Wyoming Snow Precipitation Update
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: MARCH 31 , 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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WYOMING
SNAKE RIVER
Base Camp 7030 16.1 14.7 110 19.8 20.1 99
Black Bear 8170 31.9 36.0 89 33.7 36.4 93
Blind Bull Sum 8650 25.1 22.2 113 16.4 18.7 88
Cottonwood Creek 7670 21.8 21.1 103 25.4 23.6 108
East Rim Divide 7930 11.2 9.9 113 10.8 11.3 96
Grand Targhee 9260 38.9 36.1 108 29.6 29.1 102
Granite Creek 6770 14.1 14.9 95 16.9 19.0 89
Grassy Lake 7265 30.4 31.5 97 34.8 34.5 101
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 11.2 12.8 88 10.6 12.3 86
Gunsight Pass 9820 13.6 13.3 102 14.3 13.1 109
Lewis Lake Divide 7850 29.7 29.4 101 31.8 34.0 94
Phillips Bench 8200 22.2 24.0 92 25.4 27.0 94
Salt River Summit 7760 13.5 12.8 105 15.3 15.9 96
Snake River Station 6920 17.4 15.6 112 22.9 21.6 106
Spring Creek Divide 9000 25.1 22.5 112 23.2 22.8 102
Thumb Divide 7980 14.4 14.9 97 15.0 17.7 85
Togwotee Pass 9580 21.2 21.6 98 24.1 23.2 104
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 26.2 25.5 103 24.5 26.1 94
Willow Creek 8380 27.9 27.6 101 31.5 32.0 98
Younts Peak 8350 14.2 14.1 101 13.1 15.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 101 97
MADISON-GALLATIN
Black Bear 8170 31.9 36.0 89 33.7 36.4 93
Canyon 7870 10.7 12.3 87 13.1 15.5 85
Madison Plateau 7750 21.5 21.2 101 22.2 25.1 88
West Yellowstone 6700 10.4 10.2 102 13.0 13.5 96
Whiskey Creek 6800 13.4 14.9 90 16.2 19.3 84
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Basin Index (%) 93 89
YELLOWSTONE
Beartooth Lake 9360 16.8 20.9 80 17.3 18.8 92
Burnt Mtn 5880 2.1 4.4 48 10.3 12.0 86
Canyon 7870 10.7 12.3 87 13.1 15.5 85
Cole Creek 7850 9.2 13.4 69 10.4 11.9 87
Evening Star 9200 25.0 23.9 105 27.6 26.0 106
Fisher Creek 9100 28.3 29.9 95 25.3 30.3 83
Northeast Entrance 7350 7.5 9.7 77 11.4 11.6 98
Parker Peak 9400 20.0 18.7 107 20.3 16.8 121
Sylvan Lake 8420 17.4 19.1 91 22.6 21.2 107
Thumb Divide 7980 14.4 14.9 97 15.0 17.7 85
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 26.2 25.5 103 24.5 26.1 94
White Mill 8700 22.5 21.5 105 21.3 22.6 94
Wolverine 7650 9.4 9.0 104 11.6 11.6 100
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Basin Index (%) 94 95
WIND RIVER
Burroughs Creek 8750 10.8 -M * 12.7 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 4.5 -M * 6.3 -M *
Cold Springs 9630 9.3 7.1 131 9.8 9.4 104
Deer Park 9700 16.4 14.6 112 16.8 18.5 91
Hobbs Park 10100 16.0 13.2 121 15.0 12.4 121
Kirwin 9550 10.6 9.4 113 12.2 11.0 111
Little Warm 9370 9.4 10.2 92 11.2 12.2 92
Owl Creek 8975 4.8 5.3 91 5.0 5.6 89
South Pass 9040 14.3 14.8 97 12.5 16.5 76
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 7.2 6.7 107 9.1 8.5 107
Togwotee Pass 9580 21.2 21.6 98 24.1 23.2 104
Townsend Creek 8700 11.0 8.9 124 12.0 11.2 107
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Basin Index (%) 108 99
BIGHORN BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 14.7 18.4 80 11.5 16.2 71
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 7.3 5.1 143 6.2 8.0 78
Bone Springs Div 9350 12.0 15.6 77 10.4 14.7 71
Grave Springs 8550 7.6 8.8 86 6.1 9.9 62
Kirwin 9550 10.6 9.4 113 12.2 11.0 111
Marquette 8760 7.2 -M * 10.8 -M *
Middle Powder 7760 10.8 11.2 96 7.4 11.1 67
Owl Creek 8975 4.8 5.3 91 5.0 5.6 89
Powder River Pass 9480 8.0 9.9 81 7.7 11.9 65
Shell Creek 9580 11.1 14.4 77 9.2 13.1 70
Timber Creek 7950 5.9 4.7 126 10.1 7.0 144
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Basin Index (%) 90 79
SHOSHONE RIVER
Blackwater 9780 21.6 22.0 98 24.1 19.5 124
Evening Star 9200 25.0 23.9 105 27.6 26.0 106
Marquette 8760 7.2 -M * 10.8 -M *
Sylvan Road 7120 8.1 11.1 73 14.9 16.0 93
Younts Peak 8350 14.2 14.1 101 13.1 15.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 97 104
POWDER RIVER
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 7.3 5.1 143 6.2 8.0 78
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 11.3 14.0 81 11.5 12.5 92
Grave Springs 8550 7.6 8.8 86 6.1 9.9 62
Hansen Sawmill 8360 6.7 6.3 106 7.4 8.0 92
