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 SATURDAY: SEPTEMBER 19 , 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 * 19.9 25.5 78
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 12.6 16.6 76
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.6 32.4 85
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 27.4 30.8 89
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.6 31.4 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.7 31.8 78
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.9 28.2 78
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 17.5 18.9 93
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 34.4 38.7 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.5 26.0 87
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 22.8 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.1 41.0 83
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.5 23.1 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 38.9 46.2 84
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 22.8 30.8 74
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.9 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 83
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 27.8 36.0 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.1 23.8 76
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.2 24.8 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.7 39.4 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.0 39.7 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.4 24.4 71
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.3 48
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.0 36.6 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.3 29.1 63
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 21.7 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.6 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.6 28.4 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.2 30.2 74
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * -M -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.2 66
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 19.2 29.5 65
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.5 35.0 59
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 26.1 33.7 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.3 23.2 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.9 34.4 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.6 31.4 82
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.1 27.4 88
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.7 31.8 78
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * 17.0 25.5 67
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 12.8 20.6 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 25.4 34.3 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.9 28.2 78
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 34.4 38.7 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.6 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 38.9 46.2 84
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.4 17.8 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 17.4 23.8 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.3 33.6 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.2 25.0 89
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 23.8 33.0 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.7 39.4 70
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 17.0 26.5 64
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.3 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.8 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.2 29.4 76
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 20.3 26.1 78
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.2 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.5 24.8 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * 28.0 30.0 93
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.4 42.4 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.9 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.9 34.4 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.9 28.4 84
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.0 32.4 74
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 21.7 28.0 78
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 24.6 30.2 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 12.0 19.8 61
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 32.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 28.8 35.8 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 23.2 30.2 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 32.0 36.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 27.8 36.0 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 33.6 43.1 78
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.0 36.6 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.2 29.4 76
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.4 42.4 81
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.9 31.2 77
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 20.7 27.6 75
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 23.9 32.2 74
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.0 56.6 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 36.0 41.2 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.2 25.0 89
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 37.1 41.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 22.8 23.8 96
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.1 23.8 76
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.0 39.7 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.4 24.4 71
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 24.9 31.3 80
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.0 36.6 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 21.7 25.7 84
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 25.7 31.2 82
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 29.7 37.2 80
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 27.0 30.5 89
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 25.8 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .5 .0 * 39.2 46.6 84
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.0 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 41.3 49.8 83
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 36.0 44.5 81
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 27.4 37.8 72
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 17.6 21.0 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 22.3 26.8 83
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.0 56.6 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 22.6 31.3 72
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 36.0 41.2 87
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Basin Index (%) * 82
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.6 25.7 57
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 17.8 23.2 77
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.6 28.4 62
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * 22.6 28.4 80
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 21.0 25.7 82
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.5 26.0 87
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 18.5 24.0 77
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 28.9 41.4 70
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.6 29.4 60
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 14.9 32.0 47
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Basin Index (%) * 70
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.5 36.4 109
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 12.6 16.6 76
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 14.2 26.7 53
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 28.4 37.8 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.7 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 22.3 31.3 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 21.0 25.7 82
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 22.2 30.5 73
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 36.0 37.6 96
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 14.3 19.1 75
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.4 26.5 62
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 22.8 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 11.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.5 23.1 76
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 11.0 19.1 58
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.4 22.1 52
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 20.6 18.5 111
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.6 29.4 60
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.9 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.3 47.4 85
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Basin Index (%) * 78
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.5 36.4 109
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 36.5 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.6 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 30.1 30.0 100
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.6 32.4 85
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 40.4 40.6 100
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 30.6 31.3 98
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.7 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 25.1 27.4 92
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.1 32.7 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 24.9 30.2 82
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 28.1 29.5 95
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 28.7 31.5 91
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.1 41.0 83
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.3 84
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 30.3 37.7 80
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 45.1 44.4 102
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 35.1 33.7 104
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 44.6 50.6 88
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 34.9 29.9 117
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 37.1 38.2 97
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.3 47.4 85
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Basin Index (%) * 94
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