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: MARCH 6 , 2022
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BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION
Data Site Name (Ft) % %
Current Median Median Current Median Med
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WYOMING
SNAKE RIVER
Base Camp 7060 11.0 15.2 72 13.9 17.4 80
Blind Bull Sum 8650 15.4 19.8 78 11.6 15.6 74
Cottonwood Creek 7670 13.3 18.4 72 19.3 20.5 94
East Rim Divide 7930 7.0 9.4 74 8.8 9.6 92
Grand Targhee 9260 23.9 33.7 71 22.2 26.4 84
Granite Creek 6770 8.9 15.1 59 10.9 16.1 68
Grassy Lake 7265 17.6 26.9 65 25.2 29.1 87
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 8.8 10.1 87 9.2 10.1 91
Gunsight Pass 9820 10.2 10.7 95 10.9 11.4 96
Lewis Lake Divide 7850 19.4 25.0 78 26.5 27.4 97
Loomis Park 8240 9.5 13.4 71 12.3 14.2 87
Phillips Bench 8200 15.1 21.8 69 18.4 22.8 81
Salt River Summit 7640 8.9 11.0 81 13.0 13.0 100
Snake River Station 6920 9.7 14.9 65 15.5 18.5 84
Somsen Ranch 6800 9.2 10.9 84 14.2 14.0 101
Spring Creek Divide 9000 15.6 20.0 78 18.0 19.7 91
Thumb Divide 7980 12.1 13.2 92 14.6 14.2 103
Togwotee Pass 9580 16.2 19.8 82 17.1 21.2 81
Triple Peak 8500 15.6 19.7 79 19.7 20.7 95
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 21.1 23.6 89 19.1 21.6 88
Willow Creek 8080 18.4 24.4 75 24.4 27.1 90
Younts Peak 8350 11.4 12.5 91 8.7 11.8 74
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Basin Index (%) 77 88
MADISON HEADWATERS IN WYOMING
Black Bear 8170 24.8 31.4 79 25.4 31.1 82
Canyon 7870 7.2 -M * 10.1 -M *
Madison Plateau 7750 14.1 18.2 77 17.4 20.4 85
West Yellowstone 6700 7.4 9.1 81 10.4 11.4 91
Whiskey Creek 6800 9.2 12.6 73 -M 16.1 *
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Basin Index (%) 78 85
YELLOWSTONE HEADWATERS IN WYOMING
Beartooth Lake 9360 13.5 18.3 74 12.8 17.1 75
Canyon 7870 7.2 -M * 10.1 -M *
Evening Star 9200 20.3 22.4 91 20.1 24.4 82
Fisher Creek 9100 23.0 26.9 86 24.1 26.6 91
Monument Peak 8850 13.4 16.9 79 16.4 17.8 92
Northeast Entrance 7350 5.1 9.2 55 9.0 11.0 82
Parker Peak 9400 15.5 18.2 85 15.2 16.6 92
Sylvan Lake 8420 12.6 16.2 78 17.2 18.8 91
Thumb Divide 7980 12.1 13.2 92 14.6 14.2 103
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 21.1 23.6 89 19.1 21.6 88
White Mill 8700 15.5 20.2 77 15.2 18.8 81
Wolverine 7650 8.8 10.6 83 9.7 10.4 93
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Basin Index (%) 82 88
WIND RIVER
Burroughs Creek 8750 6.7 -M * 9.8 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 4.0 6.4 62 5.1 7.2 71
Cold Springs 9630 7.9 6.2 127 10.2 7.2 142
Deer Park 9700 8.7 10.7 81 11.9 13.4 89
Hobbs Park 10100 11.8 11.0 107 12.3 9.6 128
Kirwin 9550 9.0 8.7 103 10.2 9.4 109
Little Warm 9370 8.8 8.2 107 11.1 9.8 113
South Pass 9040 8.7 12.0 72 10.7 12.2 88
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 1.3 -M * 7.1 -M *
Togwotee Pass 9580 16.2 19.8 82 17.1 21.2 81
Townsend Creek 8700 6.6 7.2 92 9.5 8.4 113
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Basin Index (%) 91 100
BIGHORN BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 12.1 15.6 78 11.2 13.0 86
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 4.5 5.4 83 6.6 6.5 102
Bone Springs Div 9350 -M 13.2 * 10.1 12.6 80
Grave Springs 8550 4.6 7.0 66 6.2 7.2 86
Kirwin 9550 9.0 8.7 103 10.2 9.4 109
Marquette 8760 2.9 5.6 52 6.4 7.0 91
Middle Powder 7760 5.9 8.4 70 7.0 7.7 91
Owl Creek 8975 4.8 4.5 107 5.7 4.9 116
Powder River Pass 9480 7.4 8.8 84 6.7 9.8 68
Shell Creek 9580 10.3 12.2 84 10.4 10.9 95
Timber Creek 7950 3.2 4.0 80 5.2 5.8 90
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Basin Index (%) 81 90
SHOSHONE RIVER
Blackwater 9780 15.6 18.2 86 17.0 17.9 95
