Navajo River Catchment: Snow Temperature Buttons (2021-2022)

The Navajo River, located in the southern San Juan Mountains, is a tributary of the San Juan Chama River. The Navajo River catchment is one of three catchments included in the San Juan Chama Project (SJCP, Bureau of Reclamation), which diverts a firm yield (annual allotment) of 96,200 acre-feet water users in New Mexico. To meet the snow monitoring and water supply forecast needs of the SJCP project, a snow survey research area has been established in the catchment. This research area currently includes four snow survey sites, which contain a total of two snow pits and five snow depth transects. Two survey sites include snowtography poles with game cameras monitoring snow depth and temperature buttons collecting snowpack temperature data.