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Show KEOIFITATiO DATA ! THRQUSHQUT STATE I SIVEN 00T Precipitation occuring in the northern and cental portions of Utah from October 1 to January 1 ranges from 25 percent below to 25 percent above the normal, according to a report compiled at the office of State Engineer T. H. Humpherys this week. The figures in the report are based on measurements taken at 15 cooperative snow survey stations, sta-tions, 35 U. S. weather bureau stations, and from reports of 25 j water commissioners located . throughout the state. j The above normal areas are found in Salt Lake, Davis, Morgan, j Webe:-, Rich, Cache and part of I Box Elder counties. The remainder of the counties of the state as far south as Sevier and Iron are about normal or about 25 percent below, while the extreme part of the stats has received as much as 75 percent above normal precipitation pre-cipitation for the period. A third of the required precipitation precipi-tation has fallen in about a fourth of- the storage season, Mr. Humpherys Hum-pherys said. Storage January 1 in Bear lake was 365,000 acre feet compared with 635,000 acre feet for last year on the same date. Utah Lake measured 130,000 acre feet compared com-pared with 220,000 for last year. Other reservoirs had in storage January 1 the following in acre feet, the second number representing represent-ing storage on the same day last year: Strawberry, 26,400 and 46,500; Echo, 3100 and 2000; Pine View, 2820 and 18,760; Moon Lake, 13000 and 10,500; Scofield, 2500 and 3000; East Canyon, 7,600 and 16,-000; 16,-000; Hyrum, 3800 and 6100 acre feet. |