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 FRIDAY: SEPTEMBER 15 , 2023
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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 -M .0 * 31.3 31.6 99
Blind Bull Sum 8650 -M .0 * 30.6 27.8 110
Cottonwood Creek 7670 .1 .0 * 45.3 38.4 118
East Rim Divide 7930 -M .0 * 23.3 18.7 125
Grand Targhee 9260 -M .0 * 47.1 50.2 94
Granite Creek 6770 -M .0 * 23.4 29.6 79
Grassy Lake 7265 -M .0 * 54.5 50.2 109
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 .0 .0 * 22.2 21.4 104
Gunsight Pass 9820 .1 .0 * 27.4 24.2 113
Lewis Lake Divide 7850 .1 .0 * -M 48.0 *
Loomis Park 8240 .1 .0 * 26.7 27.2 98
Phillips Bench 8200 .2 .0 * 40.0 39.8 101
Salt River Summit 7640 -M .0 * 28.6 24.8 115
Snake River Station 6920 .0 .0 * 33.7 34.0 99
Somsen Ranch 6800 -M .0 * -M 25.6 *
Spring Creek Divide 9000 .2 .0 * 44.1 35.0 126
Thumb Divide 7980 -M .0 * -M 28.4 *
Togwotee Pass 9580 .0 .0 * 35.5 37.0 96
Triple Peak 8500 -M .0 * 39.4 37.8 104
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .9 .0 * 42.1 40.4 104
Willow Creek 8080 -M .0 * 53.1 50.8 105
Younts Peak 8350 -M .0 * -M 27.0 *
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Basin Index (%) * 105
MADISON HEADWATERS IN WYOMING
Black Bear 8170 .0 .0 * 58.4 53.1 110
Canyon 7870 .0 -M * 29.4 -M *
Madison Plateau 7750 .0 .0 * 44.3 39.8 111
West Yellowstone 6700 .0 .0 * 29.8 23.8 125
Whiskey Creek 6800 .0 .0 * 40.0 32.6 123
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Basin Index (%) * 116
YELLOWSTONE HEADWATERS IN WYOMING
Beartooth Lake 9360 .0 .0 * -M 34.0 *
Canyon 7870 .0 -M * 29.4 -M *
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * -M 42.8 *
Fisher Creek 9100 .0 .0 * 51.9 51.0 102
Monument Peak 8850 .0 .0 * 40.9 37.0 111
Northeast Entrance 7350 .0 .0 * -M 23.8 *
Parker Peak 9400 .0 .0 * 38.2 32.1 119
Sylvan Lake 8420 .0 .0 * 38.9 37.8 103
Thumb Divide 7980 -M .0 * -M 28.4 *
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .9 .0 * 42.1 40.4 104
White Mill 8700 .0 .0 * -M 38.2 *
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * -M 21.8 *
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Basin Index (%) * 107*
WIND RIVER
Burroughs Creek 8750 .0 -M * 25.4 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 .2 .0 * 20.7 17.0 122
Cold Springs 9630 .0 .0 * 24.9 19.9 125
Deer Park 9700 .0 .0 * 40.8 29.6 138
Hobbs Park 10100 .1 .0 * 34.9 25.9 135
Kirwin 9550 .0 .0 * 33.5 25.6 131
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 27.9 23.4 119
South Pass 9040 .0 .0 * 34.5 25.2 137
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 .0 -M * 28.2 -M *
Togwotee Pass 9580 .0 .0 * 35.5 37.0 96
Townsend Creek 8700 .2 .0 * 30.6 24.5 125
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Basin Index (%) * 124
BIGHORN BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 .0 .0 * 36.6 29.6 124
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .0 .0 * 28.1 19.4 145
Bone Springs Div 9350 .0 .0 * 29.8 28.8 103
Grave Springs 8550 .0 .0 * 25.7 18.6 138
Kirwin 9550 .0 .0 * 33.5 25.6 131
Marquette 8760 .0 .0 * 30.4 24.1 126
Middle Powder 7760 .1 .0 * 28.6 20.2 142
