Show water shortage is depicted by snow measurements snow surveys completed at the close of march on 11 watersheds 0 of f southern utah forecast subnormal no anial moisture tor for 1946 according to albert albertson forest supervisor of tile the dixie national forest at cedar city reports show gener generally ally that the snow now cover Is 43 and the water content 40 per cent of normal measurements were made by rangers of the national park service and the dixie national forest service cooperating with george D clyde irrigation engineer in charge of snow surveys tor for utah it was stated that the snow drouth Is more favorable however when individual reports for sonie some of the areas are analyzed detailed information in the report follows lake course 1946 measurement meTsu rement snow sa 31 s1 inches water content IG 16 1946 1945 snow inches water 68 tend ten year average snow water 74 inches webster flat course 1946 snow inches water con tent 11 6 inches 1945 snow water ten tenear year average snow 67 4 water 20 5 cedar breaks course 1946 snow 48 6 water 1946 1945 snow 84 6 w water ater 31 6 ten year average snow 71 6 water duck creek course 1946 snow 27 9 water 83 8 3 1946 1945 snow 68 8 water 24 4 ten 3 year ear average snow water 17 G harris flit flat course 1946 snow 67 6 7 water 31 1945 avene oraye a water te 10 8 inches sevier summit course 1946 snow none water none 1946 1945 snow 30 3 water 11 8 ten year ear average snow 15 9 water 67 6 7 inches pine valley course 1946 6 snow 31 0 water 10 9 1946 1945 snow 78 4 water 26 2 ten year average snow 61 0 water 21 3 inches escalante summit course 1946 snow water 41 1946 1945 snow 39 9 water 12 1 three year average snow water 96 9 6 bryce canyon course 1946 snow none water none 1946 1945 snow an ow water 33 3 3 seven year average snow 18 3 wat continued on last page water shortage depicted by snow measurements continued from pago 1 or er 69 inches I 1 dowery bowery valley course 1946 ti flow ow water 75 1945 1946 snow water five year average enow watt wat r orba er 96 inches yankee meadows courso 1946 enow abow water 73 1945 1946 snow water rive five year average snow water inches 1 these thesa watersheds water sheda furnish water for drainage into the sevier and virgin rivers coal creek bowery creek the Esc escalante alanto river and other important in the tou southern bouthern thern part of the state the new surveys curleys definitely show there will be a shortage of irrigation water during the growing season of 1846 1946 ua less the bli Is offset off set by ample rainfall to come in later months the supervisor said |