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 THURSDAY: SEPTEMBER 18 , 2025
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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 * 21.5 25.2 85
Castle Peak 11500 .0 -M * 40.6 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 15.1 16.6 91
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 23.4 32.3 72
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 28.3 30.7 92
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 31.4 72
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 25.8 31.7 81
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 17.2 28.2 61
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 20.6 18.8 110
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 23.6 38.7 61
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 32.9 26.0 127
Rat Creek 11680 .2 -M * 24.7 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11050 .1 .0 * 35.6 40.9 87
Sargents Mesa 11490 .1 .0 * 20.8 22.9 91
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 36.3 46.2 79
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.5 87
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 26.9 30.8 87
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 22.2 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 84
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 -M .0 * -M 36.0 *
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.2 23.6 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .2 .0 * 20.2 24.8 81
Berthoud Summit 11300 .2 .0 * 37.6 39.3 96
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 26.4 39.6 67
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 20.5 24.4 84
Castle Peak 11500 .0 -M * 40.6 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .1 .0 * 21.9 30.2 73
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 33.8 36.6 92
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 22.8 29.1 78
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 27.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 30.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 25.7 28.3 91
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 29.1 30.2 96
High Lonesome 10630 .1 -M * 29.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .4 .0 * 24.0 29.1 82
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 26.1 29.5 88
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 27.9 35.0 80
Jones Pass 10420 .0 .0 * 31.1 33.6 93
Kiln 9610 .1 .0 * 19.3 23.2 83
Lake Irene 10680 .2 .0 * 32.6 34.4 95
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 18.8 22.2 85
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 31.4 72
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 23.7 27.4 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 25.8 31.7 81
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * 21.6 25.1 86
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 16.4 20.6 80
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.3 78
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 17.2 28.2 61
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 23.6 38.7 61
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 20.7 23.6 88
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 36.3 46.2 79
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 20.3 17.8 114
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 21.4 23.6 91
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 .0 * 25.5 33.6 76
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 21.7 25.0 87
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Basin Index (%) * 83
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 28.6 33.0 87
Berthoud Summit 11300 .2 .0 * 37.6 39.3 96
Black Mountain 8950 .0 .0 * 24.5 26.5 92
Buckskin Joe 11160 .2 .0 * 21.0 27.3 77
Copeland Lake 8570 .2 .0 * 21.4 27.0 79
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 .0 * 30.4 29.3 104
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 21.8 26.0 84
Hoosier Pass 11600 .4 .0 * 24.0 29.1 82
Hourglass Lake 9380 .2 .0 * 22.1 24.8 89
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 27.2 29.9 91
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 39.3 42.2 93
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 27.0 29.8 91
Lake Irene 10680 .2 .0 * 32.6 34.4 95
Long Draw Resv 9990 .0 .0 * 27.7 28.4 98
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 29.6 32.2 92
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 22.3 28.0 80
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 25.9 30.2 86
Rough And Tumble 10420 .4 .0 * 16.6 19.8 84
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 41.5 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 30.6 35.6 86
Wild Basin 9410 .6 .0 * 26.7 30.1 89
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * 32.6 36.2 90
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Basin Index (%) * 89
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 -M .0 * -M 36.0 *
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 40.4 43.1 94
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 33.8 36.6 92
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 .0 * 30.4 29.3 104
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 39.3 42.2 93
Never Summer 10300 .1 .0 * 29.1 31.2 93
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 21.5 27.6 78
Roach 9710 .1 .0 * 25.9 32.2 80
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 52.5 56.6 93
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * -M 41.2 *
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 21.7 25.0 87
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 37.2 41.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 91
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 20.4 23.8 86
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.2 23.6 77
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 26.4 39.6 67
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 20.5 24.4 84
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.3 83
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 33.8 36.6 92
Crosho 8960 .1 .0 * 25.5 25.6 100
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * -M 31.2 *
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 32.6 37.2 88
Elk River 8710 .2 .0 * 27.7 30.5 91
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 25.3 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * -M 46.5 *
Lost Dog 9340 .1 .0 * 30.9 35.0 88
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 18.8 22.2 85
Old Battle 9850 .0 .0 * 37.8 49.7 76
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 .0 * 42.5 44.4 96
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 32.0 37.6 85
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .1 .0 * 20.4 21.0 97
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * -M 26.8 *
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 52.5 56.6 93
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 25.1 31.2 80
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * -M 41.2 *
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Basin Index (%) * 86
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 25.1 25.7 98
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 22.4 23.2 97
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 25.7 28.3 91
Glen Cove 11410 .2 .0 * 37.9 28.3 134
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 25.4 25.7 99
Medano Pass 9650 .1 .0 * 23.2 23.7 98
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 32.9 26.0 127
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 22.4 24.0 93
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * 31.1 41.2 75
Ute Creek 10730 .1 .0 * 23.6 29.3 81
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 26.4 32.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 96
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11600 .2 .0 * 32.0 36.4 88
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 15.1 16.6 91
Culebra #2 10570 .0 .0 * 24.0 26.7 90
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 28.6 37.8 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .0 -M * -M -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 28.5 31.3 91
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 25.4 25.7 99
Lily Pond 11060 .0 .0 * 24.4 30.4 80
Medano Pass 9650 .1 .0 * 23.2 23.7 98
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 27.7 37.0 75
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 17.5 19.0 92
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 26.8 26.5 101
Rat Creek 11680 .2 -M * 24.7 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 20.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .1 .0 * 20.8 22.9 91
Shuree 10080 .1 .0 * 25.1 19.1 131
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.5 87
Trinchera 10850 .1 .0 * 23.4 22.1 106
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 17.4 18.4 95
Ute Creek 10730 .1 .0 * 23.6 29.3 81
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 22.2 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 33.5 47.3 71
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Basin Index (%) * 89
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11600 .2 .0 * 32.0 36.4 88
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 32.5 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.4 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 25.2 30.0 84
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 23.4 32.3 72
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 33.2 40.6 82
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 29.2 31.0 94
Elwood Pass 11680 .0 -M * -M -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 25.8 27.4 94
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 27.5 32.6 84
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 22.8 30.2 75
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 26.3 29.4 89
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 27.0 31.5 86
Red Mountain Pass 11050 .1 .0 * 35.6 40.9 87
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 24.1 27.2 89
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 31.2 37.6 83
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 33.7 44.3 76
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 26.4 33.6 79
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 34.9 50.6 69
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 23.3 29.9 78
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 28.2 37.8 75
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 33.5 47.3 71
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Basin Index (%) * 81
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