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: AUGUST 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 * 16.1 23.0 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.0 15.4 65
Columbine Pass 9160 .6 .0 * 25.0 30.4 82
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 23.4 28.6 82
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.6 29.0 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.4 30.0 71
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.5 77
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 14.3 17.8 80
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.4 35.6 83
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.0 79
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.9 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.7 38.2 75
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.4 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.0 43.0 77
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.1 22.0 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.6 28.2 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.2 34.4 73
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.6 75
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 15.6 22.5 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.5 37.4 68
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.6 36.6 78
Buffalo Park 9240 1.0 .0 * -M 23.3 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 28.8 51
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.2 81
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.6 26.9 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.0 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.5 26.2 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.0 72
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.7 27.1 65
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.6 27.3 61
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.1 32.8 58
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 23.8 31.8 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.1 21.7 56
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.3 33.0 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * -M 20.2 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.6 29.0 74
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 20.6 25.2 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.4 30.0 71
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 15.2 24.0 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.6 19.2 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.6 31.4 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.5 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.4 35.6 83
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.2 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.0 43.0 77
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.3 16.8 73
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.6 21.6 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 19.3 32.3 60
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.9 23.4 85
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Basin Index (%) * 71
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 22.2 31.2 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.5 37.4 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 15.2 24.6 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.2 24.7 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 17.5 24.6 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.8 28.8 72
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 18.6 24.0 78
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.7 27.1 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 17.0 23.8 71
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 25.7 28.1 91
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.6 39.8 79
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.4 28.2 69
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.3 33.0 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 21.7 26.8 81
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.1 74
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 19.8 25.6 77
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 22.8 28.0 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.5 17.5 60
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 30.8 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 26.7 33.0 81
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 21.3 27.9 76
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 30.5 34.4 89
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.2 34.4 73
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 31.4 42.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.2 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.8 28.8 72
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.6 39.8 79
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * -M 29.4 *
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 18.9 26.0 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 21.7 30.6 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.2 55.4 82
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 38.8 85
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.9 23.4 85
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * 35.0 39.8 88
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 19.1 21.8 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.6 75
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.6 36.6 78
Buffalo Park 9240 1.0 .0 * -M 23.3 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.1 29.5 75
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.2 81
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.3 24.1 80
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 22.7 29.6 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 26.1 35.6 73
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 23.8 28.2 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.5 44.6 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.1 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * -M 20.2 *
Old Battle 9840 -M .0 * -M 47.4 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * -M 43.2 *
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.6 36.2 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.5 19.4 80
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.1 78
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.2 55.4 82
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.8 29.8 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 38.8 85
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Basin Index (%) * 78
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 13.0 23.8 55
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.1 21.8 69
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.5 26.2 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 19.5 25.8 76
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.0 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.4 21.0 83
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.0 79
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.5 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 25.0 38.4 65
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.8 55
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.6 29.9 42
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Basin Index (%) * 65
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.7 33.5 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.0 15.4 65
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 12.7 24.8 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 25.9 34.6 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 19.6 29.8 66
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.0 72
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.8 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.4 21.0 83
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 30.5 32.0 95
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.0 17.1 70
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 14.7 24.1 61
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.9 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.4 73
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 9.6 17.6 55
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.1 22.0 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.8 20.5 48
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 16.7 16.0 104
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.8 55
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.9 44.2 81
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.7 33.5 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 32.6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 28.2 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 24.9 27.2 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .6 .0 * 25.0 30.4 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 32.9 38.1 86
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.4 28.3 93
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 20.9 25.5 82
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.4 28.8 92
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 20.7 27.4 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .5 .0 * 23.7 26.6 89
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 24.4 28.4 86
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.7 38.2 75
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 19.6 24.9 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 26.0 34.5 75
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 37.3 40.2 93
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.0 29.6 98
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 38.2 44.2 86
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 27.0 27.0 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.2 31.4 99
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.9 44.2 81
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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