Owl Creek 8975 .0 .0 * 28.6 17.0 168
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 .0 * 30.9 26.6 116
Shell Creek 9580 .0 .0 * 29.7 26.0 114
Timber Creek 7950 .0 .0 * -M 21.3 *
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Basin Index (%) * 128
SHOSHONE RIVER
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 38.7 35.3 110
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * -M 42.8 *
Marquette 8760 .0 .0 * 30.4 24.1 126
Sylvan Lake 8420 .0 .0 * 38.9 37.8 103
Sylvan Road 7120 .0 .0 * 26.2 26.2 100
Younts Peak 8350 -M .0 * -M 27.0 *
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Basin Index (%) * 109
POWDER RIVER
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .0 .0 * 28.1 19.4 145
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 .0 .0 * 38.1 28.8 132
Grave Springs 8550 .0 .0 * 25.7 18.6 138
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 29.8 21.7 137
Middle Powder 7760 .1 .0 * 28.6 20.2 142
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 .0 * 30.9 26.6 116
Soldier Park 8720 .2 .0 * 29.6 21.6 137
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Basin Index (%) * 134
TONGUE RIVER
Big Goose 7990 .2 .0 * 33.5 23.7 141
Bone Springs Div 9350 .0 .0 * 29.8 28.8 103
Burgess Junction 7880 .1 .0 * -M 24.3 *
Dome Lake 8880 .0 .0 * 32.9 27.6 119
Little Goose 8870 .0 .0 * 35.0 27.0 130
Sucker Creek 8880 .0 .0 * 36.9 29.4 126
Tie Creek 6870 .0 .0 * 34.1 25.4 134
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Basin Index (%) * 125
BELLE FOURCHE
Blind Park 6890 .1 .0 * 26.9 26.4 102
Cole Canyon 5910 .0 .0 * 30.3 24.2 125
North Rapid Creek 6130 -M .0 * 27.9 23.7 118
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Basin Index (%) * 115
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN
Blind Park 6890 .1 .0 * 26.9 26.4 102
North Rapid Creek 6130 -M .0 * 27.9 23.7 118
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Basin Index (%) * 109
UPPER N. PLATTE
Arapaho Ridge 10976 .0 .0 * 38.5 36.0 107
Blackhall Mtn 9839 .1 .0 * 48.2 43.0 112
Cinnabar Park 9707 .1 .0 * 35.4 34.1 104
Columbine 9167 -M .0 * 35.4 36.6 97
Divide Peak 8730 .1 .0 * 37.1 31.0 120
Joe Wright 10158 .0 .0 * 42.4 41.7 102
Laprele Creek 8390 .1 .0 * 27.0 22.4 121
Med Bow 10512 .1 -M * 50.2 -M *
Never Summer 10323 .1 .0 * 36.2 31.0 117
North French Creek 10153 .0 .0 * 43.7 41.9 104
Old Battle 9860 .0 .0 * 55.4 49.4 112
Rawah 9069 .0 .0 * 30.0 27.2 110
Sage Creek Basin 7850 .2 .0 * 26.6 21.0 127
Sand Lake 10098 .1 .0 * 42.2 39.6 107
South Brush Creek 8495 -M .0 * 23.9 24.3 98
Tower 10620 .2 .0 * -M 56.4 *
Webber Springs 9260 .1 .0 * 40.5 39.2 103
Whiskey Park 9020 .0 .0 * 44.1 40.8 108
Willow Creek Pass 9523 .1 .0 * 29.5 24.8 119
Zirkel 9338 .1 .0 * 45.3 41.8 108
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Basin Index (%) * 109
SWEETWATER
Deer Park 9700 .0 .0 * 40.8 29.6 138
Larsen Creek 9000 -M .0 * 28.5 20.8 137
South Pass 9040 .0 .0 * 34.5 25.2 137
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Basin Index (%) * 137
LOWER N. PLATTE
Casper Mtn. 7920 .2 .0 * 32.6 24.3 134
Laprele Creek 8390 .1 .0 * 27.0 22.4 121
Reno Hill 8430 .0 .0 * 33.4 27.6 121
Windy Peak 7915 .3 .0 * 23.3 21.8 107
