B A S I N S U M M A R Y OF
S N O W C O U R S E D A T A
MARCH 1999
SNOW COURSE ELEVATION DATE SNOW WATER LAST AVERAGE
DEPTH CONTENT YEAR 1961-90
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SNAKE RIVER BASIN
ASTER CREEK 7750 2/24/99 111 33.0 24.1 25.3
BASE CAMP PILLOW 7030 3/01/99 --- 23.3 14.7 15.7
BASE CAMP 7030 2/25/99 84 24.3 15.2 17.8
BLACK BEAR PILLOW 7950 3/01/99 --- 46.5 31.4 31.7
BLIND BULL PILLOW 8900 3/01/99 --- 26.2 19.4 24.3
BRYAN FLAT 6420 2/25/99 38 10.4 9.0 8.3
CCC CAMP 7000 2/24/99 51 13.7 12.4 10.9
COTTONWOOD CR PILLOW 7700 3/01/99 --- 21.7 17.8 18.5
DARBY CANYON 8250 2/27/99 70 21.2 19.7 19.8
EAST RIM DIV PILLOW 7930 3/01/99 --- 12.5 8.6 12.0
ELBO RANCH 7100 2/28/99 47 12.4 12.6 10.2
FOUR MILE MEADOWS 7860 2/25/99 46 12.5 9.8 11.1
GLADE CREEK 7040 2/24/99 90 25.5 18.3 20.3
GRASSY LAKE PILLOW 7270 3/01/99 --- 38.4 25.7 29.6
GREYS BOUNDARY 5720 2/24/99 46 12.0 13.2 10.3
GROS VENTRE PILLOW 8750 3/01/99 --- 14.0 11.5 12.9
GROVER PARK DIVIDE 7000 2/24/99 40 10.9 10.2 10.5
HUCKLEBERRY DIVIDE 7300 2/24/99 83 11.8 16.7 18.7
JACKPINE CREEK 7350 2/27/99 81 24.2 18.0 19.2
LEWIS LAKE PILLOW 7850 3/01/99 --- 37.7 24.0 29.5
LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE 7850 --- 35.3
MORAN 6750 2/26/99 56 14.7 12.7 11.8
PHILLIPS BENCH PILL. 8200 3/01/99 --- 29.6 22.9 24.2
POISON MEADOWS 8500 --- 24.5
SALT RIVER PILLOW 7600 3/01/99 --- 14.3 12.8 12.1
SNAKE RIVER STATION 6920 2/24/99 78 21.9 15.8 18.2
SNOW KING MTN 7660 2/25/99 51 14.3 13.0 12.8
SPRING CRK. PILLOW 9000 3/01/99 --- 25.6 17.5 23.3
TETON PASS W.S. 7740 2/25/99 92 29.7 22.5 22.4
THUMB DIVIDE 7980 2/24/99 70 19.5 13.3 17.1
TOGWOTEE PASS PILLOW 9580 3/01/99 --- 26.1 19.3 20.8
TURPIN MEADOWS 6900 2/25/99 46 12.5 9.1 9.5
TWO OCEAN PILLOW 9240 3/01/99 --- 33.1 22.4 22.2
WILLOW CREEK PILLOW 8450 3/01/99 --- 29.9 22.7 25.8
UPPER YELLOWSTONE & MADISON RIVER BASINS
BLACK BEAR PILLOW 7950 3/01/99 --- 46.5 31.4 31.7
CANYON PILLOW 8090 3/01/99 --- 16.6 10.7 10.7
FISHER CREEK PILLOW 9100 3/01/99 --- 37.0 25.6 30.3
FISHER CREEK 9100 --- 32.2
LAKE CAMP 7780 2/24/99 45 11.5 7.2 8.2
LUPINE CREEK 7380 2/26/99 43 11.1 7.8 8.9
MADISON PLT PILLOW 7750 3/01/99 --- 32.4 17.0 20.6
MADISON PLATEAU 7750 --- 19.4
NORRIS BASIN 7500 2/27/99 40 11.4 8.9 9.9
N.E. ENTRANCE PILLOW 7350 3/01/99 --- 11.3 6.2 8.1
NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 6.4 8.1
OLD FAITHFUL 7400 3/01/99 64 20.0 10.7 13.7
PARKERS PEAK PILLOW 9400 3/01/99 --- 21.0 14.9 18.0
SYLVAN LAKE PILLOW 8420 3/01/99 --- 23.4 13.6 18.5
THUMB DIVIDE 7980 2/24/99 70 19.5 13.3 17.1
