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 SUNDAY: MARCH 11 , 2018
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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 7060 16.7 13.8 121 18.2 18.3 99
Black Bear 8170 38.1 31.5 121 35.1 33.1 106
Blind Bull Sum 8650 28.6 19.4 147 17.1 16.9 101
Cottonwood Creek 7670 19.0 18.5 103 20.9 20.7 101
East Rim Divide 7930 10.5 9.4 112 10.2 10.2 100
Grand Targhee 9260 40.4 31.9 127 26.2 25.7 102
Granite Creek 6770 16.0 14.6 110 17.8 17.5 102
Grassy Lake 7265 28.0 27.6 101 31.2 31.2 100
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 12.0 10.9 110 12.1 10.9 111
Gunsight Pass 9820 13.6 11.6 117 13.3 11.6 115
Lewis Lake Divide 7850 34.1 26.5 129 34.7 30.8 113
Phillips Bench 8200 22.1 21.2 104 22.9 24.2 95
Salt River Summit 7640 9.3 11.2 83 10.7 14.2 75
Snake River Station 6920 16.7 15.2 110 21.2 19.6 108
Spring Creek Divide 9000 22.4 19.6 114 21.2 20.4 104
Thumb Divide 7980 16.9 13.2 128 16.7 15.8 106
Togwotee Pass 9580 27.8 19.5 143 28.2 20.7 136
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 33.5 23.1 145 -M 23.3 *
Willow Creek 8080 27.9 24.1 116 30.0 28.5 105
Younts Peak 8350 -M 12.4 * -M 13.4 *
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Basin Index (%) 120 105
MADISON-GALLATIN
Black Bear 8170 38.1 31.5 121 35.1 33.1 106
Canyon 7870 15.8 11.5 137 17.7 14.0 126
Madison Plateau 7750 24.2 19.3 125 23.9 22.8 105
West Yellowstone 6700 12.3 9.7 127 15.4 12.4 124
Whiskey Creek 6800 14.7 13.2 111 16.9 17.4 97
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Basin Index (%) 123 109
YELLOWSTONE
Beartooth Lake 9360 35.7 18.4 194 30.8 16.8 183
Burnt Mtn 5880 7.0 4.3 163 13.0 10.2 127
Canyon 7870 15.8 11.5 137 17.7 14.0 126
Cole Creek 7850 12.9 11.2 115 8.3 9.9 84
Evening Star 9200 36.5 20.9 175 31.1 23.4 133
Fisher Creek 9100 47.6 27.0 176 41.2 27.2 151
Northeast Entrance 7350 13.4 8.6 156 16.3 10.5 155
Parker Peak 9400 30.0 16.7 180 23.0 15.0 153
Sylvan Lake 8420 22.2 17.0 131 23.6 19.0 124
Thumb Divide 7980 16.9 13.2 128 16.7 15.8 106
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 33.5 23.1 145 -M 23.3 *
White Mill 8700 37.5 19.2 195 28.4 20.3 140
Wolverine 7650 19.9 9.0 221 19.0 10.5 181
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Basin Index (%) 164 140
WIND RIVER
Burroughs Creek 8750 14.5 -M * 16.4 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 7.8 -M * 8.9 -M *
Cold Springs 9630 8.3 5.9 141 8.8 8.0 110
Deer Park 9700 9.5 12.1 79 12.2 16.3 75
Hobbs Park 10100 13.9 11.0 126 11.9 10.4 114
Kirwin 9550 17.7 7.8 227 16.1 9.4 171
Little Warm 9370 13.4 8.7 154 14.1 10.5 134
Owl Creek 8975 3.5 4.3 81 5.3 4.6 115
South Pass 9040 9.4 12.5 75 -M 14.5 *
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 2.8 5.9 47 7.0 7.0 100
Togwotee Pass 9580 27.8 19.5 143 28.2 20.7 136
Townsend Creek 8700 5.9 7.4 80 7.2 9.4 77
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Basin Index (%) 118 115
BIGHORN BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 18.1 16.0 113 12.5 13.9 90
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 8.1 4.7 172 8.6 6.6 130
