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Show Snow Survey Indicates Much Improved Outlook for Water Snow surveys as of March 1 indicate a much improved -water forecast for Central Utah, accor-ing accor-ing to Gerald Hansen, Soil Conservationist Con-servationist at Leihl. Measurements on North Utah County snow courses showed much improvement over last month. Stanley Peterson, engineering-aid engineering-aid with the Soil Conservation Service, made the snow measurements. measure-ments. He was assisted by other civic and Governmv u pe,-sonnel. Snow measurements are made monthly during the winter months on five courses in tlie area. Information from these measurements is correlated with other measurements in the state to make stream flow forecasts. Comparative measurem e n t s content of 13. The 1959 water content was 9.3 and the twenty-five-year average was 16.3 inches. South Fork Ranger Station snow depth this year is 30 inches with water content 8.4. The 1959 water content was 3 inches and the twenty-two-year average was 7.3 inches. Dutchman Ranger Station snow depth this year is 49 inches and the water content 14.5. The 1959 water content was 13.6 and the five-year average water content was 18 inches. Timpanogos Cave Camp snow depth this year is 17 inches with water content of 4.3 inches. The 1959 water content was 1.8 inches with the average water content 4 inches. made this year, with last year's records and several year's average aver-age are listed as follows: Timpanogos Divide snow depth is 52 inches with a water content of 16.2. Tlie 1959 water content was 13.4 and the twenty-five-year average is 24.5 inches. Camp Altamount snow depth this year is 44 inches with water |