Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-09-21
Day #356 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 0.019 0.013 144.03% 0.000 % 25.744 29.800 86.39% April 4th 15.580 0.12%

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 4 of 6 8,976 0.425 0.000 % 0.000 % 22.800 26.168 87.13% March 14th 10.750 3.95%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.025 0.000 % 0.000 % 22.600 23.278 97.09% April 3rd 10.582 0.24%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.000 0.017 * 0.00% 0.000 % 29.300 32.035 91.46% March 31st 15.640 0.00%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 0.000 0.009 * 0.00% 0.000 % 27.113 27.652 98.05% March 31st 13.492 0.00%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.000 0.011 * 0.00% 0.000 % 21.588 31.757 67.98% April 4th 16.685 0.00%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.000 0.023 * 0.00% 0.000 % 28.595 34.970 81.77% April 4th 20.167 0.00%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.004 0.010 41.35% 0.000 % 25.933 25.643 101.13% April 9th 14.148 0.03%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.006 0.006 101.64% 0.000 % 24.469 30.607 79.95% April 5th 16.621 0.04%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.040 0.026 153.85% 0.000 % 21.963 29.924 73.40% April 12th 16.217 0.25%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 0.025 0.016 158.23% 0.000 % 35.212 35.732 98.55% April 4th 17.615 0.14%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 0.033 0.013 260.16% 0.000 % 34.011 35.619 95.49% April 5th 18.871 0.18%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.082 0.003 3,029.63% 0.000 % 23.536 26.102 90.17% March 31st 13.981 0.59%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 0.233 0.001 25,922.22% 0.000 % 19.800 22.230 89.07% March 31st 9.491 2.46%

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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