Bone Springs Div 9350 16.1 13.3 121 11.9 12.6 94
Grave Springs 8550 5.5 7.5 73 4.4 8.3 53
Kirwin 9550 17.7 7.8 227 16.1 9.4 171
Marquette 8760 5.0 -M * 8.7 -M *
Middle Powder 7760 7.3 8.8 83 -M 9.3 *
Owl Creek 8975 3.5 4.3 81 5.3 4.6 115
Powder River Pass 9480 14.4 8.5 169 13.1 10.2 128
Shell Creek 9580 17.8 12.3 145 13.5 11.2 121
Timber Creek 7950 3.0 4.1 73 -M 5.6 *
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Basin Index (%) 128 111
SHOSHONE RIVER
Blackwater 9780 31.0 19.1 162 29.0 17.2 169
Evening Star 9200 36.5 20.9 175 31.1 23.4 133
Marquette 8760 5.0 -M * 8.7 -M *
Sylvan Road 7120 13.8 10.0 138 19.3 14.6 132
Younts Peak 8350 -M 12.4 * -M 13.4 *
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Basin Index (%) 163 144
POWDER RIVER
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 8.1 4.7 172 8.6 6.6 130
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 13.1 11.8 111 11.5 10.3 112
Grave Springs 8550 5.5 7.5 73 4.4 8.3 53
Hansen Sawmill 8360 6.6 5.2 127 7.9 6.5 122
Middle Powder 7760 7.3 8.8 83 -M 9.3 *
Powder River Pass 9480 14.4 8.5 169 13.1 10.2 128
Soldier Park 8720 5.3 -M * 7.9 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 118 109
TONGUE RIVER
Big Goose 7990 6.1 6.9 88 6.5 8.4 77
Bone Springs Div 9350 16.1 13.3 121 11.9 12.6 94
Burgess Junction 7880 7.7 9.3 83 6.7 9.7 69
Dome Lake 8880 12.3 9.4 131 9.4 10.6 89
Little Goose 8870 7.4 -M * 9.5 -M *
Sucker Creek 8880 8.5 10.1 84 6.4 11.4 56
Tie Creek 6870 3.5 4.7 74 6.9 9.0 77
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Basin Index (%) 101 77
BELLE FOURCHE
Cole Canyon 5910 5.8 5.1 114 7.4 7.4 100
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Basin Index (%) 114 100
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN
Blind Park 6890 6.6 6.8 97 9.5 10.0 95
North Rapid Creek 6130 6.4 6.3 102 6.9 8.1 85
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Basin Index (%) 99 91
UPPER N. PLATTE
Arapaho Ridge 10960 16.5 17.7 93 16.2 18.8 86
Blackhall Mtn 9820 23.3 -M * 22.9 -M *
Columbine 9160 19.4 21.1 92 18.1 21.8 83
Divide Peak 8880 11.5 17.0 68 15.1 18.0 84
Joe Wright 10120 13.5 18.4 73 22.8 21.4 107
Laprele Creek 8375 5.4 8.5 64 6.8 10.1 67
Med Bow 10500 34.1 -M * 27.7 -M *
North French Creek 10130 22.4 23.0 97 22.1 22.5 98
Never Summer 10280 14.7 17.0 86 11.8 -M *
Old Battle 10000 21.4 25.6 84 20.9 29.8 70
Rawah 9020 9.1 9.3 98 12.2 11.5 106
Sage Creek Basin 7850 8.0 11.6 69 8.4 12.4 68
Sand Lake 10050 21.9 22.6 97 18.5 20.4 91
South Brush Creek 8440 7.9 11.1 71 9.6 12.6 76
Tower 10500 28.5 38.2 75 25.1 33.9 74
Webber Springs 9250 16.2 20.2 80 18.7 22.6 83
Willow Creek Pass 9540 10.6 10.3 103 11.4 11.0 104
Zirkel 9340 23.2 25.2 92 27.0 24.6 110
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Basin Index (%) 84 87
SWEETWATER
Deer Park 9700 9.5 12.1 79 12.2 16.3 75
Larsen Creek 9000 9.2 10.4 88 9.4 -M *
South Pass 9040 9.4 12.5 75 -M 14.5 *
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Basin Index (%) 80 75*
LOWER N. PLATTE
Casper Mtn. 7900 6.3 11.5 55 5.1 11.9 43
Laprele Creek 8375 5.4 8.5 64 6.8 10.1 67
