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Show Snow Survey On Dixie National Forest Shows 100 per cent More Water Content Than 1940 The annual snow survey on eight established courses completed at the close of March shows approximately approxi-mately 1007o more water content on the watersheds of the Dixie National Forest than at the same time In 1940 and slightly above the past five year average, it is announced by Blaine Betensen, forest supervisor. Because of the heavy rains during; dur-ing; the Fall of 1940 and the prevailing pre-vailing mild temperatures during the past winter, the soil is well saturated with moisture, which adds to the favorable outlook for an ample supply of water for irrigation irriga-tion and culinary purposes, as well as forage production on forest ranges, the supervisor said. No frost was found in the ground under the snow, and this condition will allow unusual penetration of water in the soil to furnish a regulated flow of water to the streams throughout through-out the irrigation season. The tabulation below gives a comparison com-parison between the 1940 and 1941 winter precpitation, as well as for the 1937-1941 five year average: 1940 1941 5 Year Average Snow Depth Water Cont. S. D. W. C. S. D. W. C. Station (Inches) . (Inches) (Inches) (Inches) (Inches) (Inches) Pangultch Lake 5.3 3.1 18 5 7.57 19.1 7.6 Co-op Flut 28.4 10 9 57.4 21.8 53.1 20.6 Webster Flat 28.9 11.1 59.8 23.0 57.0 21.1 Cedar Breaks 43 0 15.2 66.5 25.1 72.9 26.0 Duck Creek 17.5 7.0 53.1 22.8 48.5 17 6 Harris Flat 0.0 0.0 38.1 14.2 25.6 10.5 Sevier Summit 0.0 0.0 22.0 8.5 16.5 6.2 Wne Valley 38.9 ' 18.1 82.0 27.4 60.7 20.9 The snow surveys were made by Forest Rangers William M. Hurst, Wllford Bentley and I. H. Johnson of the Dixie National Forest and Chief Park Ranger D. J. Folley and Park Ranger Russell Orater of Zlon Nation Park. |
