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Show SNOW SliJKVEV Looks like we need that "Wet April" some forcasters are predicting. The snow courses of the Weber River Drainage were read March 31 by Sherman Lewis and Glade Moser of the Soil Conservation Service. They reached the sites via helicopter. Most of the snow courses received above average precipitation for March but are still very low. Farmington Upper, Chalk Creek No. 1, Kilfoil Creek, 2nd Horse Ridge show record lows. Statewide the water content of our snowcover is 43 of average. At Farmington Upper 64 inches of snow contain 17.1 inches of water. An increase of 8.3 during March. Average is 5.4 inches. The previous April 1 low was 20.2 inches of water content in 1963. Record High was 43.2 inches in 1952. 1975 was next high with 41.4 inches of water in the Snow Pack on April 1. THIS YEAR RECORD LOW LAST YEAR AVE. OF SNOWWATER WATER YEAR SNOWWATER WATER AVE Farmington Upper 64 17.1 20.2 63 93 34.6 29.5 58 Farmington Lower 53 13.8 13.2 63 75 26.0 22.2 62 Weber River Beaver Creek RS 14 3.4 0.0 34 26 8.5 7.2 47 Chalk Creek No. 1 47 11.5 16.4 61 70 21.1 22.4 51 Chalk Creek No. 2 39 10.0 9.9 60 57 16.4 15.3 65 Chalk Creek No. 3 26 6.3 0.1 56 29 8.1 7.4 85 Horse Ridge 34 9.7 17.1 63 Not Read 22.8 42 Parley Canyon Summit 53 13.7 5.5 34 69 20.1 17.9 76 Redden Mine Lower 36 10.5 9.4 34 51 17.1 18.5 57 Smith & Morehouse 29 7.5 3.1 34 44 13.4 13.2 57 Kilfoil Creek 24 5.5 10.6 63 45 15.3 13.6 40 Lost Creek Res. 0 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 1.5 The weekend storms since the snow courses were read are a little disappointing. The telemetry system indicates a pick up of 0.7 inches of water at Farmington Upper and 0.5 at Parley Summitt. Some of the farmers contacted feel they can have a pretty good year with about 70 percent of their average water supply by farming 30 better. It's good to see two of the courses Parley's Summitt and Chalk Creek No. 3 above 70 of average. However the water supply forecast won't be available for a few days. Water Conserving Plans and measures are still needed. Considerable hay which ordinarily would have been plowed and planted to beets, potatoes or other high water use crops will be left and only irrigated if adequate water is available. One or two cuttings cut-tings will still be harvested. Small grain acreage will be increased because of its low water requirements. Tom Williams, Chairman of the Davis Soil Conservation District, says "Water Management" is still the watch word. "Let's plan and use our limited supply wisely. We all must do our part on the farm, in the home and around the yard." |