John Martin Reservoir, which stores water for the Winter Water Storage Program (WWSP), increased from 30,097 acre-feet of water at the end of January to 35,423 acre-feet at the end of February. At Twin Lakes, storage levels increased slightly, from 99,431.4 acre-feet to 100,473 acre-feet, i.e., 71.3% full. Water storage in Turquoise Lake, currently 49.4% full, dropped from 76,014.2 acre-feet to 63,949.2 in February. In the Sangre de Cristo Range, Hayden Pass reads 42% of median.ĭuring the past month, Pueblo Reservoir went from 64.1% full to 67.3%, with water storage increasing from 207,047 acre-feet to 217,442 at the end of February. Buckskin Joe in the Mosquito Range reads 64%. Glen Cove, north of Pikes Peak, dropped from 108% a month ago to a current reading of 46%.

The Brumley SNOTEL site, near Independence Pass, reports 98% of median, while Fremont Pass reports 91%. West Slope river basins are enjoying above-average snowpack, but data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service shows that the Arkansas Basin has the lowest snowpack in the state at 76% of median.Īrkansas Basin Snowpack Telemetry (SNOTEL) readings for snow-water equivalent range from 28% of median at Apishapa near the Spanish Peaks to 127% at St.

Almost half of Colorado (45.67%) remains drought-free, including the Upper Ark Valley, but the Lower Arkansas River Basin remains the driest part of the state, according the latest U.S.

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