Evening Star 9200 20.3 22.4 91 20.1 24.4 82
Marquette 8760 2.9 5.6 52 6.4 7.0 91
Sylvan Lake 8420 12.6 16.2 78 17.2 18.8 91
Sylvan Road 7120 6.6 10.4 63 -M 14.3 *
Younts Peak 8350 11.4 12.5 91 8.7 11.8 74
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Basin Index (%) 81 87
POWDER RIVER
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 4.5 5.4 83 6.6 6.5 102
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 10.4 12.0 87 11.0 10.6 104
Grave Springs 8550 4.6 7.0 66 6.2 7.2 86
Hansen Sawmill 8360 5.1 5.6 91 7.3 6.4 114
Middle Powder 7760 5.9 8.4 70 7.0 7.7 91
Powder River Pass 9480 7.4 8.8 84 6.7 9.8 68
Soldier Park 8720 2.1 5.6 38 7.4 7.4 100
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Basin Index (%) 76 94
TONGUE RIVER
Big Goose 7990 4.9 6.2 79 7.9 8.0 99
Bone Springs Div 9350 -M 13.2 * 10.1 12.6 80
Burgess Junction 7880 8.1 8.6 94 10.1 9.5 106
Dome Lake 8880 7.7 9.2 84 9.9 9.6 103
Little Goose 8870 6.3 7.6 83 10.1 9.5 106
Sucker Creek 8880 9.2 10.0 92 12.1 11.0 110
Tie Creek 6870 3.2 4.5 71 9.2 8.7 106
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Basin Index (%) 85 101
BELLE FOURCHE
Blind Park 6890 3.9 6.7 58 6.8 8.8 77
Cole Canyon 5910 3.2 4.8 67 7.0 7.4 95
North Rapid Creek 6130 4.6 6.0 77 4.9 7.4 66
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Basin Index (%) 67 79
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN
Blind Park 6890 3.9 6.7 58 6.8 8.8 77
North Rapid Creek 6130 4.6 6.0 77 4.9 7.4 66
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Basin Index (%) 67 72
UPPER N. PLATTE
Arapaho Ridge 10960 17.3 17.6 98 16.6 17.7 94
Blackhall Mtn 9820 23.6 22.9 103 24.8 23.1 107
Cinnabar Park 9574 15.3 17.4 88 17.6 19.8 89
Columbine 9160 16.7 20.2 83 19.6 19.7 99
Divide Peak 8880 12.8 15.8 81 17.3 17.6 98
Joe Wright 10120 17.5 17.3 101 23.6 21.4 110
Laprele Creek 8375 5.5 7.7 71 9.0 9.1 99
Med Bow 10500 25.4 -M * 24.1 -M *
Never Summer 10280 17.3 16.4 105 13.2 14.1 94
North French Creek 10130 19.5 22.6 86 21.1 21.8 97
Old Battle 10000 22.9 25.1 91 25.0 27.6 91
Rawah 9020 8.9 9.4 95 11.4 12.8 89
Sage Creek Basin 7850 9.5 11.7 81 8.8 10.8 81
Sand Lake 10050 19.9 21.8 91 20.3 19.0 107
South Brush Creek 8440 8.0 10.2 78 10.2 11.2 91
Tower 10500 31.3 36.9 85 32.5 32.8 99
Webber Springs 9250 17.0 17.4 98 20.7 20.8 100
Whiskey Park 8950 20.5 22.4 92 23.8 23.0 103
Willow Creek Pass 9540 11.7 10.6 110 12.2 11.0 111
Zirkel 9340 20.5 24.4 84 27.2 26.3 103
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Basin Index (%) 91 99
SWEETWATER
Deer Park 9700 8.7 10.7 81 11.9 13.4 89
Larsen Creek 9000 -M 9.6 * 9.2 11.0 84
South Pass 9040 8.7 12.0 72 10.7 12.2 88
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Basin Index (%) 77 87
LOWER N. PLATTE
Casper Mtn. 7900 8.4 10.3 82 12.6 10.4 121
Laprele Creek 8375 5.5 7.7 71 9.0 9.1 99
Reno Hill 8400 9.5 11.0 86 13.2 11.1 119
Windy Peak 7900 5.8 6.2 94 9.0 7.7 117
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Basin Index (%) 83 114
LARAMIE RIVER
Brooklyn Lake 10240 16.1 17.3 93 18.6 17.6 106
Cinnabar Park 9574 15.3 17.4 88 17.6 19.8 89
Crow Creek 8330 4.5 6.0 75 8.3 8.1 102
Deadman Hill 10220 15.8 13.6 116 14.3 13.8 104
Rawah 9020 8.9 9.4 95 11.4 12.8 89
Roach 9700 13.5 12.5 108 16.4 15.2 108
Windy Peak 7900 5.8 6.2 94 9.0 7.7 117
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Basin Index (%) 97 101
S. PLATTE
Crow Creek 8330 4.5 6.0 75 8.3 8.1 102
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Basin Index (%) 75 102
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
Battle Mountain 7440 8.2 10.6 77 13.1 12.5 105
Divide Peak 8880 12.8 15.8 81 17.3 17.6 98
Elk River 8700 15.3 16.0 96 18.8 15.8 119
