| Salt Lake City Public Utilities | |||||||||||||
| Hydrology | |||||||||||||
| Get Snow Survey results on the WEB!! www.slcgov.com/utilities/snow_survey.htm | |||||||||||||
| Mid Month Snow Survey report | |||||||||||||
| for the 15th of February | |||||||||||||
| Brighton Cabin snow course -- Big Cottonwood watershed | Upper Millcreek snow course -- Millcreek watershed | ||||||||||||
| 81 | years of record | elevation 8700' | 12 | years of record elevation 8200' | |||||||||
| water content | snow depth | percent | date of | water content | snow depth | density | percent | date of | |||||
| year | (inches) | (inches) | density | of normal | sampling | year | (inches) | (inches) | (percent) | of normal | sampling | ||
| 2002 | 19.8 | 58 | 34 | 104% | 15-Feb | 2002 | 19.2 | 57 | 34 | 95% | 15-Feb | ||
| 2001 | 15.6 | 60 | 26 | 82% | 2001 | 15 | 54 | 28 | 74% | ||||
| 2000 | 16.4 | 66 | 25 | 86% | 2000 | 17.8 | 71 | 25 | 88% | ||||
| 1999 | 18.6 | 62 | 30 | 97% | 1999 | 20.6 | 68 | 30 | 101% | ||||
| 1998 | 19.8 | 72 | 28% | 104% | 1998 | 22.2 | 74 | 30% | 109% | ||||
| 1997 | 31.3 | 93 | 34% | 164% | 1997 | 30.5 | 95 | 33% | 150% | ||||
| 1996 | 21.7 | 66 | 33% | 114% | 1996 | 25.4 | 75 | 34% | 125% | ||||
| 1995 | 22.9 | 81 | 28% | 120% | 1995 | 24.2 | 81 | 30% | 119% | ||||
| 1994 | 15.5 | 61 | 25% | 81% | 1994 | 17.6 | 62 | 28% | 87% | ||||
| 1993 | 25.2 | 76 | 33% | 132% | 1993 | 23.0 | 71 | 33% | 113% | ||||
| 1992 | 12.6 | 51 | 25% | 66% | 1992 | 12.5 | 49 | 25% | 62% | ||||
| 1991 | 13.2 | 46 | 29% | 69% | 1991 | 15.3 | 54 | 28% | 75% | ||||
| 1990 | 18.7 | 66 | 28% | 98% | average | 20.3 | |||||||
| 1989 | 21.2 | 64 | 33% | 111% | |||||||||
| 1988 | 14.1 | 54 | 26% | 74% | |||||||||
| 1984 | 28.6 | 81 | 35% | 150% | |||||||||
| 1983 | 23.3 | 75 | 31% | 122% | |||||||||
| 1977 | 3.8 | 17 | 22% | 20% | |||||||||
| 1952 | 28.0 | 147% | |||||||||||
| average | 19.1 | ||||||||||||
| Cecret lake snow course -- Little Cottonwood watershed | |||||||||||||
| 11 | years of record elevation 9750' | ||||||||||||
| water content | snow depth | percent | date of | ||||||||||
| year | (inches) | (inches) | density | of normal | sampling | ||||||||
| 2002 | 26.6 | 76 | 35 | 87% | 14-Feb | ||||||||
| 2001 | 25.0 | 86 | 29 | 82% | |||||||||
| 2000 | 27.1 | 94 | 29 | 89% | |||||||||
| 1999 | 23.6 | 79 | 30 | 77% | |||||||||
| 1998 | 31.8 | 100 | 32% | 104% | |||||||||
| 1997 | 47.0 | 130 | 36% | 154% | |||||||||
| 1996 | 35.3 | 100 | 35% | 116% | |||||||||
| 1995 | 40.2 | 122 | 33% | 132% | |||||||||
| 1994 | 21.5 | 77 | 28% | 70% | |||||||||
| 1993 | 35.5 | 102 | 35% | 116% | |||||||||
| 1992 | 21.7 | 78 | 28% | 71% | |||||||||
| average | 30.5 | ||||||||||||