The Upper Rio Grande basin was at just 9% of median levels Thursday compared to the past 30 years – with just 0.6 inches of snow-water equivalent remaining, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
In 2018, which was also comparable in terms of where the snowpack sits as of mid-May in that basin, the snowpack reached 1.4 inches of SWE on May 8. Colorado’s drought has continued to worsen as well, and it will not see any favors with the quick melting of the snowpack. That summer, the Hayman Fire would burn nearly 140,000 acres in the Pike National Forest, destroying hundreds of structures and homes to the tune of more than $42 million. It remains the fourth-largest wildfire in recorded state history and was the largest until the three major fires of 2020 – Cameron Peak, East Troublesome and Pine Gulch.
That summer, the Spring Fire burned 108,045 acres – turning into what at the time was the second-largest fire in state history. It destroyed more than 140 homes and damaged more than 120 others. The 416 Fire burned 54,000 acres near Durango and at the time was the sixth-largest in state history.
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