| Show Pr If WATER CONTENT IS 4 TIMES THAT j i OF 01 LAST YEAR ct noW Measurements 1 Following is the weather report e recorded by Ringer Ranger Thursby Thu for March 1 1 1932 32 1 Oaks Station Inches luchea of anew on n the ground with a n water WLter content of if t 7 94 Inch Inches s Durin During tie the fb fbI h th c. c 1 February the I. I Jan inn n for tor this station was lf j inches he o of water In the tur snow MJ n II the th ground increased rl aches Ches during ng February th tho of oC the snow on tho ground B Increased creased approximately 3 i incites inches a I This his packing of or tho the snow Is of or benr ben ben- fit r It beca 3 s rf d the fact tact t it itu u ikes It more mort resistant to Basin Bash Experiment Station laUon 46 inches of ot snow on the ground I b Ith Ith a water content of 1414 tk During th the month of ot Feb Feb- Fuary nary the precipitation at this station sta- sta inches lilon t tion was inches Tho The amount of water t in Jn tho snow on the ground round b nl f Inches during durin tie the D d while the tho snow snO depth Jn- Jn Ini i eased creased only 1 inch This again ll std b bows t that at the snow r is becoming n is ell packed The l 10 year average at the Great Groat J Basin Experiment Station show shows th the titE 3 j I wow OW depth to be inches as 03 l lu t with with- Inches for tho thome aJ Same me date dat 1932 1932 The 10 year aver aver- ge at the same Pl place ce shows ther the theer r water ter er content of t the snow on the ground sound to be 1037 Inches as comred com corn l ared red with 1414 inches inches for Cor tho Same date 1932 re i Only one year of oC the I 10 did the Vh-c w water ter content of oC the accumulated K now Know now sh show w greater than that re- re forded for 1932 On March 1 1 1925 1926 the U the recorded water ater content was inches Or On this same date last year Inches ches of ot 13 water Rater ter in the snow was reI recorded re- re I 4 corded as compared to 1414 for ut at 1932 Temperatures Tempe for February Oaks Station Station Maximum Maximum 53 63 i Minimum 11 G G. G B B. E. E S. S Maximum 51 61 Minimum 2 I Ranger Ollerton has bas no measure measure- to report now because there t 8 been no storm since his last J FlOOds Roods were taken i I 1 Reed Bailey DalIey prof professor error of or Geology at the Utah State Agricultural Col- Col loge ge said there was geological ovio ovI- ovI enco o to tho rho effect that there had hadeen peen beel een no serious floods In northern I j Utah since the Lake Bonneville time fm a until 19 1923 3 that the 1923 floods In hi Davis County added add 40 reet feet f et to the e depos deposits s f He Heid id that the existing boulders which are often otten thought to be due duet f t t I f to t recent cent er erosion A slon sion were shown by f. f geological evidence to have been In pier present place piece during the Lake I period He cited around I tho school near Canyon Ganyon which brought down boulders weigh In Ini n. n several ral tons ton Ho lie stated that f 1923 and 1930 floods in Davis j count county q were greater than any which f I t tad bad ad occurred since th the T recession of I j I take Lake Bonneville Bonne mosed Ranger Anderson reports that duo ue to snow and loose boulders the oad road through Straight Canyon I Is p Used ed to travel other than foot root and horsemen There Thero i is s yet a foot root of now Enow w In Lower Joes Valley near the tho leed hb i d of or the tho canyon |
