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Show 1362"UNDAY HERALD SrS,39, SUNDA Except For Good Deer Creek, Strawberry Carryovers S carce Snow De pth Gives '63 Water Outlook ismal Other measurements 'were not much better. At Camp Altamount near ranger ' station, snow depth was less than an inch (.91) Friday as compared with 36.3 feet of snow, at the same time last By JOAN GEYER The only bright spot Saturday for Central. Utah in an otherwise dismal water - forecast picture was that Deer Creek and Strawberry Reservoirs have good carryover of water harvested from last year's heavy snows. But Friday, snow depth at Timpanogos Divide hit an all time low. Measurements at other Timp stations were near record lows. Snow in Payson canyon was than usual," and while reports were not immediately available on watersheds above Strawberry and Deer Creek, snowpack is far below normal. Robert E. Huber, Payson, secretary of' the Strawberry Water users Association, said he "drove all over- Strawberry Valley just before Christmas. Last year, snow was so deep, it was impossible to get off the highway." . Strawberry, however, has about 45,000 acre feet in, storage, about double last year, He said. Provo River Commissioner Wallace Wayman, who looks out unhappily a bare slopes above the Provo, is awaiting a detailed Report Monday of snow surveys. "But we know snowfall has been light," he said. Deer Creek' fortunately has 123, 182 acre feet of carry over water, harvested from last year's excellent precipitation, as compared to carryover of 54,209 acre feet "far-light- i Tim-panoo- ; Statewide Moisture Picture Bad er SALT LAKE CITY (UPD A survey of snowpack and water content in Utah's watersheds . shows extremely low amounts at most -- - last year. s stations 'and record lows at one Pay-con- , Stanley Peterson, engineering technician for U. S. Soil Conservation Service, reported that Friday, snow measurement on the Timp Divide at 8060 elevatioif on the Alpine Loop road, was only 6.9 feet, with water content of .77 inch,, as compared to last year's 46 feet of snow with water content of 13.6. Average over 30 years has been U.4 inches of water content at this time of' year. Previous record low on this summit had been 1.8 water con- f . tent in I 1940. ke year, while water content this year was only .3 inch, as compared to 10.9 inches last year. Snow rangers found only a dust ,. . " 'WE CLOSE inches. There was not enough snow to measure at Timp Cave Friday where last year at this time snow . depth was 4.14 feet with water content of 1.1 inches of water. In Payson Canyon, average depth of snow this year at Rock Bridge, fairly low in the canyon, is 12.15 feet with water content of 1.42. This compares with 22.4 feet of snow with water content of 4.32 last year at the same time anger station, near Jfayson the top of the canyon, has 11.6 feet of snow with 2.85 inches of water content, as compared to last year's 31.45 feet of snow with water content of 8.85 inches. spot, the U. S. Soil Conservation Service reported Saturday. At Timpanogos Cave Camp station in American Fork canyorf? the of survey found only three-fourth- s an inch of water. The average for December is 11.4 inches and the Snow last year at late Decern ber was about average, said Mr previous low was 1.8 inches in Peterson. 1940. Most of the heavy water harvest Recent checks of four pointstm on the Wasatch comes after the the north fork of the Ogden River first of the year. and two points on the south fork But to make up for low precip showed water accumulation was itation this fall and early winter, the lowest in the 15 years records a much heavier than average have been kept. snow fall would be needed, he Figures included .85 inch at the said. Lower Ben Lomond check station, which normally is 5.8 inches. One inch of moisture was found at the from now to April 1 would "result in Cheek check only 65 per cent of normal moisBeaver Creek-Skun- k station, near the south fork of the ture In the watershed. In Ameri can Fork Canyon, an average year Weber. now on would mean 62 per In Cache County, there was not from cent of usual irrigation water in enough snow at Tony Grove in Lo- the spring. gan to measure. At this time last year, there was 29 inches-Gregor- y L. 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