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 28 , 2016
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BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION
Data Site Name (Ft) % %
Current Median Median Current Average Avg
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MONTANA
KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
Banfield Mountain 5600 .1 .0 * 37.4 36.7 102
Bear Mountain 5400 .0 .0 * 94.5 86.7 109
Garver Creek 4250 .0 .0 * 28.4 26.8 106
Grave Creek 4300 .1 .0 * 53.7 48.7 110
Hand Creek 5035 .0 .0 * 27.0 28.7 94
Hawkins Lake 6450 .0 .0 * 52.4 45.6 115
Poorman Creek 5100 .1 .0 * 83.3 72.9 114
Stahl Peak 6030 .0 .0 * 66.4 61.9 107
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Basin Index (%) * 109
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 44.5 53.0 84
Bisson Creek 4920 .1 .0 * 32.3 31.5 103
Blacktail Mtn 5650 .0 -M * 22.1 -M *
Emery Creek 4350 .0 .0 * 46.5 39.1 119
Flattop Mtn. 6300 .0 .0 * 76.2 69.6 109
Grave Creek 4300 .1 .0 * 53.7 48.7 110
Hand Creek 5035 .0 .0 * 27.0 28.7 94
Kraft Creek 4750 .0 -M * 36.3 38.4 95
Many Glacier 4900 .0 .0 * 44.4 47.9 93
Moss Peak 6780 .1 .0 * 62.5 59.4 105
Noisy Basin 6040 .0 .0 * 69.6 69.7 100
North Fork Jocko 6330 .0 .0 * 65.6 66.5 99
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 42.6 47.1 90
Sleeping Woman 6150 .1 .0 * 34.4 34.2 101
Stahl Peak 6030 .0 .0 * 66.4 61.9 107
Stuart Mountain 7400 .0 .0 * 44.6 47.2 94
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Basin Index (%) * 100
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 .0 .0 * 27.1 34.8 78
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * -M 24.4 *
Black Pine 7210 .0 .0 * 23.5 25.9 91
Combination 5600 .0 .0 * 16.9 20.6 82
Copper Bottom 5200 .0 -M * 21.5 24.4 88
Copper Camp 6950 .0 -M * 38.3 46.8 82
Lubrecht Flume 4680 .0 .0 * 20.4 20.2 101
Nevada Ridge 7020 .1 .0 * 24.8 28.5 87
N Fk Elk Creek 6250 .0 .0 * 20.8 26.0 80
North Fork Jocko 6330 .0 .0 * 65.6 66.5 99
Peterson Meadows 7200 .0 .0 * 27.6 26.0 106
Rocker Peak 8000 .1 .0 * 25.0 29.8 84
Skalkaho Summit 7250 .1 .0 * 31.9 37.1 86
Stuart Mountain 7400 .0 .0 * 44.6 47.2 94
Warm Springs 7800 .0 .0 * 34.7 41.0 85
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Basin Index (%) * 89
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 .0 .0 * 23.1 25.0 92
Lolo Pass 5240 .0 .0 * 45.9 47.4 97
Nez Perce Camp 5650 .1 .0 * 29.7 31.8 93
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .1 .0 * 32.8 35.8 92
Skalkaho Summit 7250 .1 .0 * 31.9 37.1 86
Twelvemile Creek 5600 .0 .0 * 42.3 46.0 92
Twin Lakes 6400 .0 .0 * 56.2 64.3 87
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Basin Index (%) * 91
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Hoodoo Basin 6050 .0 .0 * 60.6 63.9 95
Humboldt Gulch 4250 -M .0 * -M 51.6 *
Lolo Pass 5240 .0 .0 * 45.9 47.4 97
Lookout 5140 .1 .0 * 48.4 52.0 93
Poorman Creek 5100 .1 .0 * 83.3 72.9 114
Sleeping Woman 6150 .1 .0 * 34.4 34.2 101
Stuart Mountain 7400 .0 .0 * 44.6 47.2 94
Sunset 5540 .2 .0 * 44.8 52.8 85
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Basin Index (%) * 98
