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Banded Peak Ranch - forest structure influence on snowpack


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Created: Jul 17, 2026 at 8 p.m. (UTC)
Last updated: Jul 20, 2026 at 6:11 p.m. (UTC) (Metadata update)
Published date: Jul 20, 2026 at 6:10 p.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.cdd37d7879094d78af2c593f9f47ff64
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Abstract

Banded Peak Ranch is a private 20,477 hectare (50,600 acre) ranch that lies at the headwaters of the Navajo River. The Navajo River is a main tributary of the San Juan Chama diversion project which is an inter-basin water transfer that provides water to the Rio Grande River Basin. Banded Peak Ranch is managed for ecological sustainability and improved wildlife habitat for large game hunting (elk and mule deer). Vegetation at the ranch spans from oak groves, ponderosa forests, and meadows at 2,400 meters, through aspen forest, to mixed conifer in the high country at over 3,800 meters. There are two study locations with contrasting forest structure in this study area: one in dense Mixed Conifer with some Aspen and one in relatively open areas with some nearby Mixed Conifer and Aspen trees. Banded Peak Ranch represents mid elevations at higher latitudes of the southwestern United States with seasonal to marginal snowpack. 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). 16 HOBO Pendant MX Water Temperature Data Loggers 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 are 4 buttons at NE, SE, SW, and NW 8 ft from the pole. here are 4 buttons at NE, SE, SW, and NW 16 ft from the pole.

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Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
37.1729°
East Longitude
-106.6402°
South Latitude
37.1204°
West Longitude
-106.7353°

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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
United States Geological Survey The role forest structure plays in regulating water availability and implications for natural resources and ecosystem function G23AC00127
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). Banded Peak Ranch - forest structure influence on snowpack, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.cdd37d7879094d78af2c593f9f47ff64

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