TWENTY-ONE MILE 7150 2/28/99 69 21.2 11.7 14.9
TWO OCEAN PILLOW 9240 3/01/99 --- 33.1 22.4 22.2
WEST YELL'ST PILLOW 6700 3/01/99 --- 14.1 6.0 10.1
WEST YELLOWSTONE 6700 2/28/99 48 13.7 8.7 10.3
WIND RIVER BASIN
BLUE RIDGE 9620 2/23/99 34 7.7 13.1 10.3
BURROUGHS CRK PILLOW 8750 3/01/99 --- 15.7 12.0 13.1
BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 --- 12.4
CASTLE CREEK 8400 2/23/99 28 6.2 3.8 4.0
COLD SPRINGS PILLOW 9630 3/01/99 --- 8.7 8.0 7.0
DU NOIR 8760 2/23/99 32 7.2 6.5 7.0
GEYSER CREEK 8500 2/23/99 27 6.6 6.7 6.2
GRANNIER MEADOWS 8860 2/24/99 43 10.0 8.6 12.3
HOBBS PARK PILLOW 10100 3/01/99 --- 15.5 10.8 12.1
LITTLE WARM PILLOW 9370 3/01/99 --- 12.5 8.2 9.2
MIDDLE FORK 7420 2/24/99 15 3.6 6.1 4.8
SOUTH PASS PILLOW 9040 3/01/99 --- 16.0 11.3 14.0
ST LAWRENCE ALT PILL 8620 3/01/99 --- 6.3 7.5 6.2
T CROSS RANCH 7900 2/23/99 32 7.9 8.9 6.7
TOGWOTEE PASS PILLOW 9580 3/01/99 --- 26.1 19.3 20.8
TOWNSEND CRK PILLOW 8700 3/01/99 --- 8.7 8.3 8.0
YOUNTS PEAK PILLOW 8350 3/01/99 --- 19.5 12.5 14.8
BIG HORN RIVER BASIN
BALD MOUNTAIN PILLOW 9380 3/01/99 --- 17.6 16.3 17.0
BONE SPGS. PILLOW 9350 3/01/99 --- 13.9 13.4 13.4
KIRWIN PILLOW 9550 3/01/99 --- 11.2 10.2 8.1
MEDICINE LODGE LAKES 9340 2/26/99 47 11.4 7.4 9.6
MIDDLE POWDER PILLOW 7760 3/01/99 --- 7.5 7.9 9.7
MIDDLE POWDER 7760 --- 8.9
ONION GULCH 8780 2/28/99 31 5.2 6.4 7.3
OWL CREEK PILLOW 8980 3/01/99 --- 5.6 5.0 3.7
POWDER RVR.PASS PILL 9480 3/01/99 --- 11.1 8.7 8.8
RANGER CREEK 8120 2/26/99 39 9.2 5.6 7.7
SHELL CREEK PILLOW 9580 3/01/99 --- 14.7 11.7 12.6
TIMBER CREEK PILLOW 7950 3/01/99 --- 4.6 6.7 4.9
TYRELL RANGER STA. 8300 2/28/99 32 6.4 5.2 7.0
SHOSHONE & CLARKS FORK RIVER BASINS
BEARTOOTH LK. PILLOW 9280 3/01/99 --- 24.1 16.2 19.9
BLACKWATER PILLOW 9780 3/01/99 --- 27.7 17.1 18.0
CARTER MOUNTAIN 7950 2/26/99 9 1.4 4.5 3.7
FISHER CREEK PILLOW 9100 3/01/99 --- 37.0 25.6 30.3
FISHER CREEK 9100 --- 32.2
EVENING STAR PILLOW 9200 3/01/99 --- 30.9 18.8 22.5
MARQUETTE PILLOW 8760 3/01/99 --- 7.1 10.0 6.5
PARKERS PEAK PILLOW 9400 3/01/99 --- 21.0 14.9 18.0
N.E. ENTRANCE PILLOW 7350 3/01/99 --- 11.3 6.2 8.1
NORTHEAST ENTRANCE 7350 6.4 8.1
PARKERS PEAK PILLOW 9400 3/01/99 --- 21.0 14.9 18.0
SYLVAN ROAD PILLOW 7120 3/01/99 --- 15.8 8.4 11.2
WHITE MILL PILLOW 8700 3/01/99 --- 25.4 19.1 21.2
WHITE MILL 8700 --- 23.4
WOLVERINE PILLOW 7650 3/01/99 --- 13.0 8.3 10.1
YOUNTS PEAK PILLOW 8350 3/01/99 --- 19.5 12.5 14.8
POWDER & TONGUE RIVER BASINS
BEAR TRAP PILLOW 8200 3/01/99 --- 5.9 4.8 5.9
BIG GOOSE 7760 2/26/99 13 2.8 5.9 5.6
BONE SPGS. PILLOW 9350 3/01/99 --- 13.9 13.4 13.4