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8300 .1 .0 * 35.9 38.3 94
Barker Lakes 8250 .0 .0 * 27.1 34.8 78
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * -M 24.4 *
Beagle Springs 8850 .0 .0 * 22.9 23.5 97
Bloody Dick 7600 .1 .0 * 27.8 25.5 109
Calvert Creek 6430 .0 .0 * 18.7 18.6 101
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 30.6 33.7 91
Darkhorse Lake 8600 .1 .0 * 44.4 44.9 99
Divide 7800 .2 .0 * 22.6 24.3 93
Frohner Meadow 6480 .1 .0 * 22.1 23.6 94
Lakeview Ridge 7400 .2 .0 * 24.3 27.8 87
Lemhi Ridge 8100 .1 .0 * 22.6 25.0 90
Lower Twin 7900 .1 .0 * 41.2 40.0 103
Moose Creek 6200 .0 .0 * 30.2 30.8 98
Mule Creek 8300 .0 .0 * 27.0 30.2 89
Rocker Peak 8000 .1 .0 * 25.0 29.8 84
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .1 .0 * 32.8 35.8 92
Short Creek 7000 .1 .0 * 17.7 17.6 101
White Elephant 7710 .1 .0 * 36.3 45.7 79
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Basin Index (%) * 93
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8300 .1 .0 * 35.9 38.3 94
Beaver Creek 7850 .0 .0 * -M 33.1 *
Black Bear 8170 .0 .0 * 46.5 54.6 85
Carrot Basin 9000 .0 .0 * 39.3 43.3 91
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 30.6 33.7 91
Lone Mountain 8880 .2 .0 * 30.8 33.8 91
Lower Twin 7900 .1 .0 * 41.2 40.0 103
Madison Plateau 7750 .0 .0 * 33.0 40.2 82
Tepee Creek 8000 .0 .0 * 26.9 27.3 99
West Yellowstone 6700 .0 .0 * 21.2 23.8 89
Whiskey Creek 6800 .1 .0 * 25.2 32.6 77
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Basin Index (%) * 90
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7850 .0 .0 * -M 33.1 *
Brackett Creek 7320 .1 .0 * 44.2 46.6 95
Carrot Basin 9000 .0 .0 * 39.3 43.3 91
Lick Creek 6860 .0 .0 * 28.1 30.0 94
Lone Mountain 8880 .2 .0 * 30.8 33.8 91
Sacajawea 6550 .1 .0 * 43.7 43.4 101
Shower Falls 8100 .1 .0 * 41.4 46.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 93
MISSOURI HEADWATERS
Albro Lake 8300 .1 .0 * 35.9 38.3 94
Barker Lakes 8250 .0 .0 * 27.1 34.8 78
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * -M 24.4 *
Beagle Springs 8850 .0 .0 * 22.9 23.5 97
Beaver Creek 7850 .0 .0 * -M 33.1 *
Black Bear 8170 .0 .0 * 46.5 54.6 85
Bloody Dick 7600 .1 .0 * 27.8 25.5 109
Brackett Creek 7320 .1 .0 * 44.2 46.6 95
Calvert Creek 6430 .0 .0 * 18.7 18.6 101
Carrot Basin 9000 .0 .0 * 39.3 43.3 91
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 30.6 33.7 91
Darkhorse Lake 8600 .1 .0 * 44.4 44.9 99
Divide 7800 .2 .0 * 22.6 24.3 93
Frohner Meadow 6480 .1 .0 * 22.1 23.6 94
Lakeview Ridge 7400 .2 .0 * 24.3 27.8 87
Lemhi Ridge 8100 .1 .0 * 22.6 25.0 90
Lick Creek 6860 .0 .0 * 28.1 30.0 94
Lone Mountain 8880 .2 .0 * 30.8 33.8 91
Lower Twin 7900 .1 .0 * 41.2 40.0 103
Madison Plateau 7750 .0 .0 * 33.0 40.2 82
Moose Creek 6200 .0 .0 * 30.2 30.8 98
Mule Creek 8300 .0 .0 * 27.0 30.2 89
Rocker Peak 8000 .1 .0 * 25.0 29.8 84
Sacajawea 6550 .1 .0 * 43.7 43.4 101
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .1 .0 * 32.8 35.8 92
Short Creek 7000 .1 .0 * 17.7 17.6 101
Shower Falls 8100 .1 .0 * 41.4 46.6 89
Tepee Creek 8000 .0 .0 * 26.9 27.3 99
West Yellowstone 6700 .0 .0 * 21.2 23.8 89
