256
11.19%
23.857
26.941
88.55%
April 4th
17.615
0.16%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
22 of 26
8,946
0.154
2.358
6.55%
1.304
11.85%
18.360
20.199
90.90%
April 9th
14.148
1.09%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
0.167
1.886
8.84%
0.275
60.62%
19.400
23.893
81.20%
March 31st
15.640
1.07%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
0.810
5.320
15.22%
3.770
21.47%
22.633
29.637
76.37%
April 4th
20.167
4.01%

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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