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Basin Index (%) * 121
LARAMIE RIVER
Brooklyn Lake 10250 .2 .0 * 38.0 33.6 113
Cinnabar Park 9707 .1 .0 * 35.4 34.1 104
Crow Creek 8335 .1 .0 * 22.3 23.5 95
Deadman Hill 10239 .1 .0 * 34.6 29.3 118
Rawah 9069 .0 .0 * 30.0 27.2 110
Roach 9740 .1 .0 * 34.7 32.1 108
Windy Peak 7915 .3 .0 * 23.3 21.8 107
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Basin Index (%) * 108
S. PLATTE
Crow Creek 8335 .1 .0 * 22.3 23.5 95
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Basin Index (%) * 95
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
Battle Mountain 7498 .0 .0 * 28.8 23.4 123
Divide Peak 8730 .1 .0 * 37.1 31.0 120
Elk River 8739 .2 .0 * 38.7 29.8 130
Elkhead Divide 8800 .0 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8928 .0 .0 * 54.3 46.5 117
Old Battle 9860 .0 .0 * 55.4 49.4 112
Sage Creek Basin 7850 .2 .0 * 26.6 21.0 127
Sandstone RS 8152 -M .0 * 32.4 26.8 121
Whiskey Park 9020 .0 .0 * 44.1 40.8 108
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Basin Index (%) * 118
UPPER GREEN RIVER
Big Sandy Opening 9080 -M .0 * 27.6 22.0 125
Blind Bull Sum 8650 -M .0 * 30.6 27.8 110
East Rim Divide 7930 -M .0 * 23.3 18.7 125
Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 -M .0 * 26.2 22.2 118
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 .0 .0 * 22.2 21.4 104
Gunsight Pass 9820 .1 .0 * 27.4 24.2 113
Indian Creek 9425 .2 .0 * 35.4 30.6 116
Kendall R.S. 7740 .0 .0 * 22.9 20.7 111
Larsen Creek 9000 -M .0 * 28.5 20.8 137
Loomis Park 8240 .1 .0 * 26.7 27.2 98
New Fork Lake 8340 -M .0 * -M 20.2 *
Pocket Creek 9360 -M -M * -M -M *
Snider Basin 8060 -M .0 * 26.3 21.2 124
Spring Creek Divide 9000 .2 .0 * 44.1 35.0 126
Triple Peak 8500 -M .0 * 39.4 37.8 104
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Basin Index (%) * 115
LOWER GREEN RIVER
Blacks Fork Jct 8869 .0 .0 * 23.6 19.9 119
Buck Pasture 9632 1.9 -M * 34.5 -M *
EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 .0 .0 * 27.3 23.1 118
Hams Fork 7840 -M .0 * 23.7 18.9 125
Henrys Fork 10182 -M -M * 29.0 -M *
Hewinta 9500 .1 .0 * 28.4 24.4 116
Hickerson Park 9122 1.9 .0 * 23.0 20.6 112
Hole-in-Rock 9168 .0 .0 * 24.5 20.6 119
Indian Creek 9425 .2 .0 * 35.4 30.6 116
Kelley R.S. 8180 .2 .0 * 31.7 26.2 121
Spirit Lk 10235 .0 .0 * 37.0 29.4 126
Steel Creek Park 10158 .0 .0 * 35.0 28.8 122
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Basin Index (%) * 119
UPPER BEAR RIVER
Bear River RS 8777 .0 .0 * 24.7 20.6 120
Bug Lake 7987 .2 .0 * 36.2 26.6 136
Burts Miller Ranch 8000 .1 .0 * 23.1 13.0 178
Chalk Creek #1 9171 .1 .0 * 44.3 35.2 126
Giveout 6930 -M .0 * 24.0 21.0 114
Hayden Fork 9130 1.3 .0 * 40.6 33.7 120
Kelley R.S. 8180 .2 .0 * 31.7 26.2 121
Lily Lake 9133 .0 .0 * 27.2 27.0 101
Monte Cristo 8932 .0 .0 * 51.1 36.3 141
Salt River Summit 7640 -M .0 * 28.6 24.8 115
Spring Creek Divide 9000 .2 .0 * 44.1 35.0 126
Trial Lake 9992 .9 .0 * 48.2 35.0 138
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Basin Index (%) * 127
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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.
