Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-05-17
Day #229 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
132 of 141
9,630
0.978
7.862
12.44%
6.510
15.02%
17.157
22.088
77.67%
April 4th
15.580
6.28%

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
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
5 of 6
9,445
0.000
0.804 *
0.00%
0.000
%
11.483
15.264
75.23%
March 31st
9.491
0.00%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
0.009
3.822
0.24%
1.629
0.56%
14.273
19.656
72.61%
March 31st
13.981
0.07%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
0.075
7.886
0.95%
6.438
1.17%
16.238
24.220
67.04%
April 4th
16.685
0.45%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
0.088
8.803
0.99%
7.311
1.20%
23.338
25.791
90.49%
April 4th
17.615
0.50%
ESCALANTE RIVER
3 of 4
9,877
0.033
1.655
2.01%
0.000
%
12.875
15.751
81.74%
April 3rd
10.582
0.31%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
0.233
10.561
2.21%
8.211
2.84%
24.044
25.762
93.33%
April 5th
18.871
1.24%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
0.375
8.208
4.57%
6.787
5.53%
17.131
22.848
74.98%
April 5th
16.621
2.26%
DUCHESNE RIVER
14 of 15
9,301
0.514
6.058
8.49%
4.693
10.96%
16.257
19.754
82.30%
March 31st
13.492
3.81%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
19 of 20
10,195
1.063
11.198
9.49%
11.235
9.46%
15.515
22.405
69.25%
April 12th
16.217
6.56%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
20 of 21
9,153
2.450
12.427
19.72%
11.250
21.78%
20.995
28.022
74.92%
April 4th
20.167
12.15%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
22 of 26
8,946
1.636
7.126
22.96%
5.762
28.40%
16.196
18.635
86.91%
April 9th
14.148
11.57%
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH
6 of 6
8,976
0.100
0.431
23.19%
0.000
%
15.067
18.093
83.27%
March 14th
10.750
0.93%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
1.278
5.464
23.38%
3.500
36.51%
18.944
22.809
83.06%
March 31st
15.640
8.17%

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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