Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow





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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2024-05-13
Day #225 of Water Year 2024
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
134 of 141
9,630
9.005
9.362
96.19%
8.039
112.02%
21.462
21.867
98.15%
April 4th
15.580
57.80%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
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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
0.888 *
0.00%
0.000
%
16.233
17.960
90.39%
March 14th
10.750
0.00%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
8 of 9
10,689
6.250
12.411
50.36%
10.656
58.65%
21.388
25.546
83.72%
April 5th
18.871
33.12%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
0.900
1.421
63.33%
0.000
%
14.217
15.093
94.19%
March 31st
9.491
9.48%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
7.931
9.888
80.21%
8.233
96.33%
21.594
22.662
95.29%
April 5th
16.621
47.72%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
8.625
10.543
81.81%
9.267
93.08%
22.975
25.575
89.83%
April 4th
17.615
48.96%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
24 of 26
8,946
7.979
8.621
92.56%
7.158
111.47%
18.370
18.403
99.82%
April 9th
14.148
56.40%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
2.325
2.466
94.30%
0.133
1,744.19%
16.250
15.549
104.51%
April 3rd
10.582
21.97%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
7 of 9
10,316
6.657
6.830
97.46%
4.725
140.89%
20.888
22.576
92.52%
March 31st
15.640
42.56%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
7.253
7.253
100.00%
5.627
128.91%
19.920
19.532
101.99%
March 31st
13.492
53.76%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
5.582
5.386
103.64%
3.814
146.34%
19.991
19.480
102.62%
March 31st
13.981
39.92%
ROARING FORK RIVER
7 of 8
9,780
10.357
9.675
107.05%
8.225
125.92%
24.886
24.001
103.69%
April 4th
16.685
62.07%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
20 of 21
9,153
15.865
14.324
110.76%
13.515
117.39%
28.824
27.762
103.82%
April 4th
20.167
78.67%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
15.770
12.711
124.07%
12.888
122.36%
23.305
22.157
105.18%
April 12th
16.217
97.24%

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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