Iron County Record | 1965-04-29 | Page 1 | Snow Courses Reveal High Water Content

Snow Courses Reveal High Water Content Heavy storms and a late melt-' ing season has combined to pro-' duce abnormal snow depths on various snow courses in Iron County according to a survey conducted this week by the Soil Conservation Service and the! Dixie National Forest. At Cedar Breaks, where little Indication of melting was found, I the survey showed snow depths' at 78.1 inches with a water content con-tent of 29.3 Inches. Averane water wa-ter content for the course for the same period of time is 19.2 inches. In 1961 the course had 43 j inches of snow at this time wilii , 16.3 inches of water and in 1963 , the measurements Indicated 55.2 inches of snow with water content con-tent of 16.5 inches. Similar records were indicated at other snow courses. At Midway 78.7 inches of snow was found with 29 Inches of water, wat-er, compared to an average of, 21.4 Inches of water. The 1904 measurements were 485 Inches of snow and 17.6 inches of wat-, er with 52.4 snow and 10.4 water found in 1963. Three other courses that were established this year wcr lsn measured. At Brian Head Ski Resort 78.3 inches of snow was found, containing con-taining 29.1 inches of water. At Bear Caves in Parowan Canyon 54.7 Inches of snow, containing 20.9 inches of water was found and at Lower Parowan Main Canyon the snow depth was measured mea-sured at 16.5 Inches with 6 inches of water. oii ENTER JOB CORPS. Mlk S. Parry, Par-ry, right and Eeul Skougaard. art tworn into Job Corps by acting act-ing Postmaster Frank J. Petty. The youths left for Oregon Camp Tuesday.