Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2025-11-22
Day #53 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
137 of 141
9,630
1.145
2.568
44.60%
2.388
47.96%
4.776
4.407
108.37%
April 4th
15.580
7.35%

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
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
0.765
2.934
26.08%
3.000
25.50%
2.560
4.298
59.56%
April 12th
16.217
4.72%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
0.905
3.218
28.11%
3.130
28.91%
4.086
5.325
76.73%
April 4th
20.167
4.49%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
1.044
2.717
38.42%
2.507
41.64%
5.088
4.523
112.48%
April 5th
16.621
6.28%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
1.062
2.688
39.53%
2.675
39.72%
3.388
4.581
73.95%
April 4th
16.685
6.37%
ANIMAS RIVER
7 of 9
10,439
1.286
3.148
40.85%
2.667
48.21%
9.629
5.530
174.10%
April 4th
17.615
7.30%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
1.589
3.539
44.89%
3.044
52.19%
10.889
5.585
194.96%
April 5th
18.871
8.42%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
9 of 11
9,013
0.778
1.513
51.39%
1.157
67.22%
3.982
3.763
105.80%
March 31st
13.981
5.56%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
1.336
2.357
56.68%
2.208
60.50%
4.146
3.712
111.69%
April 9th
14.148
9.44%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
1.456
2.482
58.65%
2.212
65.79%
6.378
4.660
136.85%
March 31st
15.640
9.31%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
1.407
2.184
64.42%
1.940
72.51%
4.500
4.128
109.02%
March 31st
13.492
10.43%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.933
1.164
80.16%
1.067
87.49%
6.217
3.921
158.53%
March 14th
10.750
8.68%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
1.117
1.235
90.39%
1.025
108.95%
4.283
3.176
134.86%
March 31st
9.491
11.77%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
2.375
1.688
140.66%
1.267
187.50%
5.700
3.384
168.44%
April 3rd
10.582
22.44%

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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