Whiskey Creek 6800 .1 .0 * 25.2 32.6 77
White Elephant 7710 .1 .0 * 36.3 45.7 79
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Basin Index (%) * 92
HEADWATERS MISSOURI MAINSTEM
Boulder Mountain 7950 .0 .0 * 40.0 39.1 102
Frohner Meadow 6480 .1 .0 * 22.1 23.6 94
Nevada Ridge 7020 .1 .0 * 24.8 28.5 87
Rocker Peak 8000 .1 .0 * 25.0 29.8 84
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 27.1 26.2 103
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Basin Index (%) * 94
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7950 .0 .0 * 40.0 39.1 102
Crystal Lake 6050 .1 .0 * 44.9 39.1 115
Daisy Peak 7600 .1 .0 * 26.8 27.1 99
Deadman Creek 6450 .0 .0 * 26.7 26.7 100
Elk Peak 7600 .0 -M * 26.3 -M *
Onion Park 7410 .0 .0 * 36.5 34.6 105
Pickfoot Creek 6650 .0 .0 * 31.4 29.8 105
Porcupine 6500 .1 .0 * 24.8 26.7 93
Spur Park 8100 .2 .0 * 31.8 34.1 93
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * 31.8 30.7 104
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Basin Index (%) * 102
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 44.5 53.0 84
Dupuyer Creek 5750 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.0 76
Mount Lockhart 6400 .0 .0 * 36.1 41.7 87
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 42.6 47.1 90
Waldron 5600 .1 .0 * 26.3 30.6 86
Wood Creek 5960 .1 .0 * 22.1 28.2 78
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Basin Index (%) * 84
MISSOURI MAINSTEM RIVER BASIN
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 44.5 53.0 84
Boulder Mountain 7950 .0 .0 * 40.0 39.1 102
Crystal Lake 6050 .1 .0 * 44.9 39.1 115
Daisy Peak 7600 .1 .0 * 26.8 27.1 99
Deadman Creek 6450 .0 .0 * 26.7 26.7 100
Dupuyer Creek 5750 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.0 76
Elk Peak 7600 .0 -M * 26.3 -M *
Frohner Meadow 6480 .1 .0 * 22.1 23.6 94
Mount Lockhart 6400 .0 .0 * 36.1 41.7 87
Nevada Ridge 7020 .1 .0 * 24.8 28.5 87
Onion Park 7410 .0 .0 * 36.5 34.6 105
Pickfoot Creek 6650 .0 .0 * 31.4 29.8 105
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 42.6 47.1 90
Porcupine 6500 .1 .0 * 24.8 26.7 93
Rocker Peak 8000 .1 .0 * 25.0 29.8 84
Rocky Boy 4700 .0 .0 * 34.1 26.6 128
Spur Park 8100 .2 .0 * 31.8 34.1 93
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * 31.8 30.7 104
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 27.1 26.2 103
Waldron 5600 .1 .0 * 26.3 30.6 86
Wood Creek 5960 .1 .0 * 22.1 28.2 78
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Basin Index (%) * 95
ST. MARY AND MILK RIVER BASINS
Flattop Mtn. 6300 .0 .0 * 76.2 69.6 109
Many Glacier 4900 .0 .0 * 44.4 47.9 93
Rocky Boy 4700 .0 .0 * 34.1 26.6 128
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Basin Index (%) * 107
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 .0 .0 * 26.9 32.8 82
Box Canyon 6670 .1 .0 * 19.0 24.4 78
Brackett Creek 7320 .1 .0 * 44.2 46.6 95
Burnt Mtn 5880 .0 .0 * 24.1 29.3 82
Canyon 7870 .1 .0 * 19.5 27.5 71
Cole Creek 7850 .1 .0 * 26.3 31.0 85
East Boulder Mine 6335 .1 -M * 21.7 -M *
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 40.6 44.6 91
Fisher Creek 9100 .0 .0 * 40.9 51.3 80
Monument Peak 8850 .1 .0 * 32.2 37.1 87
