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Show Winter storms bring drought relief At Ward Flat the figures were 24 and 6.2; Tall Poles measurements were 30 and 8.9 and at Yankee Reservoir nw depth was 25 with 7.2 water content. Last year Yankee Yan-kee Reservoir had 8 inches of water. Snowcover is better than double the January 1 average aver-age but slightly less than last year at the beginning of the new year, according to a cooperative co-operative report issued by the United States 'Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and the Utah State Department til Natural Resources, Re-sources, Division of Water Rights. Precipitation or the October iChrough December period ranged from 136 to 224 percent per-cent of average in the southeastern south-eastern portion of the state, the report indicated. It further fur-ther indicated that soil moisture mois-ture is above average, and that reservoir storage is below be-low last January 1. Lake Powel is now 97 percent of last year at this time, it was Indicated. Following is a run down of the Virgin River and Coal Creek drainage area check points as reported on January 1: CSU Ranch, 19 inches of snow with 5.8 inches of moisture. mois-ture. On Jon. 1, 1972 water content was 6.6 inches. Duck Creek Ranger Station had 30 inches of snow with 8.6 Indies of moisture com-pared com-pared to 11 inches last year. Harris Flat contained .8 Inches of water in 25 inches of snow and was one of the fow that had more water con- tent than last year. Last year the course recorded 3.3 inches of precipitation and the long time average on the course is Just 2 inches. Long Valley Junction had 21 inches of snow with 5.6 inches of water. Last year it had only 0.6 inches of water. Midway Valley had 13 inches inch-es of water in a snow bank of 41 inches. Last year's water content was 20 inches and the average Is just 7.5 inches. At Urie Flat the snow depth was 18 indhes with 5.8 inches of water compared to 7.2 last year and at Webster Flat 29 inches of snow contained 9.6 inches of wa'er. Last year the water content was 14.1 and the average is 4.7 for this date. Similar recordings were made in the Parowan Creek aia.jiage area. At Birch Crossing the snow deptlh was 19 inches with 5.7 water. La5 year water content con-tent was 5.6. At Brian Head snow depth was 37 inches with 11.6 inches inch-es of water compared to 16.8 inches last year. |