Middle Powder 7760 10.8 11.2 96 7.4 11.1 67
Powder River Pass 9480 8.0 9.9 81 7.7 11.9 65
Soldier Park 8720 5.0 -M * 7.3 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 93 75
TONGUE RIVER
Big Goose 7990 7.4 8.7 85 7.9 10.5 75
Bone Springs Div 9350 12.0 15.6 77 10.4 14.7 71
Burgess Junction 7880 8.1 11.2 72 8.4 11.6 72
Dome Lake 8880 8.8 11.4 77 8.8 12.8 69
Little Goose 8870 8.8 -M * 10.1 -M *
Sucker Creek 8880 9.3 11.4 82 9.5 13.5 70
Tie Creek 6870 2.7 5.4 50 8.0 10.8 74
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Basin Index (%) 76 72
BELLE FOURCHE
Cole Canyon 5910 3.7 5.8 64 8.8 8.7 101
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Basin Index (%) 64 101
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN
Blind Park 6890 3.7 7.2 51 9.3 11.2 83
North Rapid Creek 6130 4.4 6.7 66 7.6 9.2 83
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Basin Index (%) 58 83
UPPER N. PLATTE
Arapaho Ridge 10960 24.2 19.6 123 24.0 21.1 114
Blackhall Mtn 9820 30.0 -M * 29.0 -M *
Columbine 9160 24.4 22.6 108 25.2 24.3 104
Divide Peak 8880 19.3 19.4 99 21.8 20.4 107
Joe Wright 10120 17.6 20.1 88 24.9 24.5 102
Laprele Creek 8375 10.1 9.4 107 10.9 11.7 93
Med Bow 10500 34.0 -M * 29.8 -M *
North French Creek 10130 26.0 27.8 94 24.5 25.6 96
Never Summer 10280 20.2 19.4 104 17.1 -M *
Old Battle 10000 28.6 29.2 98 26.9 33.4 81
Rawah 9020 14.3 10.3 139 18.0 13.5 133
Sage Creek Basin 7850 16.1 12.6 128 12.4 13.7 91
Sand Lake 10050 26.3 27.3 96 24.8 23.4 106
South Brush Creek 8440 12.7 12.2 104 13.4 14.5 92
Tower 10500 38.4 43.6 88 35.0 37.9 92
Webber Springs 9250 21.9 22.8 96 24.2 25.4 95
Willow Creek Pass 9540 15.9 11.7 136 15.8 12.7 124
Zirkel 9340 28.1 26.3 107 29.7 27.1 110
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Basin Index (%) 103 101
SWEETWATER
Deer Park 9700 16.4 14.6 112 16.8 18.5 91
Larsen Creek 9000 9.2 12.1 76 12.2 -M *
South Pass 9040 14.3 14.8 97 12.5 16.5 76
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Basin Index (%) 96 84
LOWER N. PLATTE
Casper Mtn. 7900 16.8 13.2 127 14.4 13.9 104
Laprele Creek 8375 10.1 9.4 107 10.9 11.7 93
Reno Hill 8400 15.9 13.0 122 17.8 14.4 124
Windy Peak 7900 9.8 7.8 126 10.6 10.0 106
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Basin Index (%) 121 107
LARAMIE RIVER
Brooklyn Lake 10240 23.8 19.7 121 22.4 20.0 112
Cinnabar Park 9574 19.9 19.8 101 22.0 22.9 96
Crow Creek 8330 9.8 6.7 146 14.0 10.1 139
Deadman Hill 10220 20.2 15.4 131 19.0 16.3 117
Rawah 9020 14.3 10.3 139 18.0 13.5 133
Roach 9700 17.7 15.4 115 19.4 18.2 107
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Basin Index (%) 121 114
S. PLATTE
Black Mountain 8920 13.7 -M * 16.5 -M *
Crow Creek 8330 9.8 6.7 146 14.0 10.1 139
Deadman Hill 10220 20.2 15.4 131 19.0 16.3 117
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Basin Index (%) 136 125
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
Battle Mountain 7440 12.4 10.7 116 14.8 14.4 103
Divide Peak 8880 19.3 19.4 99 21.8 20.4 107
Elk River 8700 18.4 18.3 101 18.1 19.1 95
Little Snake River 8915 23.7 22.9 103 30.1 28.2 107
Old Battle 10000 28.6 29.2 98 26.9 33.4 81
Sage Creek Basin 7850 16.1 12.6 128 12.4 13.7 91
Sandstone RS 8150 11.1 13.1 85 11.1 17.6 63
Whiskey Park 8950 27.1 25.5 106 26.5 26.7 99
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Basin Index (%) 103 93
UPPER GREEN RIVER
Big Sandy Opening 9080 10.9 12.3 89 11.1 12.6 88
Blind Bull Sum 8650 25.1 22.2 113 16.4 18.7 88
East Rim Divide 7930 11.2 9.9 113 10.8 11.3 96
Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 9.2 12.0 77 11.1 12.7 87
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 11.2 12.8 88 10.6 12.3 86
Gunsight Pass 9820 13.6 13.3 102 14.3 13.1 109
Kendall R.S. 7740 9.7 11.4 85 11.7 13.6 86
Loomis Park 8240 14.3 14.4 99 16.3 16.6 98
New Fork Lake 8340 9.3 10.3 90 11.1 10.3 108
Pocket Creek 9360 7.9 -M * 9.1 -M *
Snider Basin 8060 14.9 12.1 123 14.0 13.6 103
Spring Creek Divide 9000 25.1 22.5 112 23.2 22.8 102
Triple Peak 8500 26.2 21.5 122 26.8 24.3 110
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Basin Index (%) 103 98
