Upper Colorado snowpack › Dirty Devil-Fremont
Dirty Devil-Fremont basin snowpack
7 SNOTEL stations in the Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil subregion of the Upper Colorado River Basin. As of Oct 29, 2026, day 29 of water year 2027.
This water year against the normals
Every station in the basin
| Station | Elev (ft) | SWE | Median | % med | Avg | % avg | Precip | % avg | Normal peak | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Flat-U.M. Ck UT | 9,420 | 0.1 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 33% | 3.4 | 189% | 8.9 · Mar 11 | 2026-10-29 |
| Dills Camp UT | 9,240 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0% | 4.1 | 186% | 12.4 · Mar 14 | 2026-10-29 |
| Donkey Reservoir UT | 9,800 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 250% | 0.6 | 83% | 6.8 | 358% | 7.9 · Apr 1 | 2026-10-29 |
| Fish Lake Utah UT | 8,780 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0% | 2.8 | 200% | 8.5 · Mar 9 | 2026-10-29 |
| Lonesome Beaver UT | 9,530 | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | 9.3 | — | — · Oct 1 | 2026-10-29 |
| Mt Pennell UT | 9,210 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8.8 | — | — · Oct 1 | 2026-10-29 |
| Sunflower Flat UT | 10,010 | 0.9 | — | — | — | — | 9.4 | — | — · Oct 1 | 2026-10-29 |
Snow water equivalent and precipitation in inches. Greyed rows have not reported in the last 3 days and are left out of the basin figures. A dash means the normal for this date is zero.
Water-year precipitation
Peak snowpack by water year
Since 1985 the Dirty Devil-Fremont basin-average snowpack has peaked as high as 18.61 in (Apr 5, 2023) and as low as 0.07 in (Sep 30, 1985). The 1991–2020 average peak is 9.22 in around Mar 14.
| Water year | Peak SWE (in) | Peak date | % of normal peak | April 1 SWE (in) | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 (to date) | 0.44 | Oct 14 | 5% | — | 7 |
| 2026 | 4.73 | Feb 22 | 51% | 1.44 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5.51 | Mar 18 | 60% | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12.16 | Apr 1 | 132% | 12.16 | 7 |
| 2023 | 18.61 | Apr 5 | 202% | 18.39 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8.03 | Mar 16 | 87% | 6.91 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7.94 | Mar 26 | 86% | 7.34 | 7 |
| 2020 | 11.29 | Mar 30 | 123% | 10.91 | 7 |
| 2019 | 13.71 | Apr 3 | 149% | 13.49 | 7 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | Mar 23 | 51% | 3.64 | 7 |
| 2017 | 11.5 | Mar 7 | 125% | 9.5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8.49 | Feb 23 | 92% | 7.87 | 7 |
| 2015 | 9.18 | Mar 12 | 100% | 5.33 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8.56 | Apr 5 | 93% | 8.28 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8.2 | Mar 25 | 89% | 6.8 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7.78 | Mar 7 | 84% | 4.85 | 4 |
| 2011 | 13.08 | Mar 28 | 142% | 12.52 | 4 |
| 2010 | 11.5 | Apr 8 | 125% | 10.57 | 4 |
| 2009 | 9.33 | Apr 11 | 101% | 8.37 | 3 |
| 2008 | 13.03 | Apr 11 | 141% | 12 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6.43 | Mar 8 | 70% | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2006 | 12.7 | Apr 6 | 138% | 12.17 | 3 |
| 2005 | 14.87 | Apr 1 | 161% | 14.87 | 3 |
| 2004 | 10.37 | Mar 6 | 113% | 6.8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 10.2 | Apr 7 | 111% | 9.63 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7.43 | Mar 20 | 81% | 6.23 | 3 |
| 2001 | 11.5 | Mar 18 | 125% | 9.9 | 3 |
| 2000 | 9.23 | Apr 1 | 100% | 9.23 | 3 |
| 1999 | 7.83 | Apr 11 | 85% | 6.17 | 3 |
| 1998 | 11.9 | Apr 18 | 129% | 10.37 | 3 |
| 1997 | 16.37 | Apr 13 | 178% | 12.9 | 3 |
| 1996 | 11.1 | Mar 31 | 120% | 10.9 | 3 |
| 1995 | 16.2 | Apr 24 | 176% | 13.97 | 3 |
| 1994 | 7.17 | Apr 11 | 78% | 6.07 | 3 |
| 1993 | 18.4 | Apr 7 | 200% | 17.8 | 3 |
| 1992 | 9.37 | Apr 1 | 102% | 9.37 | 3 |
| 1991 | 7.5 | Apr 1 | 81% | 7.5 | 3 |
| 1990 | 6.83 | Mar 19 | 74% | 6.23 | 3 |
| 1989 | 8.1 | Mar 5 | 88% | 7.13 | 3 |
| 1988 | 8.27 | Mar 20 | 90% | 7.83 | 3 |
| 1987 | 11.8 | Apr 7 | 128% | 11.43 | 3 |
| 1986 | 12.7 | Mar 20 | 138% | 10.87 | 3 |
| 1985 | 0.07 | Sep 30 | 1% | — | 3 |
Peak of the basin-average daily SWE over the stations with data that year; the station count shows how the set has grown. Data: NRCS AWDB, nightly; current-year values are provisional. Other basins: Colorado Headwaters · Duchesne-Lower Green · Upper Green · San Juan · Yampa-White · Gunnison · Dolores-San Miguel.