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Show Snow Depths and Water Content Nearing Records Set Back in '65 of snow with 8.2 inches of water. This is 178 of average and compares with 8.4 inches of water in 1965. Smith Morehouse had 44 inches of snow with 12.9 inches of water. This is 174 of average, aver-age, and compares with 13.3 inches in 1965. Beaver Creek has 33 inches of snow with 8.0 inches of water. This is 154 of average. Soapstone has 48 inches of snow with 11.9 inches of water This is 154 of average and compares with 16.6 inches of water in 1965. If average amounts of precipitation pre-cipitation continue for the remainder re-mainder of the season water will be plentiful for 1972. W. Lyle Reynolds Soil Conservation Service Snow depths and water content con-tent for Feb. 1 are among the highest on record, reports Jack Young of the Soil Conservation Service. Only 1949, 1952 and 1965 are higher. This is the first year since measuring began that more than 100 inches of snow has been measured at the Summit of Chalk Creek. There have been other years when water content con-tent has been higher however. Trial Lake has 88 inches of snow with 24.7 inches of water. This is 167 of the 15 year average. aver-age. By way of comparison 1949 had 29.7 inches of water, and 1965 had 28.4 inches. Chalk Creek 1 has 19.6 inches of water. No long time records are available for this station, but in comparison with other stations conditions look very good. Chalk Creek 3 has 48 inches of snow with 13.6 inches of water. This is 162 of average, and compares with 15.1 inches in 1965. Chalk Creek 3 has 28 inches |