Show S IDAHO SNOWFALL i More than ihian Average Depth In Wille atc S I ii ii d un I It ii I or I low Snowfall bulletin 1 UI No 0 I U t I S B depart mont ment of agriculture Idaho und crop service weather bu bureau bUreau reau roan S DEPTH OP OI SNOW IN IDAHO MARCH IAnCU 31 1 1901 I OI The Tho ho precipitation for Cor the lie month of ot March was greatly In iii excess of ot the normal nominal In lit many Inon sections of oC tho lie state the tho lie greatest ever experienced In lii tho the mountains and ond on ous elevated table lands much of 01 title this occurred lit Jit the form aria ot or stion 1110 adding to lo the tho abundant supply which existed nt nl the tho beginning of oC tho the month In lii most t Instances where raIn occurred at nt high elevations tho ho ten tendency eli dency wan to settle Kettle and pack tho tue snow rather thou thon to lo lessen Its mass 1111 liS As n result of this title heavy hea and amid absence of or temperatures I i high to melt tho enow In elevated dis districts I nets the tho snow supply nt at tho the close chose of ot otI I I the tho month In lit nearly all sections above aboe tho the average c In lit many beau tiel greater than for Cor a us 1 number of years I With WIh average conditions prevailing I during the th spring and summer Hummer tho the wa u should bo ho considerably above tho the average considering that the Ito Is II well packed the he How should continue till well Veil into the tho summer DRAINAGE Tho past post month was tho the wettest March I 1 have luwe known In this lo ho locality U M apps Dickey Tho will be ho greater reller than loin for Cor five fio years Clay Vance VII nee Houston From Irom present Indications It Is thought thoU ht hero will still bo lie more water than for tor eight years past Howe The fall 11 of rain and ind snow has hos been heavier h than thun over ever before since I came camo hero here 17 Ii years ngo John JohnW W v Kyle Ix J Tho snow II no 1 Is In good condition for or a 1 lasting A I BEAR DEAn AND MAIjI RIVER AND I BEAR DRAn LICE LAKE DRAINAGE Grace The snow IIno In iii tho lie mountains In IA deep and et ct mid amid tho the water will lust last lasta a II long time John Lago Tho In Imi II the mountains Is well packed AV W 55 H 11 I Bassett II Rett WOOD n DRAINAGE Halley Tho total snowfall since Nov 1 1903 amounts to 16 incItes Inches AV 5 J Harvey nOISE BOISE DRAINAGE Idaho City H l lu is thought that unless I Ithe the S snow show goes toe off oCt gradually there here will willbo bo tie unusually likit hl h water J H Pea lel Peacock lelI cock Tho snow sno on tho the sum coin summit I I unit mit of or the tho Sawtooth Mountains Is III K IG to 10 tois 18 is feet leet deep the snow Is 18 well vell packed find high It r Is expected Tho PAYETTE RIVER DRAINAGE Lardo High water Is 19 expected un tin less ieee spring opting should be ha Into W B 11 Boydstun Od Van Wyck It Is III thought that hint tho lie will bo be tho lie greatest ever eer known Bonn na M t SALMON RIVER DRAINAGE Florence It has bias snowed almost con COli for or the lie vast past two iso months and the lie snow Is well 1 packed and very 11 heavy 0 L Benson Donson Hump Tho snow chow Is badly hlll drifted and Is la not ns nil compact as It was last year John D U if S Forest Ranger Hanger CLEARWATER RIVER DRAINAGE Cabin No lo 4 There Is III no snow IIno on tho the ground now not but Jut tho the ground Is II thoroughly soaked cooked from previous snows Into late rains therefore tho lie outlook I for or the tho water supply la Oeo Y V Ring lUng U V H 8 Forest I rest About 4 Inches of oE snow fell tell during March but built It soon dIsappeared ni ru than the tho usual amount of ot rain rilin fell Cell dur during lug ing thu the month C M Da DRI U S Forest or t Supervisor or COLUMBIA RIVER DRAINAGE Harrison snows and nome come ruin tain have huu packed latched tho the snow show solid with without without out Ut reducing Its lie depth depot there lucre Is 13 moro marc twin man In iii any uny un previous year 1894 v 55 S Slayton entire ot OX the in 19 still tilL on Oil the thu tho tIm amount Indicates that we wo will have tho ho highest water experienced In m years earLL u C Lundell Landus Priest Lake Lak The Iho snow In is evenly llY distributed nuLl and compact tho lie outlook Is tot for moro more than thull iho the average water supply D Coelin L tJ B 8 Forest orest Ranger Hanger Priest hilser Si the I ho he snow Is evenly distributed and amid amidI I S I L I S 3 Forest orest Supervisor |