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Lonesome Beaver snowpack

NRCS SNOTEL station 1261 at 9,530 ft in Garfield County, Utah, in the Dirty Devil-Fremont basin, with daily records since Oct 15, 2014. Latest reading Oct 29, 2026.

Snow water equivalent
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of the 1991–2020 median for this date · — of average
SWE today
0.1 in
median — in · average — in
Water-year precipitation
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of average since Oct 1 · 9.3 in vs. — in
Toward the normal peak
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of the average peak, — in around Oct 1

This water year against the normals

Water year 2027Water year 2026
0 1 2 3 OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep normal peak, Oct 1
Daily snow water equivalent at Lonesome Beaver, in inches, October through September, against the station's 1991–2020 median and average.

Water-year precipitation

Water year 2027Water year 2026
0 5 10 15 20 OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Precipitation accumulated since October 1, in inches (rain and snow together), against the 1991–2020 average.

Peak snowpack by water year

Since 2015 this station's snowpack has peaked as high as 15.9 in (Apr 5, 2023) and as low as 1.4 in (Apr 4, 2025). The 1991–2020 average peak is — in around Oct 1.

Water yearPeak SWE (in)Peak date% of normal peakApril 1 SWE (in)Days of data
2026 3.6 Feb 20, 2026 — 0.2 365
2025 1.4 Apr 4, 2025 — 0 365
2024 8.6 Mar 31, 2024 — 8.6 366
2023 15.9 Apr 5, 2023 — 15.8 365
2022 7 Mar 16, 2022 — 6.1 365
2021 6.3 Mar 26, 2021 — 6.2 365
2020 8.1 Apr 2, 2020 — 8 366
2019 13 Mar 21, 2019 — 12.7 365
2018 2.8 Mar 23, 2018 — 1.8 365
2017 8 Feb 27, 2017 — 6 365
2016 6.8 Feb 22, 2016 — 5.5 366
2015 6.9 Mar 12, 2015 — 3.1 351

Water years with fewer than 150 days of data are omitted. Data: NRCS National Water and Climate Center AWDB (station 1261:UT:SNTL), pulled nightly; current-year values are provisional. Station location: 38.07, -110.7724. Other stations in the Dirty Devil-Fremont basin are listed on the basin page.