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: APRIL 5 , 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 18.3 15.2 120 21.0 20.5 102
Black Bear 8170 42.5 37.1 115 40.9 37.4 109
Blind Bull Sum 8650 33.6 23.1 145 19.8 19.2 103
Cottonwood Creek 7670 22.3 21.1 106 25.6 24.2 106
East Rim Divide 7930 12.7 10.2 125 12.6 11.5 110
Grand Targhee 9260 45.3 37.9 120 28.8 30.4 95
Granite Creek 6770 18.6 14.7 127 21.6 19.4 111
Grassy Lake 7265 31.7 31.6 100 34.7 35.3 98
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 16.4 13.0 126 15.5 12.7 122
Gunsight Pass 9820 17.5 13.6 129 16.7 13.5 124
Lewis Lake Divide 7850 39.5 29.7 133 38.4 34.7 111
Phillips Bench 8200 28.8 24.9 116 28.3 27.6 103
Salt River Summit 7640 11.2 12.9 87 12.9 16.4 79
Snake River Station 6920 19.1 15.0 127 23.3 22.0 106
Spring Creek Divide 9000 26.5 22.5 118 24.7 23.4 106
Thumb Divide 7980 19.9 14.7 135 19.3 18.2 106
Togwotee Pass 9580 32.2 21.9 147 32.5 23.8 137
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 37.7 25.8 146 29.4 26.6 111
Willow Creek 8080 34.0 28.3 120 35.2 33.0 107
Younts Peak 8350 -M 14.3 * -M 15.4 *
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Basin Index (%) 123 107
MADISON-GALLATIN
Black Bear 8170 42.5 37.1 115 40.9 37.4 109
Canyon 7870 17.1 12.5 137 19.4 15.9 122
Madison Plateau 7750 26.3 21.4 123 27.0 25.8 105
West Yellowstone 6700 13.5 9.9 136 17.0 13.9 122
Whiskey Creek 6800 16.3 14.9 109 19.1 19.7 97
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Basin Index (%) 121 109
YELLOWSTONE
Beartooth Lake 9360 39.2 21.2 185 35.7 19.3 185
Burnt Mtn 5880 7.7 4.6 167 14.7 12.7 116
Canyon 7870 17.1 12.5 137 19.4 15.9 122
Cole Creek 7850 14.9 14.3 104 -M 12.6 *
Evening Star 9200 41.3 23.8 174 42.0 26.7 157
Fisher Creek 9100 52.3 30.9 169 46.4 31.0 150
Northeast Entrance 7350 14.2 9.2 154 18.1 11.9 152
Parker Peak 9400 34.1 19.2 178 29.3 17.2 170
Sylvan Lake 8420 25.8 19.3 134 27.5 21.8 126
Thumb Divide 7980 19.9 14.7 135 19.3 18.2 106
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 37.7 25.8 146 29.4 26.6 111
White Mill 8700 41.0 22.0 186 31.6 23.2 136
Wolverine 7650 22.3 9.4 237 21.2 11.9 178
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Basin Index (%) 162 142
WIND RIVER
Burroughs Creek 8750 16.0 -M * 17.7 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 8.3 -M * 9.8 -M *
Cold Springs 9630 10.1 6.9 146 10.2 9.8 104
Deer Park 9700 12.6 15.2 83 15.6 19.4 80
Hobbs Park 10100 17.7 13.9 127 15.3 13.2 116
Kirwin 9550 20.1 9.6 209 18.1 11.3 160
Little Warm 9370 16.4 10.2 161 17.2 12.6 137
Owl Creek 8975 4.5 5.8 78 6.1 5.9 103
South Pass 9040 12.0 15.1 79 8.7 17.1 51
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 2.9 6.8 43 8.6 8.8 98
Togwotee Pass 9580 32.2 21.9 147 32.5 23.8 137
Townsend Creek 8700 7.3 9.4 78 9.5 11.8 81
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Basin Index (%) 118 106
BIGHORN BASIN
Bald Mtn. 9380 21.3 19.0 112 15.5 16.6 93
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 -M 5.0 * 11.2 8.3 135
Bone Springs Div 9350 19.5 16.6 117 15.0 15.2 99
