Show March Storms Brighten i Sanpete L hH Water Outlook The juie un precipitation pr received during the month of March Marchl Marchi i l brightened the moisture picture picture pic pic- picture ture considerably as the perk percent per percent per per- cent of average water measurements measurements measurements meas meas- for the local snow courses rose into the 70 to 80 per cent of normal range Two k exceptions were the Mt Baldy 5 Ranger Station and Seeley Creek Ranger Station which show only 61 and 69 per cent respectively Although the storms during ing the month changed the outlook the April 1 1964 water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter content survey is still below be low the past three years on this date in some areas The Gooseberry Ranger Station in Salina Canyon recorded a high per cent of normal followed by the Farnsworth Lake snow course reached 96 per cent of average The survey released this week by the Soil Conservation Service listed the areas area's snow course measurements as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows j MANTI 1 Thistle Flat April 1 1964 snow depth water content content content con con- tent April 1 1963 April 1 1962 water content April 1 1961 1943 to 1957 average water content per cent of average 83 Middle Fork April 1 1964 snow depth water content content content con con- tent April 1 1963 water content April 1 1962 April 1 1961 1943 57 average per cent of l average 72 MAYFIELD HAYFIELD I Beaver Da Dams s April 1 1964 snow depth water coni content content con con- i tent April 1 1963 water content April 1 1962 April 57 prill 1 1961 57 1943 average rl S average per cent of average average average aver aver- age 81 catch in inh h s for tn March 1 9 2 Oft M. m I Mt Baldy d R. R S. S April 1 1964 snow depth water content April 1 1963 water content April 1 1962 April 1 1961 57 1943 average per cent of average 61 catch for March inches FAIRVIEW Gooseberry Reservoir April 1 1964 snow depth water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter content April 1 1963 water content April 1 1962 April 1 1961 57 1943 average per cent of average 80 catch for March in inches Mammoth RS Cottonwood Creek April 1 1964 snow depth water content April 1 1963 water content content content con con- tent April 1 1 1962 April 1 1961 1957 1943 avera average e per cent of average average avert aver aver- age 81 catch for t L March inches Huntington Horseshoe April 1 1964 snow depth water water wa wa- ter content April 1 1963 April 1 1962 April 1 1 1961 water content v w 57 1943 average per per cent of average 82 EPHRAIM r Headquarters April snow depth water water water wa- wa J 11 2 1 1964 ter ter content April 1 1963 1962 April O 0 April 1 f 1961 57 1943 average per cent of average 76 catch for March Meadows April 1 snow depth water Sent ent April 1 1963 IT 17 April 1 1962 April 1961 57 1943 average a ar tr content per cent f Overage average 74 catch inches 1 r March Sta- Sta Creek Ranger fir t. t i ley 1 1964 snow depth orf od o April content April J 3 April 1 1962 n 1 1961 1957 1943 cent of average average aver aver- per age water content 69 |