| Show NOW SURVEY COMPLETED ON 1 WEBER RIVER 1 maa reporting on the snow cover con irions on the weber river water hed P H sorensen Sorens cn weber river rater commissioner advises that 11 irrigation ditches be cleaned and placed in working condition tion so that ull nil benefit of all early runoff in the bood ilow flow of the river may be reserved the snow survey made march 26 0 0 28 inclusive by george D clyde clide irrigation r engineer of the utah ex pediment peri e r ment station in company with with S mr hr sorensen county agent david davidi jb sharp harp ha and richard redden shows that tha t the snow cover is patchy UP to an i an elevation of feet above this elevation elev jen atlon it is continuous although not mot n ot as deep as last year nor as well Arif adril drifted ted measurements taken oakley on the main fork of the weber river at an elevation of teet feet show ashow an average depth of in iches of snow with a water content of inches measurements taken in april of last year at the same place showed a snow depth of 40 inches with a water ba content of inches measurements taken in the area immediately east cast of the kamas valley between the main fork of the river on the north and beaver creek on the south at an elevation of feet indicate an average snow depth of inches with a water content of t the survey made this yer year indi 1 cates a deficiency of 27 inches of water content as compared with 1929 and the report states that it is p riot not believed that this alls deficiency will ibe made up before the spring runoff star starts jt is also stated that the runoff for or the weber river this year will probably Bro bably be less than last years figure of acre leat feet the report states that the snow in the lower country is about all gone at the present time this fact in connection with the fact that the streams have not increased ampre bably in their flow as yet would in 5 that the ground has absorbed a na the greater part of this moisture giand that unless an extended period giot of very warm weather occurs in amay may the same conditions might very 1 I likely happen when the snow in the higher country melts while last year late summer rains kept up the stream flow more than the average this cannot be expected to happen every year and it is f tor for this reason that the river commissioner urges the prompt utilization of as much spring river flow as possible |
