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Show Water Prospects Are Still Below Normal in Area Federal Cooperative Snow Survey Sur-vey completed on March 1, by Stanley Peterson, Soil Conservation Conserva-tion Service, Provo, Utah, along with representatives from the U. S. Forest Service and "Nature Magazine," indicate that storms which occurred during February have done a great deal to improve im-prove the water outlook situation situa-tion for the coming irrigation season. Several of the Snow Survey Sur-vey Courses visited where rain-gauges rain-gauges are maintained, showed the monthly precipitation to be in excess of 100 per cent of the amount normally expected. In the American Fork Canyon Watershed, the Timpanogos Divide Di-vide snow course has 43 Inches of snow with 13.4 inches of water. wat-er. Last year there was 71 inches of snow with 20.6 inches of water. wat-er. The long time average for this course is 23.2 inches of water. wat-er. The Dutchman Guard Station in the North Fork of the American Ameri-can Fork Canyon has 43 inches of snow with 13.6 inches of water. wat-er. Last year there was 55 inches of snow with 19.7 inches of water. wat-er. Long time average for this course is 18.0 inches of water. Camp Altamont, an intermediate interme-diate course in American Fork Canyon, shows 29 inches of snow and 9.3 inches of water. Last year there was 54 inches of snow containing 14.8 inches of waiter. The long time average for this course is 16.6 inches of water. South Fork Ranger Station, this year 9.1 inches of snow and 3.0 inches of water. Last year 42 inches of snow and 10.3 inches of water. Long time average is 7.7 inches of water. Timpanogos Cave Camp this year has 5.0 inches of snow and 1.8 inches of water. Last year there was 16 inches of snow containing con-taining 3.5 inches of water. Long time average for this course is 3.9 inches of water. April to September streamflow forecast for the American Fork River is 26,000 acre feet or 72 per cent of average. |