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Wyoming Snow Precipitation Update

United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon Agriculture Service S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites As of SUNDAY: APRIL 24 , 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION Data Site Name (Ft) % % Current Median Median Current Average Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WYOMING SNAKE RIVER Base Camp 7030 8.2 11.0 75 21.1 22.0 96 Black Bear 8170 29.5 36.9 80 36.0 40.5 89 Blind Bull Sum 8650 25.9 24.3 107 17.4 20.6 84 Cottonwood Creek 7670 17.3 17.5 99 28.0 26.3 106 East Rim Divide 7930 .0 9.2 0 11.7 12.4 94 Grand Targhee 9260 41.0 42.9 96 33.6 33.2 101 Granite Creek 6770 7.2 9.8 73 18.5 20.5 90 Grassy Lake 7265 22.0 30.4 72 36.2 38.0 95 Gros Ventre Summit 8750 9.9 12.7 78 11.7 14.0 84 Gunsight Pass 9820 13.2 13.6 97 15.7 15.3 103 Lewis Lake Divide 7850 22.8 30.7 74 32.9 37.4 88 Phillips Bench 8200 19.8 25.3 78 27.4 29.6 93 Salt River Summit 7760 7.1 8.7 82 16.7 17.7 94 Snake River Station 6920 6.5 10.5 62 23.1 23.9 97 Spring Creek Divide 9000 25.0 23.6 106 24.6 25.3 97 Thumb Divide 7980 5.5 14.2 39 15.7 20.1 78 Togwotee Pass 9580 20.8 24.4 85 26.0 26.1 100 Two Ocean Plateau 9240 25.7 28.8 89 26.0 29.0 90 Willow Creek 8380 22.2 26.1 85 35.5 36.1 98 Younts Peak 8350 6.6 15.1 44 14.2 16.9 84 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 81 93 MADISON-GALLATIN Black Bear 8170 29.5 36.9 80 36.0 40.5 89 Canyon 7870 6.2 11.8 53 13.5 17.3 78 Madison Plateau 7750 18.1 22.7 80 23.9 28.0 85 West Yellowstone 6700 .1 5.6 2 14.3 15.4 93 Whiskey Creek 6800 10.3 15.4 67 17.7 21.6 82 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 69 86 YELLOWSTONE Beartooth Lake 9360 18.7 23.6 79 19.2 21.1 91 Burnt Mtn 5880 .0 .0 * 12.5 14.8 84 Canyon 7870 6.2 11.8 53 13.5 17.3 78 Cole Creek 7850 10.9 16.3 67 -M 15.1 * Evening Star 9200 24.4 24.4 100 29.9 29.3 102 Fisher Creek 9100 27.3 33.1 82 26.9 34.0 79 Northeast Entrance 7350 -M 5.4 * 12.1 13.2 92 Parker Peak 9400 18.9 21.6 88 21.8 19.2 114 Sylvan Lake 8420 12.8 20.3 63 24.5 24.1 102 Thumb Divide 7980 5.5 14.2 39 15.7 20.1 78 Two Ocean Plateau 9240 25.7 28.8 89 26.0 29.0 90 White Mill 8700 21.2 23.8 89 22.5 25.3 89 Wolverine 7650 .3 5.8 5 13.0 13.1 99 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 77 91 WIND RIVER Burroughs Creek 8750 5.7 -M * 13.2 -M * Castle Creek 8400 .1 -M * 7.9 -M * Cold Springs 9630 5.7 3.4 168 10.7 11.5 93 Deer Park 9700 16.5 16.3 101 19.7 22.4 88 Hobbs Park 10100 16.9 15.5 109 17.7 15.5 114 Kirwin 9550 11.9 10.1 118 15.1 12.9 117 Little Warm 9370 7.6 9.7 78 12.1 14.3 85 Owl Creek 8975 1.2 3.0 40 6.9 7.2 96 South Pass 9040 13.6 15.3 89 14.4 19.2 75 St. Lawrence Alt 8620 3.4 5.1 67 11.0 10.5 105 Togwotee Pass 9580 20.8 24.4 85 26.0 26.1 100 Townsend Creek 8700 9.3 8.9 104 14.6 13.9 105 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 96 97 BIGHORN BASIN Bald Mtn. 9380 16.0 20.2 79 14.1 18.6 76 Bear Trap Meadow 8200 1.9 2.2 86 7.5 9.8 77 Bone Springs Div 9350 12.6 16.4 77 13.0 17.2 76 Grave Springs 8550 5.7 9.3 61 6.9 12.0 58 Kirwin 9550 11.9 10.1 118 15.1 12.9 117 Marquette 8760 8.2 -M * 13.5 -M * Middle Powder 7760 8.3 12.3 67 8.4 13.2 64 Owl Creek 8975 1.2 3.0 40 6.9 7.2 96 Powder River Pass 9480 6.9 10.3 67 9.9 14.1 70 Shell Creek 9580 12.4 15.8 78 11.3 15.2 74 Timber Creek 7950 5.2 3.9 133 13.1 8.8 149 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 79 82 SHOSHONE RIVER Blackwater 9780 23.3 24.3 96 26.2 22.3 117 Evening Star 9200 24.4 24.4 100 29.9 29.3 102 Marquette 8760 8.2 -M * 13.5 -M * Sylvan Road 7120 .0 8.6 0 15.9 17.9 89 Younts Peak 8350 6.6 15.1 44 14.2 16.9 84 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 75 100 POWDER RIVER Bear Trap Meadow 8200 1.9 2.2 86 7.5 9.8 77 Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 11.1 16.2 69 14.7 15.4 95 Grave Springs 8550 5.7 9.3 61 6.9 12.0 58 Hansen Sawmill 8360 3.3 4.4 75 9.4 10.0 94 Middle Powder 7760 8.3 12.3 67 8.4 13.2 64 Powder River Pass 9480 6.9 10.3 67 9.9 14.1 70 Soldier Park 8720 .1 -M * 9.3 -M * ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 68 76 TONGUE RIVER Big Goose 7990 8.0 9.1 88 11.2 13.2 85 Bone Springs Div 9350 12.6 16.4 77 13.0 17.2 76 Burgess Junction 7880 9.9 12.5 79 11.8 13.9 85 Dome Lake 8880 8.7 11.8 74 12.3 15.3 80 Little Goose 8870 8.9 -M * 13.3 -M * Sucker Creek 8880 9.6 12.7 76 13.3 16.2 82 Tie Creek 6870 .0 3.8 0 10.9 13.4 81 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 74 81 BELLE FOURCHE Cole Canyon 5910 .3 1.1 27 10.2 10.8 94 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 27 94 CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN Blind Park 6890 .2 3.8 5 11.2 13.5 83 North Rapid Creek 6130 .0 3.8 0 9.1 11.5 79 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 3 81 UPPER N. PLATTE Arapaho Ridge 10960 25.1 21.6 116 26.9 25.2 107 Blackhall Mtn 9820 33.1 -M * 32.7 -M * Columbine 9160 19.5 20.7 94 27.7 27.5 101 Divide Peak 8880 17.8 18.2 98 26.7 23.3 115 Joe Wright 10120 -M 23.0 * -M 28.5 * Laprele Creek 8375 6.9 7.3 95 12.5 14.2 88 Med Bow 10500 34.1 -M * 33.7 -M * North French Creek 10130 27.3 32.4 84 28.4 29.3 97 Never Summer 10280 22.0 20.9 105 19.4 -M * Old Battle 10000 33.2 33.8 98 31.4 37.7 83 Rawah 9020 11.6 8.0 145 20.8 16.4 127 Sage Creek Basin 7850 9.7 3.5 277 13.9 15.6 89 Sand Lake 10050 30.4 30.9 98 29.4 27.6 107 South Brush Creek 8440 6.7 9.9 68 15.8 16.9 93 Tower 10500 41.3 49.1 84 40.5 43.1 94 Webber Springs 9250 21.4 21.9 98 28.3 28.9 98 Willow Creek Pass 9540 17.4 13.6 128 17.8 14.9 119 Zirkel 9340 23.7 22.5 105 32.4 30.2 107 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 100 100 SWEETWATER Deer Park 9700 16.5 16.3 101 19.7 22.4 88 Larsen Creek 9000 6.1 9.9 62 15.1 -M * South Pass 9040 13.6 15.3 89 14.4 19.2 75 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 87 82 LOWER N. PLATTE Casper Mtn. 7900 16.7 14.2 118 17.0 17.0 100 Laprele Creek 8375 6.9 7.3 95 12.5 14.2 88 Reno Hill 8400 15.5 13.9 112 20.4 17.8 115 Windy Peak 7900 6.9 6.2 111 12.2 12.2 100 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 111 101 LARAMIE RIVER Brooklyn Lake 10240 23.2 22.7 102 25.2 23.5 107 Cinnabar Park 9574 19.1 19.9 96 24.5 26.0 94 Crow Creek 8330 5.2 .0 * 16.6 12.6 132 Deadman Hill 10220 22.0 17.9 123 22.4 19.6 114 Rawah 9020 11.6 8.0 145 20.8 16.4 127 Roach 9700 19.5 16.7 117 23.9 21.3 112 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 118 112 S. PLATTE Black Mountain 8920 13.7 -M * 19.7 -M * Crow Creek 8330 5.2 .0 * 16.6 12.6 132 Deadman Hill 10220 22.0 17.9 123 22.4 19.6 114 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 152* 121 LITTLE SNAKE RIVER Battle Mountain 7440 3.6 2.4 150 17.2 16.4 105 Divide Peak 8880 17.8 18.2 98 26.7 23.3 115 Elk River 8700 11.5 14.7 78 20.0 21.8 92 Little Snake River 8915 21.6 23.5 92 34.4 31.5 109 Old Battle 10000 33.2 33.8 98 31.4 37.7 83 Sage Creek Basin 7850 9.7 3.5 277 13.9 15.6 89 Sandstone RS 8150 5.5 9.2 60 13.6 20.0 68 Whiskey Park 8950 25.9 25.6 101 30.3 30.3 100 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 98 95 UPPER GREEN RIVER Big Sandy Opening 9080 11.1 12.2 91 13.6 14.5 94 Blind Bull Sum 8650 25.9 24.3 107 17.4 20.6 84 East Rim Divide 7930 .0 9.2 0 11.7 12.4 94 Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 8.4 11.8 71 12.6 14.3 88 Gros Ventre Summit 8750 9.9 12.7 78 11.7 14.0 84 Gunsight Pass 9820 13.2 13.6 97 15.7 15.3 103 Kendall R.S. 7740 .0 7.0 0 12.3 14.9 83 Loomis Park 8240 8.7 12.1 72 17.4 18.2 96 New Fork Lake 8340 3.2 7.7 42 11.7 11.5 102 Pocket Creek 9360 8.1 -M * 10.8 -M * Snider Basin 8060 6.8 