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2008 Snowmelt Flood Preparation <br />Summary of March Snotel Data <br /> <br /> <br />March 3, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br />SNOTEL data for those locations where the March 3, 2008 reading for Snow-Water <br />Equivalent (SWE) was over 120% of average are listed below. Light shading shows <br />SNOTELs where the average is between 140% and 159% of average, while darker <br />shading shows SNOTELs where the average is at or above 160% of average. This is a <br />first cut attempt at focusing attention on those watersheds where we should be most <br />concerned about the possibility of snowmelt flooding. <br /> <br /> <br />Gunnison River Basin (Basinwide SWE at 145% of Average) <br /> <br />Station Potentially Potentially Elevation of Current % of <br />Name Affected Affected Basins SNOTEL (ft) Inches Average <br />Counties (SWE) (SWE) <br />Butte Gunnison East River 10,160 18.8 147 <br />Columbine Montrose Gunnison River, 9,400 22.2 136 <br />Pass Tabeguache Creek <br />Idarado Ouray Uncompahgre River 9,800 15.4 129 <br />McClure Pass Pitkin, Gunnison, Delta Crystal River, Muddy 9,500 23.3 153 <br />Creek <br />Mesa Lakes Mesa, Delta Plateau Creek, Kannah 10,000 17.7 123 <br />Creek <br />Overland Delta, Mesa Muddy Creek, Plateau 9,840 19.3 182 <br />Reservoir Creek <br />Park Cone Ouray Uncompahgre River 9,600 14.3 157 <br />Park Delta Plateau Creek 9,960 29.4 133 <br />Reservoir <br />Porphyry Gunnison, Chaffee Tomichi Creek, South 10,760 20.0 155 <br />Creek Arkansas River <br />Red Ouray, San Juan Animas River, 11,200 28.0 143 <br />Mountain Uncompahgre River <br />Pass <br />Schofield Pitkin, Gunnison Crystal River, East River 10,700 42.2 150 <br />Pass <br />Slumgullion Hinsdale, Mineral, Cebolla Creek, Lake Fork 11,440 15.6 141 <br />Saguache Gunnison, Rio Grande, <br />Saguache Creek <br /> <br /> <br />