BURGESS JCT. PILLOW 7880 3/01/99 --- 7.1 8.8 9.7
CLOUD PEAK PILLOW 9850 3/01/99 --- 12.5 11.6 11.1
DOME LAKE PILLOW 8880 3/01/99 --- 6.9 10.2 11.3
HANSEN S.M. PILLOW 8360 3/01/99 --- 4.7 6.5 5.7
MIDDLE POWDER PILLOW 7760 3/01/99 --- 7.5 7.9 9.7
MIDDLE POWDER 7760 --- 8.9
NORTH TONGUE 8450 2/26/99 36 8.8 11.1 10.7
ONION GULCH 8780 2/28/99 31 5.2 6.4 7.3
POWDER RVR.PASS PILL 9480 3/01/99 --- 11.1 8.7 8.8
SAWMILL DIVIDE 9260 2/26/99 39 9.2 11.9 10.9
SOLDIER PARK 8780 2/28/99 15 1.4 4.5 4.6
SOUR DOUGH 8460 2/28/99 23 3.6 5.4 5.5
SUCKER CREEK PILLOW 8880 3/01/99 --- 8.6 10.3 9.7
SUCKER CREEK 8880 --- 10.1
WOOD ROCK G.S. 8440 2/26/99 29 6.5 8.6 8.3
BELLE FOURCHE & CHEYENNE RIVER BASINS
BEARLODGE DIVIDE 4680 2/25/99 0 .0 .7 2.2
BLIND PARK PILLOW 6870 3/01/99 --- 7.0 8.7 9.1
DITCH CREEK 6870 3.7 ---
NORTH RAPID CK PILL. 6130 3/01/99 --- 5.0 9.1 ---
MALLO 6420 8.9 7.4
MOUNT TOM 5560 3.5 4.9
REUTER CANYON 6280 2/26/99 25 7.1 5.7 8.3
UPPER SPEARFISH 6500 2/24/99 20 4.6 7.6 6.0
WARREN PEAK PILLOW 6520 3/01/99 --- 9.2 11.3 9.1
LITTLE BEAR RUN 6240 5.0 ---
UPPER NORTH PLATTE BASIN
DIVIDE PEAK PILLOW 8860 3/01/99 --- 16.4 14.6 16.8
JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL 10000 3/01/99 --- 17.4 16.4 17.4
MOSS LAKE 9800 2/23/99 60 16.2 18.5 20.7
NORTH BARRETT CREEK 9400 2/23/99 76 21.5 16.0 17.4
NORTH FRENCH PILLOW 10130 3/01/99 --- 25.4 23.4 20.4
OLD BATTLE PILLOW 9920 3/01/99 --- 24.2 24.4 26.2
PURGATORY GULCH 8970 2/23/99 42 12.3 8.8 8.9
ROACH SNOTEL 9400 3/01/99 --- 14.5 11.7 14.0
RYAN PARK 8400 2/23/99 43 11.6 7.9 9.7
SAND LAKE PILLOW 10050 3/01/99 --- 29.0 19.9 26.8
SOUTH BRUSH PILLOW 8440 3/01/99 --- 11.5 9.1 9.4
WEBBER SPRING PILLOW 9250 3/01/99 --- 16.5 16.3 22.3
WILLOW CK PS SNOTEL 9500 3/01/99 --- 10.0 5.5 9.2
LOWER NORTH PLATTE, SWEETWATER & LARAMIE RIVER BASINS
ALBANY 9400 2/24/99 43 11.3 11.1 12.9
BOXELDER 7280 2/27/99 20 4.3 6.4 5.9
BROOKLYN LK. PILLOW 10220 3/01/99 --- 18.3 14.9 19.9
BUCK CREEK 7960 2/27/99 28 6.6 8.6 7.8
CASPER MTN. PILLOW 7850 3/01/99 --- 9.6 6.9 12.3
DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL 10200 3/01/99 --- 14.8 11.2 13.5
DEADMAN HILL 10200 --- ---
FOXPARK 9060 2/24/99 23 5.6 8.2 6.5
GRANNIER MEADOWS 8860 2/24/99 43 10.0 8.6 12.3
HAIRPIN TURN 9480 2/24/99 49 13.4 11.8 14.5
JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL 10000 3/01/99 --- 17.4 16.4 17.4
LA BONTE 8450 2/28/99 18 3.8 3.6 5.3
LA PRELE PILLOW 8380 3/01/99 --- 6.9 8.0 8.4
LARSEN CREEK 9020 2/22/99 48 12.5 6.5 11.2
LIBBY LODGE 8750 2/24/99 36 9.0 8.6 9.9
POLE MOUNTAIN 8700 2/24/99 28 7.0 7.2 6.3
