Show dixie forest supervisor gives snow measurements on area surveys made at the close of march on oa eight snow courses on waters watersheds beds of the dixie national forest show a deficiency of fifty five fire per cent la in amount of snow und and forty nine per cent in amount of water content na as compared with bev previous ious nine year average figures of surveys made mabb annually at this time according to a report made by blaine Beten Bc tenson wn forest supervisor storms within the lost last few days since the measurements measure menta were taken nave have added eight inches of now new snow at points seven thousand f ft feet t la in elevation and more than this up tip to foot at elevations between ten and eleven thousand usand feet there were heavy of september last year that penetrated the ground before frost while the deti deficiency clency in moisture Is shown to be comparatively large the water con content tent is ia relatively greater gi eater than the previous overage average these factors result favorably to lo offset off set wt some of the deficiency shown by the measurements and should be taken into account in considering the amount of rods MOIS tue that will be available for crop anit and forage production tile the supervisor superior said the following figures show comparisons pari part sons with average precipitation at the different courses since surveys survey a were begun and the re corda coras as made at the end of marchi march 1 panguitch ran gultch lake aake average snow depth indies inches average water content 59 inches 1940 1910 snow enow 14 depth 58 55 inches water content 31 inches coop co op flat average a snow a 0 w depth inches water content ITO indies inches 1940 1040 snow depth water content webster flat average snow depth water content 1810 1040 depth water content pine valley average snow depth water content 1040 know snow depth water content i cedar breaks average snow depth j water waiter ion content tent 1040 snow depth water wate r content ton t juck duck creek average now enow depoli GOT water content 1901 j 1040 1940 snow depth water content 70 harris plat flat average snow depth water content 10 1040 snow depth 0 water content 0 sevier summit average snow depth water content 05 1910 enow depth 0 oi 1 water content 0 6 contrasting with mild winter went lier in the valleys such as has not been experienced for many years snow tn in the mountains shows itlena of heavy crusting in ani di cating long periods of cold between storms The th surveys were made by for est rangers hangers wm M hurst david 4 A arrivee and irwin ill Joh johnison Jo brison rison of the dixie national forest and chief ranger D J jolley of zion national ional park sal i V r mcf |