Show Moisture Readings Good The local Snow Course measurements measurements measurements meas meas- released this week show most areas ranging above the mark The snow survey is taken the first of each month during the winter by the local Soil Conservation Service and the Forest Service The January 1st report reads as follows EPHRAIM CANYON Meadows Jan 1 1969 snow depth water content 94 Jan 1 1968 water content content content con con- tent 87 1967 1966 73 1948 to 1962 average water content content con con- tent 90 per cent of average catch for tor Dec inches Headquarters Jan 1 1969 snow depth inches water content 47 Jan 1 1968 water content 63 inches 1967 70 1966 48 inches 1948 to 1962 average water content 55 inches per cent of average 85 catch in December December December Decem Decem- ber Inches MILE 12 CANYON Mt Baldy Ranger Station Station- Jan 1 1969 snow depth inches water content 88 Jan 1 1968 water Vater content 89 1967 97 inches 1966 66 1948 to 1962 average water content 72 inches per cent of ot average catch catchin in Nov and Dec inches Beaver Dams 1 1969 snow depth inches water content 47 Jan 1 1968 water water water wa wa- ter content 53 inches 1967 38 1966 18 Inches 1948 to 1962 average water content 39 inches per cent of average average average aver aver- age catch for Nov and Dec inches F FAIRVIEW CANYON Mammoth Ranger Station Station- Jan 1 1969 snow depth inches water content 77 inches inch inch- es Jan 1 1968 water content content content con con- tent 78 1967 96 1966 56 inches 1948 to 1962 average water content 7 70 0 inches per percent percent percent cent of average catch for Dec inches Gooseberry Reservoir Jan 1 1969 snow depth Inches Inch Inch- es water content 78 Jan 1 1968 69 Inches water content 1967 94 1948 to 1962 average average average aver aver- age water content 68 Inches per cent of or average rain- rain gage catch for December inches In the SaUna Salina Canyon area the Farnsworth Lake area Inches of snow were listed with 69 Inches of moisture for of ot normal water content At the Gooseberry Ranger Station Inches of snow were recorded with 46 listed as the water content This is of ot the 1948 to 1962 water wa water water wa- wa ter content average |