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 WEDNESDAY: SEPTEMBER 16 , 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 * 18.8 25.2 75
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 33.9 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.8 16.6 71
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 26.4 31.6 84
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 26.5 30.6 87
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.1 31.4 80
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 23.0 31.5 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.2 76
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 16.5 18.8 88
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 33.2 38.4 86
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 21.5 25.8 83
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.5 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.5 40.6 80
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.0 22.8 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 37.6 46.2 81
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 18.7 23.5 80
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * -M 30.8 *
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 18.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 27.0 36.0 75
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.8 23.5 76
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.1 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.8 39.0 69
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 31.4 39.4 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 16.9 24.2 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 33.9 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.1 49
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.2 36.6 83
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 17.8 28.6 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 20.9 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.9 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 * 18.4 29.2 63
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.2 35.0 58
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 25.3 33.6 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.9 23.2 56
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.6 34.3 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 15.9 21.6 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.1 31.4 80
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.4 83
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 23.0 31.5 73
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 16.4 25.1 65
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 12.4 20.6 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 24.9 33.4 75
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.2 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 33.2 38.4 86
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.4 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 37.6 46.2 81
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.2 17.8 74
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 16.7 23.4 71
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 20.9 33.6 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 21.4 24.8 86
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Basin Index (%) * 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 23.6 33.0 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.8 39.0 69
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.7 26.5 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 15.7 27.3 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.8 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.9 29.3 75
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.5 26.0 75
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 * 33.7 41.9 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 * 23.4 28.4 82
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 23.2 32.2 72
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.5 27.6 74
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.9 30.2 79
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 11.3 19.6 58
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 * 31.8 36.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 74
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 27.0 36.0 75
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 32.6 43.0 76
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.2 36.6 83
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.9 29.3 75
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.7 41.9 80
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.2 31.1 75
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 20.0 27.4 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 23.2 32.2 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.0 56.6 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.8 41.0 85
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 21.4 24.8 86
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 36.7 41.8 88
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Basin Index (%) * 80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 21.3 23.8 89
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.8 23.5 76
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 31.4 39.4 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 16.9 24.2 70
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 24.2 31.3 77
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.2 36.6 83
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 21.4 25.4 84
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 24.1 31.0 78
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 28.4 37.2 76
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 25.9 30.4 85
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 24.7 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .4 .0 * 37.3 46.5 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 28.0 35.0 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 15.9 21.6 74
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 39.6 49.6 80
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 35.1 44.4 79
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 26.7 37.5 71
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 16.5 21.0 79
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 21.1 26.8 79
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.0 56.6 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 22.1 31.1 71
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.8 41.0 85
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Basin Index (%) * 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.3 25.7 56
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 17.0 23.2 73
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.9 28.2 60
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.1 28.2 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 19.9 25.5 78
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.4 23.6 78
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 21.5 25.8 83
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 17.4 24.0 72
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 27.0 41.0 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.4 29.3 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 14.0 32.0 44
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Basin Index (%) * 67
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 36.9 36.2 102
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.8 16.6 71
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.7 26.7 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.7 37.6 71
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.8 31.3 70
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 19.9 25.5 78
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.4 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.4 23.6 78
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 33.3 36.9 90
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 13.3 18.7 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.0 26.4 61
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.5 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.9 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.0 22.8 75
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 10.8 19.1 57
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 18.7 23.5 80
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.0 21.9 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 18.5 18.3 101
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.4 29.3 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 18.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 37.6 46.9 80
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 36.9 36.2 102
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 35.9 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.2 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 27.4 29.8 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 26.4 31.6 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 36.8 40.6 91
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 29.5 30.8 96
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 23.9 27.2 88
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 29.7 32.2 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 23.2 30.0 77
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 26.6 29.2 91
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 26.9 31.5 85
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.5 40.6 80
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 21.5 27.1 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 28.7 37.2 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 42.4 44.2 96
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 31.0 33.6 92
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 40.6 50.3 81
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 29.7 29.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 33.1 37.4 89
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 37.6 46.9 80
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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