Grave Springs 8550 7.9 9.2 86 -M 10.3 *
Kirwin 9550 20.1 9.6 209 18.1 11.3 160
Marquette 8760 6.6 -M * 10.3 -M *
Middle Powder 7760 10.3 11.8 87 6.7 11.4 59
Owl Creek 8975 4.5 5.8 78 6.1 5.9 103
Powder River Pass 9480 16.5 10.1 163 15.7 12.3 128
Shell Creek 9580 21.3 14.8 144 16.1 13.5 119
Timber Creek 7950 3.7 4.9 76 -M 7.2 *
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Basin Index (%) 123 110
SHOSHONE RIVER
Blackwater 9780 34.6 22.4 154 32.0 20.1 159
Evening Star 9200 41.3 23.8 174 42.0 26.7 157
Marquette 8760 6.6 -M * 10.3 -M *
Sylvan Road 7120 14.8 10.9 136 21.9 16.4 134
Younts Peak 8350 -M 14.3 * -M 15.4 *
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Basin Index (%) 159 152
POWDER RIVER
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 -M 5.0 * 11.2 8.3 135
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 16.6 14.6 114 15.1 13.0 116
Grave Springs 8550 7.9 9.2 86 -M 10.3 *
Hansen Sawmill 8360 9.4 6.2 152 10.9 8.4 130
Middle Powder 7760 10.3 11.8 87 6.7 11.4 59
Powder River Pass 9480 16.5 10.1 163 15.7 12.3 128
Soldier Park 8720 8.3 -M * 10.7 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 117 112
TONGUE RIVER
Big Goose 7990 9.0 9.4 96 9.4 11.2 84
Bone Springs Div 9350 19.5 16.6 117 15.0 15.2 99
Burgess Junction 7880 10.6 11.7 91 9.2 12.1 76
Dome Lake 8880 15.6 11.7 133 12.6 13.3 95
Little Goose 8870 10.7 -M * 12.7 -M *
Sucker Creek 8880 11.7 11.9 98 9.4 14.1 67
Tie Creek 6870 5.7 5.5 104 9.8 11.4 86
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Basin Index (%) 108 85
BELLE FOURCHE
Cole Canyon 5910 -M 5.5 * 10.5 9.2 114
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Basin Index (%) * 114
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN
Blind Park 6890 8.6 7.1 121 11.7 11.6 101
North Rapid Creek 6130 7.8 6.7 116 9.2 9.6 96
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Basin Index (%) 119 99
UPPER N. PLATTE
Arapaho Ridge 10960 19.6 20.6 95 19.2 22.0 87
Blackhall Mtn 9820 27.8 -M * 26.8 -M *
Columbine 9160 21.6 23.3 93 23.2 25.1 92
Divide Peak 8880 14.0 19.8 71 17.7 21.1 84
Joe Wright 10120 19.2 20.8 92 28.8 25.4 113
Laprele Creek 8375 6.6 9.4 70 8.0 12.3 65
Med Bow 10500 40.6 -M * 30.8 -M *
North French Creek 10130 28.1 29.0 97 27.3 26.3 104
Never Summer 10280 18.7 20.2 93 15.4 -M *
Old Battle 10000 25.1 30.9 81 23.7 34.4 69
Rawah 9020 11.2 10.5 107 15.0 13.9 108
Sage Creek Basin 7850 8.3 12.4 67 10.5 14.2 74
Sand Lake 10050 26.9 28.5 94 23.0 24.3 95
South Brush Creek 8440 11.2 12.0 93 12.2 15.0 81
Tower 10500 35.0 45.3 77 26.4 39.2 67
Webber Springs 9250 18.6 23.0 81 21.4 26.3 81
Willow Creek Pass 9540 13.0 12.0 108 13.9 13.2 105
Zirkel 9340 27.1 26.3 103 31.0 27.9 111
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Basin Index (%) 88 88
SWEETWATER
Deer Park 9700 12.6 15.2 83 15.6 19.4 80
Larsen Creek 9000 11.2 11.8 95 11.4 -M *
South Pass 9040 12.0 15.1 79 8.7 17.1 51
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Basin Index (%) 85 67
LOWER N. PLATTE
Casper Mtn. 7900 8.0 14.2 56 6.9 14.6 47
Laprele Creek 8375 6.6 9.4 70 8.0 12.3 65
