Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2024-05-14
Day #226 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

123 of 141 9,630 9.182 8.982 102.23% 7.614 120.59% 21.441 21.918 97.82% April 4th 15.580 58.94%

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 4 of 6 8,976 0.050 0.743 6.73% 0.000 % 16.300 17.980 90.66% March 14th 10.750 0.47%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 5.875 11.891 49.41% 9.844 59.68% 21.388 25.583 83.60% April 5th 18.871 31.13%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 7.544 9.478 79.60% 7.800 96.72% 21.594 22.708 95.09% April 5th 16.621 45.39%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.062 10.105 79.79% 8.711 92.55% 22.975 25.617 89.69% April 4th 17.615 45.77%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 8 of 9 10,316 5.638 6.475 87.07% 4.400 128.12% 20.367 22.612 90.07% March 31st 15.640 36.05%

DUCHESNE RIVER 13 of 15 9,301 6.823 6.952 98.15% 5.367 127.14% 19.907 19.590 101.62% March 31st 13.492 50.57%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 2.200 2.224 98.92% 0.067 3,298.35% 16.225 15.582 104.13% April 3rd 10.582 20.79%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 20 of 21 9,153 14.970 13.849 108.09% 12.915 115.91% 28.871 27.822 103.77% April 4th 20.167 74.23%

ROARING FORK RIVER 7 of 8 9,780 10.100 9.242 109.28% 7.738 130.53% 24.914 24.068 103.52% April 4th 16.685 60.53%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 10 of 11 9,013 5.460 4.992 109.39% 3.186 171.39% 19.973 19.515 102.34% March 31st 13.981 39.05%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 19 of 26 8,946 9.558 8.248 115.88% 6.838 139.79% 18.417 18.457 99.78% April 9th 14.148 67.56%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 3 of 6 9,445 1.533 1.255 122.19% 0.000 % 14.200 15.134 93.83% March 31st 9.491 16.16%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 15.410 12.344 124.84% 12.500 123.28% 23.330 22.217 105.01% April 12th 16.217 95.02%

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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