Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2025-07-19
Day #292 of Water Year 2025
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

131 of 141 9,630 0.033 0.003 993.94% 0.000 % 20.687 25.383 81.50% April 4th 15.580 0.21%

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 6 of 6 8,976 0.067 0.000 % 0.000 % 13.283 20.991 63.28% March 14th 10.750 0.62%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 13.300 17.871 74.42% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.022 0.000 % 0.000 % 23.400 25.839 90.56% March 31st 15.640 0.14%

DUCHESNE RIVER 12 of 15 9,301 0.150 0.000 % 0.000 % 18.227 23.139 78.77% March 31st 13.492 1.11%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 13.725 18.309 74.96% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 0.012 0.000 % 0.000 % 24.600 28.999 84.83% April 4th 17.615 0.07%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 0.024 0.000 % 0.000 % 19.704 22.384 88.03% April 9th 14.148 0.17%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.000 0.004 * 0.00% 0.000 % 20.800 27.440 75.80% April 4th 16.685 0.00%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 0.022 0.010 213.46% 0.000 % 21.400 28.932 73.97% April 5th 18.871 0.12%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.038 0.014 262.76% 0.000 % 26.252 31.519 83.29% April 4th 20.167 0.19%

GUNNISON RIVER 14 of 16 10,320 0.007 0.002 355.00% 0.000 % 20.193 25.749 78.42% April 5th 16.621 0.04%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.045 0.004 1,046.51% 0.000 % 22.810 25.979 87.80% April 12th 16.217 0.28%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 9 of 11 9,013 0.022 0.000 5,550.00% 0.000 % 18.382 22.238 82.66% March 31st 13.981 0.16%

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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