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Show 3ES Snow surveys show qabove average moisture , Snow survey information from the '.S. Soil Conservation Service Vernal 8ffice for January shows the water ipply to be above average. Most -asins show two or three times as much w water content as last year on Jan. $' Yfl Soil moisture was improved greatly Xli good October rain prior to snow .:cumulation and is estimated at near verage or better in the top one to two et of soil. On the Whiterocks River and Dry Jork drainage at Mosby Mountain i ere is 30 inches of snow with 6.3 in-'ies in-'ies of water, this is 150 percent of qr'erage. Last year there was 11 inches snow with 2.1 inches of water. On Brush Creek drainage at Kings Cabin Upper there is 28 inches of snow with 5.7 inches of water, this is 114 percent of average. Grizzly Ridge has 14 inches of snow with 2.4 inches of water, this is 59 percent of average. Reservoir storage at Steinaker Reservoir is 24.4 acre feet, this is 128 percent of average. Stream flow forecasts for April to July is as follows: Ashley Creek 58,000 acre feet, 114 percent of average. Whiterocks River 72,000 acre feet, 120 percent of average. Uinta River 103,000 acre feet, 116 percent of average. Henry Fork on the north slope of the Uintas is forecast at 62,000 acre feet, 119 percent of average. |