Northeast Entrance 7350 .0 .0 * 19.7 24.8 79
Parker Peak 9400 .0 .0 * 33.4 31.6 106
Placer Basin 8830 .0 .0 * 27.3 36.6 75
Porcupine 6500 .1 .0 * 24.8 26.7 93
Sacajawea 6550 .1 .0 * 43.7 43.4 101
Shower Falls 8100 .1 .0 * 41.4 46.6 89
S Fork Shields 8100 .1 .0 * 42.1 41.0 103
Sylvan Lake 8420 .2 .0 * 34.3 37.8 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.2 77
Thumb Divide 7980 .7 .0 * 24.1 29.4 82
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 -M .0 * -M 42.8 *
White Mill 8700 .1 .0 * 32.1 40.2 80
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.3 78
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 86
WIND RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Burroughs Creek 8750 .0 -M * 25.3 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 .0 -M * 15.1 -M *
Cold Springs 9630 .2 .0 * 20.4 21.6 94
Deer Park 9700 .1 .0 * 35.2 34.8 101
Hobbs Park 10100 .0 .0 * 32.5 27.6 118
Kirwin 9550 .0 .0 * 26.5 26.1 102
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 20.3 25.7 79
Owl Creek 8975 .1 .0 * 19.3 17.1 113
South Pass 9040 .0 .0 * 27.8 29.3 95
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 .0 .0 * 24.7 20.1 123
Togwotee Pass 9580 .1 .0 * 35.9 38.5 93
Townsend Creek 8700 .0 .0 * 28.7 24.4 118
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 100
SHOSHONE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 33.9 36.0 94
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 40.6 44.6 91
Marquette 8760 .1 -M * 20.1 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8420 .2 .0 * 34.3 37.8 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.2 77
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 88
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9380 1.2 .0 * 24.8 32.0 78
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .0 .0 * 18.9 20.6 92
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 33.9 36.0 94
Bone Springs Div 9350 1.0 .0 * 26.0 31.2 83
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 40.6 44.6 91
Grave Springs 8550 .3 .0 * 18.2 22.9 79
Kirwin 9550 .0 .0 * 26.5 26.1 102
Marquette 8760 .1 -M * 20.1 -M *
Middle Powder 7760 .5 .0 * 18.3 24.8 74
Owl Creek 8975 .1 .0 * 19.3 17.1 113
Powder River Pass 9480 .4 .0 * 24.1 26.6 91
Shell Creek 9580 1.8 .0 * 25.5 28.2 90
Sylvan Lake 8420 .2 .0 * 34.3 37.8 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.2 77
Timber Creek 7950 .0 .0 * 23.7 21.0 113
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 89
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 7990 .1 .0 * 23.2 24.4 95
Bone Springs Div 9350 1.0 .0 * 26.0 31.2 83
Burgess Junction 7880 .8 .0 * 22.0 25.3 87
Dome Lake 8880 .7 .0 * 27.2 28.2 96
Little Goose 8870 .1 -M * 28.7 -M *
Sucker Creek 8880 1.2 .0 * 26.6 29.6 90
Tie Creek 6870 .0 .0 * 23.6 26.5 89
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Basin Index (%) * 90
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .0 .0 * 18.9 20.6 92
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 .1 .0 * 29.9 30.2 99
Grave Springs 8550 .3 .0 * 18.2 22.9 79
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .2 .0 * 22.4 21.8 103