LOWER GREEN RIVER
Blacks Fork Jct 8870 11.6 -M * 12.0 -M *
Buck Pasture 9700 13.9 -M * 16.7 -M *
EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 9.9 -M * 10.1 -M *
Hams Fork 7840 -M 10.8 * -M 10.9 *
Hewinta 9519 12.0 10.8 111 13.3 13.3 100
Hickerson Park 9145 10.6 7.4 143 10.8 9.6 112
Hole-in-Rock 9150 10.1 7.0 144 11.2 9.1 123
Indian Creek 9425 23.3 23.7 98 18.4 21.6 85
Kelley R.S. 8180 14.1 14.8 95 15.4 17.3 89
Spirit Lk 10235 14.1 -M * 15.5 -M *
Steel Creek Park 10200 16.2 15.1 107 18.0 15.5 116
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Basin Index (%) 110 101
UPPER BEAR RIVER
Bear River RS 8777 8.5 -M * 11.5 -M *
Bug Lake 7950 18.9 18.0 105 19.1 18.5 103
Burts Miller Ranch 8000 5.3 -M * 5.7 -M *
Chalk Creek #1 8993 20.5 23.2 88 21.8 24.0 91
Hayden Fork 9212 15.0 15.0 100 18.7 20.0 94
Kelley R.S. 8180 14.1 14.8 95 15.4 17.3 89
Lily Lake 9156 12.9 12.0 108 12.1 16.2 75
Monte Cristo 8960 28.3 26.0 109 26.0 24.8 105
Salt River Summit 7760 13.5 12.8 105 15.3 15.9 96
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Basin Index (%) 101 94
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-M = Missing data
* = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
Units = inches for the Current and Normal Snow Water Equivalent and
Total Precipitation values
If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially
invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative
of conditions in the basin.
The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median represents the snow water
equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to
the Median value for those sites on this day.
The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation
(beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin
compared to the Average value for those sites on this day.
Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.
Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1981-2010.
Provisional data, subject to revision.
* Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or
average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water
equivalent, the median for the day is less than 10% of the maximum
median value for the year.
* Basin - More than half of the sites within the basin are flagged with *,
preventing the calculation of a meaningful basin index.
The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values
divided by the sum of the corresponding medians (for snow water equivalent)
or averages (for precipitation) and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.
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-M = Missing data
* = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
Units = inches for the Current and Normal Snow Water Equivalent and
Total Precipitation values
If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially
invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative
of conditions in the basin.
The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median represents the snow water
equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to
the Median value for those sites on this day.
The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Average represents the total precipitation
(beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin
compared to the Average value for those sites on this day.
Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.
Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1981-2010.
Provisional data, subject to revision.
* Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or
average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water
equivalent, the median for the day is less than 10% of the maximum
median value for the year.
* Basin - More than half of the sites within the basin are flagged with *,
preventing the calculation of a meaningful basin index.
The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values
divided by the sum of the corresponding medians (for snow water equivalent)
or averages (for precipitation) and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.