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Collins Lake Ranch - forest structure influence on snowpack


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Created: Jul 16, 2026 at 4:28 p.m. (UTC)
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Published date: Jul 20, 2026 at 6:13 p.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.0f36abb13fed49478ae64f8f8138dc0d
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Abstract

Collins Lake Ranch is a private ranch located in Mora County, northern New Mexico. It specializes in residential living and education for adults with disabilities (Collins Lake Ranch, 2024). In 2022, part of the ranch was impacted by the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon (HPCC) wildfire. New Mexico Highlands University commonly uses this ranch as a research site for forestry management and have treated multiple areas on the ranch, saving it from more extreme burning from the HPCC fire. This study area has three study locations, totaling six plots. Due to active thinning on this ranch, we moved our dense location for the 2024-2025 snow season, however, we tried to maintain as similar a forest structure and elevation as possible. Collins Lake Ranch represents lower elevation mid latitude locations that receive substantial snowfall, however, the snowpack is not seasonally persistent and is therefore classified as ephemeral. Each plot has a Wingscapes TimelapseCam Pro camera, a two and a half meter by one-inch diameter snow pole attached to a U-post, and temperature loggers distributed on the ground surface. The time-lapse camera takes a picture twice a day of the snow pole which is painted in five-centimeter increments. Daily snow depth was recorded from the pictures by a minimum of two people and vetted by a third. SWE was calculated using methodology from Hill et al (2019). 10 Temperature loggers are placed on the ground in a spoke-like pattern around the snow pole. There are 4 buttons at N, S, E, W 4 ft from the pole. There are 4 buttons at N, S, E, W 8 ft from the pole. There is a button at NE, and SW 8 ft from the pole.

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Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
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Decimal degrees
North Latitude
35.9928°
East Longitude
-105.3857°
South Latitude
35.9882°
West Longitude
-105.3911°

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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
U.S. National Science Foundation SRS RN: Transforming Rural-Urban Systems: Trajectories for Sustainability in the Intermountain West 2115169

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Rotche, L., Eiting, C., Jones, K., Connett, H., Bair, A., Webb, R., Litvak, M., Lin, Y. (2026). Collins Lake Ranch - forest structure influence on snowpack, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.0f36abb13fed49478ae64f8f8138dc0d

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