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Show BIG FLAT GAUGE SHOWS 1.55 INCHES PRECIP LAST MONTH One and 55100 inches of precipitation pre-cipitation was measured during the period July 7 to August 1, at the Bie Flat rain eause elevation 10.- 000 feet, on the Beaver River Wat-1 ershed, according to Donald Stevens Stev-ens of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. This is twice the amount of precipitation measured from May 27 to July 7, which was .75 of an inch for that nearly two-month period. The month-,by-month measurements measure-ments for this spring and summer, as provided by the SCS, are shown below: Period In. Free. March 23 to April 26 1.15 April 26 to May 27 3.95 May 27 to July 7 75 July 7 to Aug. 1 1.55 Total since March 23 7.40 The rain gauge is located at the Big Flat snow course, near Timid Spring, and is measured once a month by the SCS. |