Show Water Outlook Adequate Says Agencies Agencies- Water supplies in eastern Utah are expected to be adequate this summer Uintah Basin snow cover is below average average aver aver- age but forecasts are arc near average stated the February Issue of combined cooperative agency snow and stream flow water outlook for Utah SNOWFALL DURING January was below below be be- low average in Uintah Basin but near average on the upper Duchesne Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry Price and San Rafael Rivers Snow cover on the ground now varies from 71 per cent on the drainage drainage drain drain- age to per cent on the upper San and Whiterocks Rivers are 81 per pcr percent cent of the February 1 average average aver aver- age and Ashley Creek is about 73 per cent The upper Duchesne is per pcr cent and the Strawberry below the reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir 89 per cent Price River is percent per percent percent cent of average Snow courses were not measured this month on the LaSal and Blue Mountains of southeastern Utah RESERVOIR storage in Moon Lake is acre feet while last year is held acre feet on February 1 Its average is Is' acre feet for the 1953 67 1953 67 period for this time of year The new Starvation Reservoir on the Strawberry River now has acre feet of useable storage and will continue to fill as runoff progresses this spring Scofield Reservoir on ou the Price River had acre feet on February 1 J Last st stI I year it held acre feet and the Continued on page 8 Water Outlook Continued from page 1 February 1 average is 20 acre feet Flaming Gorge now has 1 acre feet Last year it had 1785 acre feet on February 1 1 STREAM FLOW forecasts range from 80 per per cent of average on the Lake Lake- for fork and Whiterocks Rivers In hi Uintah Basin to per cent on Muddy Creek Cree near Emery Ashley Creek is forecast to flow 95 per cent of its It's April July average and the Uintah River 99 per percent cent Rock Creek Cree is expected to flow per cent and the Duchesne at Tabiona Tab Tab- iona lona per cent The Strawberry at t Duchesne is forecast forecast fore Core cast lo Io o flow per cent of its April April- July average and the the- Duchesne at at- Duchesne Du Du- chesne per cent THE INFLOW to Flaming Gorge Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Re Re- is expected to be III per cent of average this year Scofield Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Reser Reser- voir inflow is forecast per cent of average and the Price at Hemer Heiner per cent of average during April July Huntington Creek is forecast to flow per cent of average Cottonwood Creek per cent and Ferron Ferron- Creek per cent of average Muddy Creek is forecast to flow per cent of its April July av average rage Water supplies are expected to be adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate to meet most demands demands' in this part of the state according to the co cooperating cooperating operating agencies making water supply supply sup sup- ply outlook forecasts as of February 1 1 |