Show 1 BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 0 Y commissioner delivery to be better for all ali canals of this section J lerue ogden commissioner of ehg upper sevier river has complied compiled his big report of precipitation from october to march conditions on the watershed and the amount of water in reservoirs as of april 1 and in reporting it to the state i engineer makes the following comments precipitation is far above the average of all records available and the higher elevations have received an especially good supply of rainfall during the past month or so the showing from bryce canyon and kimberly during march la 14 especially gratifying mr ogden s tates states i mr agdens report with ac companying tabulated figures continues the snow cover on april 1 1937 over the higher levels of the sevier watershed is the highest of which there is any record since 1932 and water users can expect a very good stream flow during the first firsti half balf of the 1937 irrigation season i the amount of water now in storage for water users is greater than at any time since the drouth period of 1934 from froin the above and a general consideration of the moisture condition of the soll soil as of last october it is estimated that the sevier ricer river and its 16 tributaries tributa ries will flow a great deal more water than for the past two seasons and that the estimate given of water to be delivered will be about a fair estimate for 1937 in addition to the above it is now estimated that the water users under the plute canal will receive about twice as much water as they did the last two years all in all the water outlook at the present time is the best it has been for several years and if ther the rainfall continues to come in abundance for the next few years we should be back to a condition conditi om such that the plute reservoir will furnish a lot of water to the users in sevier valley as it used to do boj doj t following Is the total inches of rainfall on different stations from october to march inclusive of t this hi s year the figure within parenthesis representing for comparison the normal rainfall at the respective stations alton 1556 in or per cent of normal bryce canyon 1604 in or per cent t of normal plute dam in in or per cent of normal panguitch in or 94 per cent of normal alunite in or per cent of normal kimberly Kim beriy 1674 in no comparative record archfield Alch field in or per cent of normal salina in or per cent of normal this shows the average per cent of normal for the entire district the average depth of snow on snow courses where surveys were taken as of april 1 was as follows the figure within parenthesis representing the water content of the snow widtsoe escalante elevation ft feet 49 in snow water content harris flat elevation feet 60 in snow mow in water content cedar breaks elevation feet log in snow in water content duck creek elevation 9 in snow in water content kimberly mine lower feet elevation 50 in snow in water content 1 nt bryce canyon 28 in snow aai acre 6 feet of water in reservoirs april 1 plute feet otter creek feet sevier bridge feet it is estimated that water can be delivered on primary rights as fo follows 11 aws panglui panguitch valley per cent same as last year circle valley go 80 per cent compared with 70 per cent last year se sevier v I 1 er valley 55 per cent compared with 48 per cent last year plute canal users 12 in compared with 6 in last year |