| Show Water Statistics Below Normal I f The Soil SoU k a Conservation Service Service ice has been given responsibility to conduct the Federal Federal- State and Private Cooperative snow stow surveys and water s supply sup sup sup- p- p t I pl ply outlook for Utah in cooperation coL cooperation co co- L e operation with the State Ena Ene Engineer En En- i a of Utah US U.S. Forest j Service Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion Utah Fish and Game Department DePartment Department De De- Utah Agricultural Experiment Station US U.S. t r Nat National Na Na- ti nal Park Service US U.S. Geological Geological Geo Geo- logical Survey and other federal fedi fed- fed i eral oral state and private organizations organ organ- o iz such as US U.S. Department Department Depart- Depart oo ment of Commerce Weather r r. Bureau Utah Water and Power Pow- Pow er Board and other various river commissioners and organized organized organized or- or public agencies of c ter Users User's Associations A A. snow survey consists of a series of samples taken with specially designed snow sampling samp samp- ling equipment along a permanently permanently per per- marked line called a snow course The use of the snow sampling equipment provides provides provides pro pro- vides snow depth and water equivalent values for each sampling point The average of these values is reported as the snow survey measurement for a snow course each month These measurements furnish the key data for water supply forecasts Results of each snow sn w course measurement are sent to the State Offices of the Soil Conservation Con Con- Service and there are compiled compared and forecasts made of the water outlook for each month a snow course is measured by the state snow survey supervisor and his staff which is generally generally generally gener gener- ally from January first to June 1st Results of snow surveys for larch 1 lurch arch 1st are as follows Beaver Dams March 1 1964 snow depth inches water content 72 inches March 1 1963 water content 74 March 1 1962 water content March 1 1961 water content 52 1943 to 1957 average water water wa wa- ter content per cent of average 71 catch in inches for January and February ar ary inches Mt U. Baldy RS March 1 1964 snow depth water content 93 March 1 1963 March 1 1963 March 1 1961 93 1943 to 1957 average 95 per cent of average 48 catch in inches for January and February February February Feb Feb- 3 94 Headquarters March 1 1964 snow depth water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter content 95 March 1 1963 85 March 1 1962 March 1 1961 75 1943 to 1957 average laver laver- age 36 per cent of average hO catch for February February February ary Meadows March 1 1964 snow depth water March 1 1963 15 0 March 1 1962 26 9 March 1 1961 10 8 1943 to average average aver aver- age water content per percent percent percent cent of average 58 catch for February 2 68 inches Seeley Creek RS March 1 1964 snow depth water content 73 March 1 1962 March 1 1961 54 1943 to 1957 average water content per cent of average 56 Gooseberry Reservoir Mar 1 1964 snow depth water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter content 99 March 1 1963 March 1 1962 Mar 1 1961 74 1943 to 1957 average average average aver- aver age water content 62 per percent percent percent cent of average 61 catch for February inches Mammoth R. R RS Cottonwood Creek March 1 1964 snow depth water content March 1 1963 10 8 Mar 1 1 1962 March 1 72 1943 to 1957 average water tent per cent of average 61 catch in inches for February |
