Show Il no w depth Only 75 P Pct t. t of Normal Heavy Snowfall During February Causes Gain Not Quite Enough March 1 snow r report ort ot of Weber and Upper Provo rivet water w watersheds ter sheds show snow surveys completed completed com com- Atari h 1 by the Soil Conservation Con Cone Service Coalville that fiat moisture oti on the high Watershed of If the Weber and Provo rivers rivets to tobe tobe toe be e 65 5 to 76 7 per cent normal rePOrted reported re- re re reported ported Norm A. A Marchant Unit Conservationist at Coalville The month of February has been een a good water month with average or above on alt all snow courses but total precipitation is still below average Following is the Individual measurements for tor each snow course as measured by Lloyd D D. D Abettor ses Engineer Coalville Weber River Chalk Creek No 1 has 62 52 inches of ot snow containing Inches of ot water compared with an average of inches of ot water 72 per percent percent cent of normal and Dd 80 per cent of 1959 measurements Chalk Creek No 2 has haa Inches inches in ches of or snow enow with 86 85 inches ot of water i 5 65 5 per cent of a normal Which is inches of ot water and 16 76 per cent of 1959 1969 Chalk Creek No 3 has 22 inches Inches Inches in- in ches of snow containing 51 Inches inches in in- ches chea of water 73 per dent ent of ot average 61 per cent ent of 1959 mark Smith and Morehouse has baa inches of ot snow containing 82 indies inches in in- ches dies of water 66 per cent of nor nor- mal The average water content March 1 I for tor this course is This course has 79 per cent of at the March 1959 water content Redden mine upper has inches of ot snow Inch Inches s of oJ water 75 per cent of ot the long longtime longtime longtime time average of inches of water and 88 per cent of ot 1959 Redden mine Redden lower lawer has Inches of snow of-snow snow inches of water 73 13 per cent average average and 93 per c cent nt of 1959 Provo Trial Lake snow course has 00 inches of ot snow containing 18 inches of water This is 72 per cent of the long time average ot of Inches of ot water for tor March MarchI 1 I and 94 per cent of 1959 measurement measurement meas meas- Soapstone Ranger Station has 34 inches of snow with 81 Inches Inches In Inv ches of ot water 67 per cent of normal nor oral mal which is 12 inches of ot water Morgan l Snow Good unofficial snow cover observers give an encouraging encouraging encouraging aging report on water prospects for the coming year Marvin Kilbourn who made u Ii horseback trip to his cabin In Hardscrabble Friday evening r re reports reports re- re ports 32 inches of ot snow at the thu mouth of Shingle Mill canyon with many large drifts to be seen at higher elevations This Is more than at the same time tinge last year He saw small herds of deer totaling about 35 head Some were much larger than average and all seemed In n good shape He lie spent the night at his cabin caln and returned home Saturday The snow depth within three quarters of a II mile mite of the cabin was too m much ich for the horse to travel through with ease but was better belleI the remainder of the tho way l Grand LeGrand Bridges of upper East Eat Canyon measured a maximum m of 46 inches at nt the peak of F Februarys Februarys February's Feb s snowfall Water content Is high and the outlook is already al already already al- al ready better than last year with hopes of ot added moisture if JC March precipitation is normal 1 Carl Phillips observer at t the East Canyon reservoir reports over acre feet of at water stored at the present time tune It covers the old dam and is slightly slight slight- ly less than half holt of oC capacity The Wilkinson Wilkinsons Bert John Harry Barry and Mark and Willis Packard rode their cat up I Little Dutch to the summit for I some skiing on Saturday The snow-covered snow pines made a very picturesque setting for the sport Their unofficial measure of snow depth was five feet On a similar simIlar similar sim sim- ilar trip into Cottonwood canyon near Mountain Green a couple of ot weeks ago they measured six feet teel L vt |