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Show l Water Conditions Favorable on Nearby Watersheds have been made every year the latter part of March since 1937. The past two years measurements have been made near March 1. . Measurements showed 40.60 inches in-ches of snow with a water content con-tent of 10.30 Inches.' In 1954 on March 1 there was only 28.25 inches in-ches of snow with a water content of 8.1 inches. The average for the past 10 years on April 1 is 44.88 inches of snow with a water content con-tent of 14.79 inches. These figures include the measurements made in 1952 when there was 84.28 inches of snow and water content of 29.47 on April 1. A new snow course located above Packard Canyon in Hobble Creek at an elevation of 7000 feet showed 34.1 inches of snow with a water content of 8.3 inches. Some good storms in March could bring the snow conditions to equal the ten year average, Mr. Nielson said. Snow conditions on the Diamond Fork-Hobble Creek watersheds are much better this year than in 1954 on March 1, according to Merrill Nielson, forest ranger. Snow measurements meas-urements were made March 3, by Don Davis and Roy Littlefield of the Soil Conservation Service. The Diamond Fork-Hobble Creek snow course was established in 1937. It is located on the Pump Ridge on the divide between the Diamond Fork and Hobble Creek watersheds. The location is fairly representative of the two watersheds water-sheds and is at an elevation of 7300 feet. Snow measurements |