Reno Hill 8400 10.2 13.9 73 11.5 15.1 76
Windy Peak 7900 6.3 7.8 81 8.3 10.3 81
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Basin Index (%) 69 66
LARAMIE RIVER
Brooklyn Lake 10240 25.4 21.3 119 25.2 20.8 121
Cinnabar Park 9574 21.0 20.9 100 24.6 23.8 103
Crow Creek 8330 4.1 7.0 59 10.8 10.6 102
Deadman Hill 10220 20.5 15.9 129 19.6 17.0 115
Rawah 9020 11.2 10.5 107 15.0 13.9 108
Roach 9700 13.6 16.3 83 17.0 18.9 90
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Basin Index (%) 104 107
S. PLATTE
Black Mountain 8920 10.6 -M * 13.4 -M *
Crow Creek 8330 4.1 7.0 59 10.8 10.6 102
Deadman Hill 10220 20.5 15.9 129 19.6 17.0 115
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Basin Index (%) 107 110
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER
Battle Mountain 7440 5.6 10.1 55 10.4 14.8 70
Divide Peak 8880 14.0 19.8 71 17.7 21.1 84
Elk River 8700 15.2 19.1 80 16.4 19.7 83
Little Snake River 8915 21.4 24.6 87 27.3 29.1 94
Old Battle 10000 25.1 30.9 81 23.7 34.4 69
Sage Creek Basin 7850 8.3 12.4 67 10.5 14.2 74
Sandstone RS 8150 8.7 12.8 68 9.2 18.0 51
Whiskey Park 8950 24.3 27.1 90 25.2 27.4 92
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Basin Index (%) 78 79
UPPER GREEN RIVER
Big Sandy Opening 9080 13.2 12.5 106 13.1 13.0 101
Blind Bull Sum 8650 33.6 23.1 145 19.8 19.2 103
East Rim Divide 7930 12.7 10.2 125 12.6 11.5 110
Elkhart Park G.S. 9400 12.4 12.2 102 12.0 13.0 92
Gros Ventre Summit 8750 16.4 13.0 126 15.5 12.7 122
Gunsight Pass 9820 17.5 13.6 129 16.7 13.5 124
Kendall R.S. 7740 15.3 11.5 133 15.8 14.0 113
Loomis Park 8240 18.4 13.9 132 18.7 17.0 110
New Fork Lake 8340 11.8 10.3 115 11.5 10.6 108
Pocket Creek 9360 8.9 -M * 9.1 -M *
Snider Basin 8060 12.8 12.3 104 15.0 14.0 107
Spring Creek Divide 9000 26.5 22.5 118 24.7 23.4 106
Triple Peak 8500 31.0 21.9 142 31.6 24.9 127
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Basin Index (%) 125 111
LOWER GREEN RIVER
Blacks Fork Jct 8869 7.5 -M * 8.8 -M *
Buck Pasture 9632 11.6 -M * 13.0 -M *
EF Blacks Fork GS 9360 10.5 -M * -M -M *
Hams Fork 7840 9.3 10.9 85 9.5 11.2 85
Hewinta 9500 7.4 11.0 67 11.2 13.8 81
Hickerson Park 9122 6.8 7.8 87 7.8 10.1 77
Hole-in-Rock 9168 7.2 7.0 103 8.3 9.5 87
Indian Creek 9425 21.7 24.5 89 15.8 22.2 71
Kelley R.S. 8180 13.5 14.9 91 14.7 17.8 83
Spirit Lk 10235 10.5 -M * 11.7 -M *
Steel Creek Park 10158 13.1 15.6 84 13.6 16.2 84
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Basin Index (%) 86 80
UPPER BEAR RIVER
Bear River RS 8777 5.9 -M * 10.4 -M *
Bug Lake 7987 14.8 18.3 81 15.9 19.1 83
Burts Miller Ranch 8000 4.0 -M * 6.2 -M *
Chalk Creek #1 9171 15.0 24.1 62 16.1 24.8 65
Hayden Fork 9130 11.3 15.4 73 15.9 20.7 77
Kelley R.S. 8180 13.5 14.9 91 14.7 17.8 83
Lily Lake 9133 9.4 12.5 75 11.2 16.8 67
Monte Cristo 8932 21.4 27.4 78 21.4 25.5 84
Salt River Summit 7640 11.2 12.9 87 12.9 16.4 79
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Basin Index (%) 77 77
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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.