Show 2 Water Supply Still 1 Below Normal in 19 Of Utah's 29 Counties J 1 j 44 J f i s t i. t to T. T H. H Humpherys Gives Gives' water nater data State E Engineer Gives Corrected Survey I 2 Figures i Despite Utah's supposed heavy snowfall I 19 of ot the 29 counties r In Inthe the he state are still below normal In water precipitation according to a corrected water map and survey by State Engineer T. T H. H Humpherys Wednesday In these counties the precipitation varies from 75 per cent of normal to o less than 25 Z per cent of ot normal Sixty per cent of oC Utah's yearly water storage has accumulated on snow-laden snow in certain portions portions por por- of the state Mr Humpherys said Three months remain in hi which to receive the 40 per cent The major part of the years year's water supply Is made from October r 1 L to June 1 and about 60 per cent from October 1 to March 1 Mr Humpherys Humphers explained There are are still three months therefore in which to make the remaining 40 0 p per r cent Changes May lay ComeIn ComeIn Come ComeIn In the three months It is within the range of possibilities that the deficiencies noted may be changed wiped out or increased just as the excesses may be increased in increased increased in- in creased or reduced Precipitation during February over most part of the state h hadded Has added materially to the seasons season's po potential po po- po water supply the report read It added most however where accumulation was greatest and added least on areas which were deficient The average over the state for the month was considerably considerably considerably consider consider- ably above normal but the irregular distribution var varied ed from per cent of normal at Silver SlIver Lake and Mountain Moun Moun- lain tain Dell to 15 per cent at Vernal The survey showed that precipitation precipitation tation from October 1 to March 1 Is 25 per cent above normal on a strip along the Wasatch range from Soda Springs Idaho on the north to American Fork and from Soldier r Summit to Ephraim on the south and about 40 miles wide In some small areas e east t of ot Ogden Salt Lake City and Ephraim it is 50 per cent above normal Deficiency Varies I In the eastern western and southern south south- em ern sections of oC the state the de de deficiency varies from slightly below normal norma at t T Tooele eIe le Be Beaver ver and Springdale to 50 per cent of normal at Deseret Castle Dale and Bu- Bu j chesne down to 15 per cent of nor normal normal mal at Vernal Based on the precipitation and snow measurements available on March 1 the outlook for various streams over the state is as follows Bear river Logan river Blacksmith Blacksmith Blacksmith Black Black- smith fork Little Bear Clear Creek Cree in Box Elder county Ogden river Weber Price and Provo rivers rivers' drainage areas are 10 to 20 per cent above normal Spanish Fork Se Se- vier river from tram Kingston to Richfield Richfield Rich RIch- field Salt creek and Beaver river are about normal The upper Sevier Sevier Sevier Se- Se vier lower SevIer Santa Clara and Virgin rivers Coal creek Huntington Hunting Hunting- ton creek Cottonwood creek WIlow Willow ViI Wil low creek Strawberry river are 80 to 90 per cent of normal The low lower r Duchesne river and drainage areas on the east of ot the Colorado river are from 40 to 75 per cent cento of normal During February the principal reservoirs of the state made considerable considerable consid consid- erable gain in storage most of ot the increase coming directly from precipitation pre pre- on the water surface and from tram melting of snow In the valley vaHey areas The accompanying table shows the available supply on March J 1 compared to that on the same date on the four tour previous years |