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Show Forrester Makes Official Report On Depth of Snow Snow depth and water content on the Hoble Creek-Diamond Fork watersheds is far above average for the past ten years according to Merrill Nielson, forest ranger. The Hobble Creek-Diamond Fork snow is located on the summit sum-mit of the Pumphouse Ridge between be-tween the Hoble Creeft and Diamond Dia-mond Fork watersheds. The elevation eleva-tion is 7300 feet. This snow course was established in 1935 and snow measurements have been made on about March 30 each year. Because Be-cause of the potential flood hazard haz-ard snow measurements were made on February 17. The measurements meas-urements showed an average of 58 inches of snow with a water content of 16.2 inches. The average aver-age for the past 10 years on March Mar-ch 30, is 35.80 inches of snow with a water content of 12.07 inches. This is 4.13 inches of water more than the 10 year average on March 30. The ground is very wet under the snow. Other measurements were made at lower elevations in Hobble Creek Canyon which showed 45 inches of snow and 11 inches of water at 6000 feet and 32 inches of snow with 8 inches of water at 4900 feet elevation. The abundance of snow on the lower elevations on the Hobble Greek watershed at preserk constitutes a potential flood. A rapid rise in temperature, together with spring rains, will cause rapid melting of the low snow cover and create extremely high water in Hoble Creek. The same will be true in Diamond Fork and Spanish Fork Canyon. Precautionary Pre-cautionary measures should be taken at once to clear these streams of unnecessary obstructions obstruct-ions in the channels. The snow measurements were made by Don R. Mitchell, Irrigation Irriga-tion Engineer for the Soil Conservation Con-servation Service, Logan. Roland Lindsen of Payson and Mr. Nielson. Niel-son. The 24 mile round trip up the Right Fork of Hoble Creek Canyon was made in a snowmobile. |