Show Water Water supply reports T vary over basin area Water supply and stream flow outlook for March t 1 vary in the loca local area and within the various measuring departments depart depart- ments According to the NOAA National Weather Service River Forecasting Service Salt Lake City the Eastern Utah February precipitation was erratic with reports Indicating above normal amounts in the Duchesne Basin Manila percent while below normal amounts were reported in the Vernal Scofield and Emery areas 24 percent at Scofield Dam Seasonal October through February precipitation was above average in the extreme northeast northeast nor nor- corner of the state Manila percent and above Strawberry Reservoir East Portal percent but below average over over the remainder of the basin 40 to 80 percent SNOW REPORTS received from the Soil Conservation Service indicate near normal 80 to to percent amounts over most mast of the basin forecasts for March through September are near normal ranging from percent at Strawberry Hes Reservoir to 76 percent at atHenry's atHenry's Henrys Henry's Fork near Manila April through July inflow forecast for Flaming Gorge IRes Reservoir is 12 million acre acre acre- feet percent of average and Lake Powell 68 million feet acre-feet 99 percent of average March 1 storage at Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 1533 33 million feet acre-feet 87 percent of capacity Moon Lake is expected to fill during the latter laller part of June TilE THE U U. U S S. S Geological Survey Water Resources Division and reservoir contents reports for forthe forthe forthe the month of February was excessive throughout the state except in the Uintah Basin where it was deficient and below normal in the southwestern south south- western part of f the state rangeL iange from percent of median at Green River at Green River Utah to percent at Whiterocks River near Whiterocks measured at the seven key gauging stations averaged percent of the 70 1941 average compared to 92 percent a year year ago Reservoir Reservoir- storage continues to be well above average for this time of the year Usable content of 16 of Utah's major reservoirs excluding reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- of the Colorado River Storage Project at the end of February was was' acre- acre feet 1323 percent of the 72 1958 average compared to percent a year ago an increase of feet acre for the month There are about 1600 feet acre per day being released from Utah Lake The three principal reservoirs In the Sevier River Basin Otter Creek Piute and Sevier Bridge contain feet acre-feet or percent of the 72 1958 average Usable content in Bear Lake was feet acre-feet 74 percent of capacity compared to acre f feet acre a year ago Contents of the Colorado River Storage Project decreased feet acre during the month Usable content at the end of February was feet acre-feet which Is 79 percent of capacity TilE THE JOINT U. U S S. S Department Department Depart ment of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Utah State Stale Department of Natural Resources and Division of Water Rights water supply outlook March 1 for Uintah Basin and Daggett County is below average Snow cover ranges from 91 percent of the March 1 average on Yellowstone Creeks to 99 percent on the Ashl Ashley y Upper Creek Green River tributaries Strawberry River is 93 percent and Uintah- Uintah Whiterocks Rivers are 97 percent of average Precipitation at mountain stations during February ranged from percent at East Portal in the western end of the basin to percent af ai a Grizzly Ridge on the eastern end of the Tot Totals ls for the October- October February period now range from near average to only 76 percent of average at Spirit Lake Soil Moisture is is below average Reservoir storage is above average and above last year on March 1 1 forecasts improved improved im im improved proved and now range from 70 70 percent of average ori on the Uintah River to percent for Flaming Gorge Inflow for the July April-July period Ashley Creek is forecast 86 percent of average White Whiterocks rocks 76 percent percent per- per cent and Yellowstone 81 percent and Rock Hock Creek 92 percent The Duchesne at Duchesne is 86 percent and Strawberry at Duchesne percent of the July April-July average average according to the Uie joint report |