RENO HILL PILLOW 8500 3/01/99 --- 11.4 10.5 10.8
ROACH SNOTEL 9400 3/01/99 --- 14.5 11.7 14.0
SOUTH PASS PILLOW 9040 3/01/99 --- 16.0 11.3 14.0
WINDY PEAK PILLOW 7900 3/01/99 --- 5.5 5.9 6.2
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER BASIN
BATTLE MTN. PILLOW 7440 3/01/99 --- 12.1 10.8 9.9
BUTTER HILL 7880 2/25/99 43 12.0 10.0 12.7
DIVIDE PEAK PILLOW 8860 3/01/99 --- 16.4 14.6 16.8
ELK RIVER SNOTEL 8600 3/01/99 --- 16.2 13.7 16.7
HASKINS CREEK 8980 2/25/99 85 26.2 27.2 25.6
OLD BATTLE PILLOW 9920 3/01/99 --- 24.2 24.4 26.2
SANDSTONE PILLOW 8150 3/01/99 --- 11.5 12.6 12.2
WHISKEY PARK PILLOW 8950 3/01/99 --- 23.2 22.7 23.6
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 2/25/99 60 17.7 15.0 16.9
BIG SANDY PILLOW 9080 3/01/99 --- 14.2 9.0 12.1
BLIND BULL PILLOW 8900 3/01/99 --- 26.2 19.4 24.3
EAST RIM DIV PILLOW 7930 3/01/99 --- 12.5 8.6 12.0
ELKHART PARK PILLOW 9400 3/01/99 --- 12.4 9.6 11.4
GROS VENTRE PILLOW 8750 3/01/99 --- 14.0 11.5 12.9
INDIAN CREEK PILLOW 9430 3/01/99 --- 25.7 19.5 22.9
KELLEY R.S. PILLOW 8180 3/01/99 --- 14.9 12.8 14.2
KENDALL R.S. PILLOW 7740 3/01/99 --- 14.5 11.5 12.5
LOOMIS PARK PILLOW 8240 3/01/99 --- 16.9 11.9 14.9
NEW FORK PILLOW 8340 3/01/99 --- 11.4 8.1 9.9
POCKET CREEK 9350 2/24/99 46 12.0 7.2 10.7
POISON MEADOWS 8500 --- 24.5
ROWDY CREEK 8300 2/24/99 81 23.8 16.2 19.2
SNIDER BASIN PILLOW 8060 3/01/99 --- 15.1 9.4 12.8
TRIPLE PEAK PILLOW 8500 3/01/99 --- 24.7 17.6 21.7
LOWER GREEN RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 2/25/99 60 17.7 15.0 16.9
BLACK'S FORK JUNCTN 8930 2/25/99 33 8.6 9.3 7.5
HAMS FORK PILLOW 7840 3/01/99 --- 12.8 9.3 10.5
HENRY'S FORK 10000 2/25/99 43 10.9 13.3 11.2
HEWINTA SNOTEL 9500 3/01/99 --- 9.9 9.3 8.5
HICKERSON PARK SNOTE 9100 3/01/99 --- 5.9 8.8 5.0
HOLE-IN-ROCK SNOTEL 9150 3/01/99 --- 6.0 6.6 4.5
INDIAN CREEK PILLOW 9430 3/01/99 --- 25.7 19.5 22.9
KELLEY R.S. PILLOW 8180 3/01/99 --- 14.9 12.8 14.2
SPRING CRK. PILLOW 9000 3/01/99 --- 25.6 17.5 23.3
STEEL CREEK PARK SNO 10100 3/01/99 --- 12.4 12.2 12.6
UPPER BEAR RIVER BASIN
BIG PARK 8620 2/25/99 60 17.7 15.0 16.9
BURT'S-MILLER RANCH 7900 2/25/99 22 6.3 4.6 4.6
HAYDEN FORK SNOTEL 9100 3/01/99 --- 13.5 11.4 13.7
INDIAN CREEK PILLOW 9430 3/01/99 --- 25.7 19.5 22.9
KELLEY R.S. PILLOW 8180 3/01/99 --- 14.9 12.8 14.2
SALT RIVER PILLOW 7600 3/01/99 --- 14.3 12.8 12.1
STILLWATER CAMP 8550 2/25/99 37 9.7 9.0 8.6
TRIAL LAKE SNOTEL 9960 3/01/99 --- 17.9 17.9 21.2
TRIAL LAKE 9960 2/25/99 68 19.6 20.2 20.3
TRIAL LAKE 9960 --- 15.4
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