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Show Ithough there was some ipitation in February, the -all water supply outlook 'this area is grim, in fact f' ; the poorest in Utah coun-YJ coun-YJ n the history of snow sur- veys, it was reported this week by officers of the Soil Conservation Conser-vation Service. Reservoir storage is at a critically low point, particularly particular-ly in Strawberry indicating that everyone's efforts in the field of water conservation and management will be needed this summer, the report stated. A picture of the water available avail-able in these parts, is seen in the statement that Hobble Creek Summit with an elevation eleva-tion of 7300 feet, had 21 inches inch-es of snow containing 4.7 inches in-ches of water on March 1. Last year at this time, there were 10.4 inches of snow. The average for the years of 1943 through 1947, was 13.4 inches. Packard Canyon in Hobble Creek with an elevation of 6400 feet had 16 inches of snow on March 1 with 4.3 inches in-ches of water, the report showed. show-ed. A year ago at the same time this canyon had 8.2 inches in-ches of snow with a 15-year average of 10.5 inches of water. wa-ter. Hobble Creek watershed supplying sup-plying water for the Spring-ville-Mapleton area, had a snow pack water content equal to 38 percent of a 15-year aver age. . The Daniels-Strawberry summit sum-mit at an elevation of 8,000 feet, had 18 inches of snow containing 3.9 inches of water wa-ter as of March 1. One year ago, there were 10.8 inches of water iwth a 1943-57 average content of 13.9 inches. It is the lowest March 1 recording re-cording on the snow courses in the history of record making which dates back to 1931, the report stated. |