Show Snow surveys reveal all-time low record Snow surveys completed today show the Uintah Basin courses have set an all time low record for snow and moisture for this time of Upper at an elevation of has only 3 inches of with inches of as compared with 38 inches of snow and 8 inches of water in and inches of water in The average on this course is 8 1 inches of the rain-gage reading shows only inches of moisture has fallen since October 1962 at this MIDDLE at feet has no snow this In 1962 at this time there were 34 inches of with 6 8 inches of and in 1961 there was inches of The average is inches of water for this LOWER at has 1 inch of SNOW SURVEY Page 5 i Snow Survey from Page with inches of water this as compared with 36 inches of snow in with inches of and in 1961 there was inch of The average for this course is inches of PARADISE PARK at feet has inches of with inch In 1962 there were 45 inches of with inches of and in 1961 there were inches of The longtime average is 8 7 inches of JULIUS at feet has 9 inches of with inches of as compared with 44 inches of and inches water in and inches of water in This is a fairly new so there is no long-time MOSBY at feet shows 8 inches of snow with inches of as compared with 39 inches of with 8 6 inches of water in and inches of water in The long-time average for this course is inches of The catch at Paradise Park was inch of moisture during the past and 5 inch at Julius In an ordinary 60 to 65 percent of the snow and moisture comes after Jan Very little moisture came and the ground was dry when winter due to the lack of THE SNOW SURVEY on courses was made by Keith Lemon of the Soil Conservation and Lamar Bisel of the Forest Service Surveys at Paradise Julius Park and Mosby were made by Mr Lemon and Val District Ranger for the Forest Simpson reports they saw seven head of elk and he is wondering what these animals woud find to eat next summer unless there is a great change in the moisture Tins is the first time in the recollection of local employees that they have been able to make the snow surveys in a pickup truck at this time of In other years it has always been necessary to use the snow machine and snow |