Elkhead Divide 8780 14.6 -M * 18.5 -M *
Little Snake River 8915 17.3 22.7 76 26.0 27.2 96
Old Battle 10000 22.9 25.1 91 25.0 27.6 91
Sage Creek Basin 7850 9.5 11.7 81 8.8 10.8 81
Sandstone RS 8150 10.7 11.2 96 13.3 15.3 87
Whiskey Park 8950 20.5 22.4 92 23.8 23.0 103
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Basin Index (%) 86 98
UPPER GREEN RIVER
Big Sandy Opening 9080 7.5 10.8 69 9.4 10.5 90
Blind Bull Sum 8650 15.4 19.8 78 11.6 15.6 74
East Rim Divide 7930 7.0 9.4 74 8.8 9.6 92
Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 6.1 10.1 60 7.4 10.4 71
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 8.8 10.1 87 9.2 10.1 91
Gunsight Pass 9820 10.2 10.7 95 10.9 11.4 96
Indian Creek 9425 15.2 19.2 79 15.5 16.4 95
Kendall R.S. 7740 7.5 10.2 74 11.1 11.4 97
Larsen Creek 9000 -M 9.6 * 9.2 11.0 84
Loomis Park 8240 9.5 13.4 71 12.3 14.2 87
New Fork Lake 8340 6.3 9.2 68 7.2 8.8 82
Pocket Creek 9360 -M -M * -M -M *
Snider Basin 8060 -M 11.1 * -M 11.6 *
Spring Creek Divide 9000 15.6 20.0 78 18.0 19.7 91
Triple Peak 8500 15.6 19.7 79 19.7 20.7 95
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Basin Index (%) 77 89
LOWER GREEN RIVER
Blacks Fork Jct 8869 7.2 6.9 104 10.1 9.8 103
Buck Pasture 9632 9.8 -M * 12.4 -M *
EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 6.1 9.6 64 9.8 9.0 109
Hams Fork 7840 7.3 9.7 75 9.7 9.0 108
Henrys Fork 10182 -M -M * 9.2 -M *
Hewinta 9500 7.4 8.4 88 11.7 10.8 108
Hickerson Park 9122 5.7 6.4 89 7.9 8.4 94
Hole-in-Rock 9168 5.1 5.9 86 8.1 8.0 101
Indian Creek 9425 15.2 19.2 79 15.5 16.4 95
Kelley R.S. 8180 8.6 12.2 70 13.7 13.8 99
Spirit Lk 10235 10.7 9.3 115 13.7 13.0 105
Steel Creek Park 10158 11.3 12.2 93 13.8 13.0 106
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Basin Index (%) 85 103
UPPER BEAR RIVER
Bear River RS 8777 7.3 7.8 94 11.2 9.4 119
Bug Lake 7987 11.7 15.5 75 15.6 14.7 106
Burts Miller Ranch 8000 5.7 5.5 104 6.9 6.0 115
Chalk Creek #1 9171 14.6 18.8 78 17.8 18.6 96
Giveout 6930 6.3 8.4 75 10.3 10.0 103
Hayden Fork 9130 10.8 12.4 87 17.3 16.6 104
Kelley R.S. 8180 8.6 12.2 70 13.7 13.8 99
Lily Lake 9133 8.3 10.4 80 12.9 12.7 102
Monte Cristo 8932 17.0 22.2 77 20.8 20.7 100
Salt River Summit 7640 8.9 11.0 81 13.0 13.0 100
Spring Creek Divide 9000 15.6 20.0 78 18.0 19.7 91
Trial Lake 9992 14.4 18.4 78 17.2 18.0 96
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Basin Index (%) 79 101
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-M = Missing data
* = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
Units = inches for the Current and Median (or Average) 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 (or Average) represents the snow water
equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to
the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.
The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Median (or Average) represents the total precipitation
(beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin
compared to the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.
Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.
Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1991-2020.
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 or average for the day is less than 10% of the maximum
median or average value for the year.
* Basin - More than half of the stations for a basin with medians (or averages) report missing or invalid data
The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values
divided by the sum of the corresponding medians or averages and the resulting fraction
multiplied by 100.
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-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.