10.2 67 14.7 15.1 97 Spring Creek Divide 9000 25.0 23.6 106 24.6 25.3 97 Triple Peak 8500 19.0 19.1 99 28.3 26.8 106 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 80 94 LOWER GREEN RIVER Blacks Fork Jct 8870 8.0 -M * 13.7 -M * Buck Pasture 9700 10.3 -M * 18.6 -M * EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 6.7 -M * 12.8 -M * Hams Fork 7840 4.5 5.3 85 11.5 12.4 93 Hewinta 9519 7.6 7.2 106 15.5 15.4 101 Hickerson Park 9145 8.9 5.1 175 14.0 11.4 123 Hole-in-Rock 9150 4.2 5.3 79 14.0 10.9 128 Indian Creek 9425 19.9 23.6 84 19.6 24.1 81 Kelley R.S. 8180 10.0 11.9 84 16.7 19.3 87 Spirit Lk 10235 16.2 -M * 19.8 -M * Steel Creek Park 10200 18.3 16.5 111 21.0 18.2 115 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 98 101 UPPER BEAR RIVER Bear River RS 8777 .0 -M * 12.8 -M * Bug Lake 7950 13.1 16.2 81 20.5 20.8 99 Burts Miller Ranch 8000 .0 -M * 6.5 -M * Chalk Creek #1 8993 16.5 24.6 67 23.9 27.3 88 Hayden Fork 9212 5.6 10.9 51 20.6 22.8 90 Kelley R.S. 8180 10.0 11.9 84 16.7 19.3 87 Lily Lake 9156 8.7 10.0 87 15.0 18.7 80 Monte Cristo 8960 23.4 27.3 86 29.7 28.0 106 Salt River Summit 7760 7.1 8.7 82 16.7 17.7 94 ----- ----- Basin Index (%) 77 93 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -M = Missing data * = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions. Units = inches for the Current and Normal Snow Water Equivalent and Total Precipitation values If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative of conditions in the basin. The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median represents the snow water equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Median value for those sites on this day. The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation (beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Average value for those sites on this day. Contact your state water supply staff for assistance. Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1981-2010. Provisional data, subject to revision. * Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water equivalent, the median for the day is less than 10% of the maximum median value for the year. * Basin - More than half of the sites within the basin are flagged with *, preventing the calculation of a meaningful basin index. The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values divided by the sum of the corresponding medians (for snow water equivalent) or averages (for precipitation) and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -M = Missing data * = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions. Units = inches for the Current and Normal Snow Water Equivalent and Total Precipitation values If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative of conditions in the basin. The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median represents the snow water equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Median value for those sites on this day. The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation (beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the Average value for those sites on this day. Contact your state water supply staff for assistance. Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1981-2010. Provisional data, subject to revision. * Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water equivalent, the median for the day is less than 10% of the maximum median value for the year. * Basin - More than half of the sites within the basin are flagged with *, preventing the calculation of a meaningful basin index. The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values divided by the sum of the corresponding medians (for snow water equivalent) or averages (for precipitation) and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.