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
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 TUESDAY: SEPTEMBER 15 , 2026
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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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COLORADO
GUNNISON RIVER BASIN
Butte 10190 .0 .0 * 18.6 25.2 74
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 33.5 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.7 16.6 70
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 26.3 31.6 83
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 26.5 30.6 87
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 24.2 31.2 78
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 22.6 31.5 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.7 28.1 74
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 16.4 18.6 88
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.8 38.4 85
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 21.5 25.7 84
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.3 40.6 80
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.8 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * -M 46.1 *
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 18.7 23.5 80
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * -M 30.2 *
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 18.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 79
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.5 36.0 74
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.7 23.2 76
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 17.2 24.0 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.7 39.0 68
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 31.2 39.4 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 16.9 24.1 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 33.5 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.0 49
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.0 36.6 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 17.8 28.6 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 20.8 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 16.8 28.2 60
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 21.2 30.2 70
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.7 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.7 29.0 64
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 18.1 29.2 62
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.1 35.0 57
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 25.2 33.5 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.9 23.1 56
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.6 34.3 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.8 21.6 73
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 24.2 31.2 78
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.2 84
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 22.6 31.5 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 16.4 25.0 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 12.3 20.6 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 24.8 33.0 75
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.7 28.1 74
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.8 38.4 85
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.4 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * -M 46.1 *
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.2 17.8 74
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 16.6 23.4 71
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .0 * 20.9 33.6 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.4 24.8 86
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Basin Index (%) * 71
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 23.6 32.8 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.7 39.0 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.7 26.4 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 15.5 27.2 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.8 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.3 74
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.3 26.0 74
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.7 29.0 64
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.3 24.8 74
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * 26.6 29.8 89
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.5 41.7 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 20.6 29.6 70
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.6 34.3 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.2 28.4 82
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 23.1 32.0 72
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.5 27.6 74
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.9 30.1 79
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 11.3 19.2 59
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 32.5 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 28.1 35.4 79
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 22.9 29.6 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 31.7 36.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 74
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.5 36.0 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 32.4 43.0 75
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.0 36.6 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.3 74
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.5 41.7 80
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.0 31.0 74
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 20.0 27.2 74
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 23.2 32.1 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.7 56.4 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 40.8 85
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.4 24.8 86
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 36.5 41.8 87
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 21.1 23.4 90
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.7 23.2 76
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 31.2 39.4 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 16.9 24.1 70
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 24.0 30.8 78
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.0 36.6 82
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 21.1 25.4 83
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 24.1 31.0 78
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 28.1 37.2 76
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 25.7 29.8 86
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 24.5 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .4 .0 * 37.2 46.5 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 27.7 35.0 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.8 21.6 73
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 39.4 49.4 80
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 34.9 44.4 79
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 26.5 37.2 71
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 16.4 21.0 78
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.8 78
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.7 56.4 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 21.9 31.1 70
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 40.8 85
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Basin Index (%) * 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.3 25.7 56
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 16.7 23.2 72
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 16.8 28.2 60
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.0 28.2 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 19.2 25.5 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.4 23.6 78
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 21.5 25.7 84
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 17.4 23.9 73
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 26.9 41.0 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.4 29.0 57
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 13.9 32.0 43
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Basin Index (%) * 67
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 36.6 35.8 102
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.7 16.6 70
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.7 26.7 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.6 37.5 71
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.6 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.5 31.2 69
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 19.2 25.5 75
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.5 30.4 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.4 23.6 78
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 33.2 36.4 91
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 13.3 18.5 72
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 15.9 26.4 60
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.8 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.8 73
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 10.8 18.8 57
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 18.7 23.5 80
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.0 21.7 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 18.4 18.3 101
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.4 29.0 57
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 18.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 37.1 46.9 79
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 36.6 35.8 102
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 35.8 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 27.2 29.8 91
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 26.3 31.6 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 36.1 40.6 89
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 29.0 30.6 95
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.6 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 23.7 27.2 87
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 29.6 31.9 93
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 22.7 30.0 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 26.5 29.2 91
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 26.8 31.1 86
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.3 40.6 80
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 21.1 27.1 78
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 28.2 37.0 76
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 42.1 44.2 95
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 30.6 33.2 92
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 40.0 50.1 80
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 29.4 29.6 99
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 32.8 37.1 88
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 37.1 46.9 79
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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