Show Water Content of Uintah Snow r Is Now at Time Long-Time Average Very fine storage of water content con con- content tent In Uintah Mountain snows was report reported Nt this Week by Moroni Moroni Mo Mo- roni Marchant Merchant of the Chalk Cr Creek k No One the high highs ost oat elevation showed 87 Inches of snow water content water waler content In April 1961 1061 for tor a long long time time average a 1 percentage percentage per per- of long time long time average crage of ot 09 99 per cent Chalk Creek Creck No 2 51 Inches snow water a 1 year ago average 02 92 2 per cent Chalk Creek Creck No Throe Three lowest I elevation 27 Inches snow 63 Water water wa Wa- ter 72 a year ago 69 average now 91 per cent Redden Mine In Hoyt's Canyon I near Kamas KamM 73 inches snow water a a. year ago average per cent now Redden Mine lower cr 67 Inches snow water a year ago average now per cent 43 Inches of snow water 91 a year ago average now 97 per cent East Fork of or Blacks Black's Fork Ran ger Station 39 Inches snow 97 9 water No old records i f Range Ranger Station 37 Inches snow 83 water No old records 1 Trial Lake 85 Inches snow water a i year ago 16 average average average aver aver- age per pcr cent now Soapstone 44 Inches snow water 74 a year ago 12 average I I Inow now per cent Beaver Creek 34 Inches of snow 10 water 56 50 a year ago 84 average aver aver- average age now per cent Thirty six inches of ot new pow po poder pow der i snow was measured on upper Chalk Creek 16 10 Inches at Smith Smith- Morehouse and 25 inches at the Redden mine In view of ot the acute shortages last year we are about about- normal for tor the year 15 average now Marchant Mar Mar- chant said Much depends depends' on the precipitation of the next month Echo Reservoir Is 18 below th tb the level of last year at this time b but t most moot of the late runoff has been preserved and even though the dam was completely drained last fall taU It Is believed that there will be a a. of water this I. I |