Middle Powder 7760 .5 .0 * 18.3 24.8 74
Powder River Pass 9480 .4 .0 * 24.1 26.6 91
Soldier Park 8720 .0 -M * 21.4 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 90
LOWER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 1.2 .0 * 24.8 32.0 78
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .0 .0 * 18.9 20.6 92
Big Goose 7990 .1 .0 * 23.2 24.4 95
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 33.9 36.0 94
Bone Springs Div 9350 1.0 .0 * 26.0 31.2 83
Burgess Junction 7880 .8 .0 * 22.0 25.3 87
Burroughs Creek 8750 .0 -M * 25.3 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 .0 -M * 15.1 -M *
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 .1 .0 * 29.9 30.2 99
Cold Springs 9630 .2 .0 * 20.4 21.6 94
Deer Park 9700 .1 .0 * 35.2 34.8 101
Dome Lake 8880 .7 .0 * 27.2 28.2 96
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 40.6 44.6 91
Grave Springs 8550 .3 .0 * 18.2 22.9 79
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .2 .0 * 22.4 21.8 103
Hobbs Park 10100 .0 .0 * 32.5 27.6 118
Kirwin 9550 .0 .0 * 26.5 26.1 102
Little Goose 8870 .1 -M * 28.7 -M *
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 20.3 25.7 79
Marquette 8760 .1 -M * 20.1 -M *
Middle Powder 7760 .5 .0 * 18.3 24.8 74
Owl Creek 8975 .1 .0 * 19.3 17.1 113
Powder River Pass 9480 .4 .0 * 24.1 26.6 91
Shell Creek 9580 1.8 .0 * 25.5 28.2 90
Soldier Park 8720 .0 -M * 21.4 -M *
South Pass 9040 .0 .0 * 27.8 29.3 95
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 .0 .0 * 24.7 20.1 123
Sucker Creek 8880 1.2 .0 * 26.6 29.6 90
Sylvan Lake 8420 .2 .0 * 34.3 37.8 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.2 77
Tie Creek 6870 .0 .0 * 23.6 26.5 89
Timber Creek 7950 .0 .0 * 23.7 21.0 113
Togwotee Pass 9580 .1 .0 * 35.9 38.5 93
Townsend Creek 8700 .0 .0 * 28.7 24.4 118
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.0 82
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Basin Index (%) * 94
BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 13.9 18.1 77 14.0 16.6 84
BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 9.6 12.9 74 9.6 12.9 74
DOME LAKE 8880 11.7 14.8 79 10.8 14.8 73
SUCKER CREEK 8880 9.2 13.3 69 10.8 14.8 73
TIE CREEK 6870 6.2 -M * 8.8 12.4 71
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Basin wide percent of average 75 76
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
BEAR TRAP MEADOW 7900 5.3 6.7 79 7.3 9.4 78
CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR 9860 11.5 16.9 68 10.8 15.2 71
GRAVE SPRINGS 8550 7.6 10.7 71 7.6 11.0 69
HANSEN SAWMILL 8760 5.9 7.6 78 7.3 9.1 80
MIDDLE POWDER 7760 9.6 13.7 70 8.3 13.3 62
POWDER RIVER PASS 9480 8.4 11.5 73 10.7 13.1 82
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Basin wide percent of average 72 73
LOWER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
BALD MTN. 9375 17.7 22.4 79 16.0 19.1 84
BEAR TRAP MEADOW 7900 5.3 6.7 79 7.3 9.4 78
BIG GOOSE 7990 7.6 -M * 8.7 -M *
BLACKWATER 9780 17.3 24.8 70 16.1 19.4 83
BONE SPRINGS DIV 9350 13.9 18.1 77 14.0 16.6 84
BURGESS JUNCTION 7880 9.6 12.9 74 9.6 12.9 74
BURROUGHS CREEK 8750 9.7 15.2 64 10.8 18.0 60