Reno Hill 8400 7.8 11.2 70 8.9 12.0 74
Windy Peak 7900 4.9 6.6 74 6.6 8.5 78
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Basin Index (%) 65 64
LARAMIE RIVER
Brooklyn Lake 10240 20.6 16.8 123 21.2 17.4 122
Cinnabar Park 9574 18.9 17.8 106 21.4 20.6 104
Crow Creek 8330 2.3 7.1 32 8.1 8.4 96
Deadman Hill 10220 16.1 13.0 124 15.5 14.0 111
Rawah 9020 9.1 9.3 98 12.2 11.5 106
Roach 9700 11.4 13.4 85 14.4 15.9 91
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Basin Index (%) 101 106
S. PLATTE
Black Mountain 8920 7.6 -M * 10.4 -M *
Crow Creek 8330 2.3 7.1 32 8.1 8.4 96
Deadman Hill 10220 16.1 13.0 124 15.5 14.0 111
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Basin Index (%) 92 105
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
Battle Mountain 7440 5.8 10.6 55 -M 12.9 *
Divide Peak 8880 11.5 17.0 68 15.1 18.0 84
Elk River 8700 13.1 16.9 78 13.8 17.1 81
Little Snake River 8915 18.3 20.3 90 23.7 25.8 92
Old Battle 10000 21.4 25.6 84 20.9 29.8 70
Sage Creek Basin 7850 8.0 11.6 69 8.4 12.4 68
Sandstone RS 8150 7.1 11.8 60 7.0 16.0 44
Whiskey Park 8950 20.3 23.3 87 21.7 23.9 91
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Basin Index (%) 77 77
UPPER GREEN RIVER
Big Sandy Opening 9080 10.6 10.8 98 10.5 11.2 94
Blind Bull Sum 8650 28.6 19.4 147 17.1 16.9 101
East Rim Divide 7930 10.5 9.4 112 10.2 10.2 100
Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 10.4 10.1 103 10.0 11.1 90
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 12.0 10.9 110 12.1 10.9 111
Gunsight Pass 9820 13.6 11.6 117 13.3 11.6 115
Kendall R.S. 7740 13.0 10.5 124 13.4 12.5 107
Loomis Park 8240 15.0 12.7 118 15.8 14.9 106
New Fork Lake 8340 10.3 9.0 114 9.5 9.3 102
Pocket Creek 9360 7.0 -M * 7.0 -M *
Snider Basin 8060 11.4 10.6 108 13.1 12.2 107
Spring Creek Divide 9000 22.4 19.6 114 21.2 20.4 104
Triple Peak 8500 25.1 18.6 135 27.0 21.6 125
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Basin Index (%) 119 106
LOWER GREEN RIVER
Blacks Fork Jct 8869 6.0 -M * 7.3 -M *
Buck Pasture 9632 9.2 -M * 10.1 -M *
EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 9.2 -M * -M -M *
Hams Fork 7840 8.0 10.0 80 7.8 9.6 81
Hewinta 9500 6.7 8.6 78 9.0 11.5 78
Hickerson Park 9122 6.1 6.4 95 5.3 8.1 65
Hole-in-Rock 9168 5.2 6.1 85 5.6 7.6 74
Indian Creek 9425 17.7 20.3 87 13.1 19.0 69
Kelley R.S. 8180 11.1 12.7 87 12.2 15.4 79
Spirit Lk 10235 6.2 -M * 7.7 -M *
Steel Creek Park 10158 10.8 12.6 86 10.9 13.3 82
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Basin Index (%) 86 76
UPPER BEAR RIVER
Bear River RS 8777 7.4 -M * 8.5 -M *
Bug Lake 7987 13.3 16.1 83 13.4 16.4 82
Burts Miller Ranch 8000 4.1 -M * 5.2 -M *
Chalk Creek #1 9171 11.6 20.0 58 12.8 20.8 62
Hayden Fork 9130 10.1 13.4 75 12.5 17.4 72
Kelley R.S. 8180 11.1 12.7 87 12.2 15.4 79
Lily Lake 9133 7.2 11.1 65 9.0 14.1 64
Monte Cristo 8932 16.8 22.9 73 16.3 21.8 75
Salt River Summit 7640 9.3 11.2 83 10.7 14.2 75
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Basin Index (%) 74 72
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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.