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Show _ Runoff Runoffof of Basin Streams to JbeJ JbeJar be Far ar Below Bellow 1938 Record . . ( According AccordlnK to fort'ca fortca forecasts f-ecacts f ecacts - ' < ; ts made by byGt'orge byOeorg byOeorge Gt'orge Gtorge Oeorg ' D Clyde C'yde Cyde ' irrigation lriigatlon engin ngin enginef'r engineer ngineer ef'r efr eer ' In charge of snow < ; surveys urvevs Utah Utahstate UtahState UtahState state Agricultural Agrtculturai college ccllege Loga.n Logan Liga Ligaaa Loganas Loga.nas . as aa of A April II1 1 I snow cover on cn the thewatershed thewatersheds thewatersheds watershed watersheds ' ! of t Ulntah Utntah Basin are areconcl areconc1derab1 areI concl ron-ildernblv ron ildernblv conc1derab1 ; - erabl\ erabl erablless \ less thar than tha'l thal ' 1ypar a 1\ 1 \ year ypar ago agoThe agoThe agoThe The low snow has ' pelted pt'lted ptlted on alllof a11or all a11 lof | of or the watRr watersheds < ; hed < ; and there hasI hasbeen h hbeen has | been considerable cotuidE"rable cotuidErable CQflt(1E'rRble CQflt1ErRble ( " ' pre April AprU melt meltinlf melting meltlint I inlf ing ? on the high hlgh areas The groundIlIndpr groundunder ground IlIndpr under the thf ' snow enow cover covl'r covlr ' Is unUonn untlorni uniformlv unUonnIv untlornilv Iv lv , : < ; saturated aturatl"d aturatld caturatNl " said . the t.he report In th Inspite theplte Inspite spite eplte of the premature melting meltingthere I there has haa been Uttle little rise rbe In 10 the thestreams th thatteams thertreams streams att-eams att eams - indica Indicating ling that . the & snow mow &ow ow , . . cover looses l065es loaaes this > } , ear wil will w1l1 I be reI ret reIatlvely retatively relatively atlvely atively heavyThe heavyThe heavy heavyThe The water u . users uaerc I'r"l Irl ' > " holding primary primaryright5 primaryrights primaryrights right5 rights to natural natura.1 natura1 . flow now will wUl surrer suUer surrergreatly suUergreatly suffergreatly greatly Those Tho.sl Thosl . ' having storage storagerights storagerights storagerights rights or a combination combiiation of storage stor storage storage age rights and primary rights wut wilt wiltsufer will"suffer willsuffer " uffer sufer < ; ! no water watt'T wattT ' ' shortage 'ioortage ioortage during duringthe duringthe duringthe the ccming crming ccmtng season was the opin op1I1- op1I1 op1I1Ion opin- opin opinion opinion - - ion of MiClyde Mr Mi- Mi - ClydeAshley Clyde ClydeAshley Ashley CreekSnow Creek Oreek CreekSnow Snow cover on th the watersheds watershedsdraining watershedsdraining watershedsdraining draining Into the Ashley Valley Valleyas Valleyas Valleyas as Indicated indJcateod to41Catj by the : conditions condltlons at atKlntsC atKingeC atKlng"sC atKlngsC KlntsC KingeC : ( " cabtn cabin Know mow io course 00UJ'I5e 00UJI5e ' ure ta Is only . . . . 59 per cent of that . In 1938 l38 l M The TheIO'W Thelow Thelow IO'W IOW low ' snow anow cover has entirely TheI dis- dis disappeared disappeared dis disappeared - - I appeared and considerable considerabte preApril pre preApril preApril April melting ml'lUng mllUng ' has . taken ta.k.t'n tak.tn taktn ' pl place , . ( ' .e e . preI on onthf onth onthe I The runoff runoffIon runoffon runoffon ' watersheds watershf'dc watershfdc wstershed thf th ' ' high h1gh ; Ion on the A&hley Ahley Ashley & Creek Crf'f'k Crffk ' will w11l be bP cor considerubly or oralderubly } I II Isld sld alderubly rubly less 1e.M 1eM . than In 1938 an anwill anrfwill l lI lwill I will probably nox'ffi noi no\ no not \ . < , i-xceed i xceed - x'ffi xffi eeed ( ' ) 2OO 2 2acre 2S 2\ 2 . ' \ OO ( ) WOacre I acre feet for the April SeptembPr September SeptembPrI