Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-02-17
Day #140 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
138 of 141
9,630
6.646
11.807
56.29%
11.071
60.03%
10.718
13.218
81.09%
April 4th
15.580
42.66%

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
5 of 6
8,976
2.800
8.489
32.98%
8.367
33.47%
10.483
11.318
92.63%
March 14th
10.750
26.05%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
6.050
13.822
43.77%
13.267
45.60%
15.500
15.997
96.89%
April 4th
17.615
34.35%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
6.322
14.173
44.61%
13.911
45.45%
15.778
16.138
97.77%
April 5th
18.871
33.50%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
4.791
10.734
44.64%
10.029
47.77%
8.873
12.029
73.76%
March 31st
13.981
34.27%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
6.094
12.064
50.51%
10.793
56.46%
10.475
13.481
77.70%
April 5th
16.621
36.66%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
3.633
7.130
50.96%
6.450
56.33%
8.033
9.080
88.47%
March 31st
9.491
38.28%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
6.450
12.197
52.88%
11.412
56.52%
9.050
13.834
65.42%
April 4th
16.685
38.66%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
6.367
11.977
53.16%
11.175
56.97%
12.033
13.779
87.33%
March 31st
15.640
40.71%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
6.485
11.988
54.10%
11.759
55.15%
8.360
12.865
64.98%
April 12th
16.217
39.99%
DUCHESNE RIVER
15 of 15
9,301
6.173
10.426
59.21%
9.327
66.19%
10.387
12.061
86.12%
March 31st
13.492
45.76%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
9.105
15.297
59.52%
14.780
61.60%
12.686
16.896
75.08%
April 4th
20.167
45.15%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
25 of 26
8,946
8.136
10.444
77.90%
9.538
85.31%
10.820
11.087
97.59%
April 9th
14.148
57.51%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
6.025
7.446
80.92%
6.900
87.32%
9.875
9.168
107.71%
April 3rd
10.582
56.94%

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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