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Data from a SNOTEL site in Elko County, Nevada. SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack and related climate sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Western United States. There are over 900 SNOTEL (or snow telemetry) sites in 11 states, including Alaska.
The United States National Water and Climate Center collects and disseminates water resources and climate data. [1]It is part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Transition to the electronic SNOTEL system began in 1979 with Aneroid SNOTEL #2 coming online October 1980. The gathered data is now reported back to the NRCS in a daily report, or on demand, reducing the need to physically visit the station itself down to the original cycle of once per year in the summer months for maintenance. [46] [47]
NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers. The financial assistance is authorized by the "Farm Bill", a law that is renewed every five years. The 2014 Farm Bill consolidated 23 programs into 15. [11] NRCS offers these services to private land owners, conservation districts, tribes, and other types of organizations.
There is a SNOTEL weather station near Brown Duck Lake, in the southeast of the High Uintas Wilderness. Brown Duck has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Brown Duck, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, 1986-2020 extremes: 10600ft (3231m)
USDA NRCS soil data. Can interact with the dataset with Web Soil Survey online mapping tool. Libre Map Project: Online collection of all digital USGS 1:24K scale topographic maps (as well as various other GIS data) covering the United States, available as a free download. NPScape
Wesner Springs is a SNOTEL weather station in the Pecos Wilderness, located near the summit of Elk Mountain (New Mexico). [5] Wesner Springs has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Wesner Springs, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, 1989–2020 extremes: 11120ft (3389m)
The Beaver Creek SNOTEL weather station is located at the southern end of Lee Metcalf Wilderness, in the valley east of Echo Peak (Montana). Beaver Creek has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Beaver Creek, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, 1985-2020 extremes: 7850ft (2393m)