SeptembPrrunoH Septemberrunoff Septemberrunott ; runoH runoff and 11 I 11000 1 000 - acre-feet acre feet awe-feet awe - - fortile for forthe forthe I the tile July September &ptember ptember & runoff TheIlLbsencr Theabaence The IlLbsencr , absence abaence > of low IO'W IOW ' snow mow anow and aDd cod the pre preI prematurf premature premature maturf mature ' melting of high snow ow preeludes pry prI pre " pryI I I eludes any po . po-sslblllty po sslblllty possibility - 5lblltty ' > at of eXceMlve excessive excessively excessively I Ieludes 11 ly high wau water > r from these streams streamsthi"l streamsthis streamsthis thi"l thil this " y year ar _ _ . - Ulnta Uinta tTJiita R-lwr R lwr Rln.r Rlnr River - . md and n'blten nblten MTilterochs Vhites-ocks Vhites ocks ' 'ks ks > < ' - Creek Cret-k Cret k Cree1 - Cree1Water CreekWater I IUinta Water In snow storage swrajte on the'se these the'sewattrshedll thesewatersheds thesewater-sheds thesewater sheds ' watt-rshedll watt rshedll watersheds - - Is considerably oonsiderablv less le'IS leIS . ' thanIn than thantn thanIn tn In 1938 averaging avpre.g1ng avpreg1ng . only 57 per pt"r ptr " 't'nt tnt cent 't'ntof centof { ' centof ' I thanI of . that t.hat lit In 1938 1930 The low snow "now now cnow " 1 I I\ I \ Ientirely sc scentirely asentirely entirely d1sappea disappeared and 'onc\d 'onc onc d ronsid ronsideiabie ( ' ronsldei-able ronsldei able ; \ f-1lble f 1lble eiabie - " ! - pre April Apr1J melting has t.ak tak talc t.akIl'n talce t-aken t aken . - e ' place pls.e plse ( ' . on the higher areas are-all are all - The TheT1 TheIi Then Il'n Iln T1 Ii noff on the Whiterocks Whlterock Whiterock creek creekfOT Creekfoi Creekfor fOT foi- foi foiApril - April St > September Befflember ptt'mber pttmber ' will w1l1 i J ; robablv robabtv robablvot robabtvPt ot Pt erceed f.eed feed exceed ' , . ( ' . 31 31000 000 acre feet fl"t't fltt " ' and andfor andfor andor for ? Till Jul " Feptem ; fteptember Reptemer In the Rbsen absence absenceof absenceof of Bbnonnal ahnrrmat a bn annal ! spring prtng f ft-edpltatlonand ft edpltatlonand 1-ec-1pItation 1 ec 1pItation 1ec1pItationand - - t'M tM ' - pita tlon tlonand and temperatures a total of 14 14000 000 acre leet ieet . The late tate season aeaI OI1 > run runoff runoff Jrr off < on this th1a watershed wa.tNsbed watNsbed vatersled . ia is greatly great.ly . : rI nftected ft'tt"d ftttd ' ( " by summer slimmer rains ad a-d a d adtherefore . aidtherefore . , - 1 thNefore therefore the forecast for July JulySeptembt JulySeptember JulySeptember Septembt September > r may have to be modi modifled modifipr I Ifjfi fjfi fled ' ( ) considerably depending on the theI theoccurrence theoccurrence theoccurrence I occurrence of summer swnmer rainsrile rainsre rains Hie rile re Ulnta Uinta river at Neola Neoa shouldviele shouldvIelc should viele vIelc vlel ' ( 45000 acre-feet acre feet acre-fef't fef't feft - - ' during Apr Apri AprSeptember ' September and 20 000 acre-feet(1 acre feet(1 feet1 acrefeetrf acrefeetit acre-feet acre feet - - rf it ( 'ring ring Iring irtng ' July September SeptemberL SeptemberLake SeptemberLake .kr- .kr Lake L . .krFork - ForkThe Fork The 1111 ' snow cover on the thp 1 t I Igh 1gb IU an . ' " ' 's s 'siii ' 1 ' 1a a at iii t the head of Lake Pork Fork . . la Is only onlyf)4 onlyf34 only&4 only4 f)4 f4 f34 & ) J Jor i or r cent of . that t.hat In 1038 1938 It is1t1rE1tdd is'rtirttl'd Is Isrtlr 'rtirt\tl'd 'rtirt rtirt tl'd tld ' 1t1rE1tdd rtlr \ trd ' thatt1fl that iln t1fl In the light 01 oX 01UJ oXthe ofthe UJ the e almost almOlt ; com complete oorneto $ ete absence bsence of low lowWont.1nuec1 lowContinued lowi Continued Wont.1nuec1 Wont1nuec1 ( . oq oz on pa page five ) |