Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-05-30 | Page 11 | Wet April Offered Hope for Basin Water Supply

Wet April Offered Hope For Basin Water Supply Snow surveys off all into the Uintah Basin were made recently by Leo Karl Donaldson and Don Fulton of the Soil Conservation Even though there was above average precipitation during the runoff will be a little below Compared with last all of the streams are forecast below last year except the Duchesne River at Tabiona and the Ashley near The following is the forecast for the following streams compared to last year and the 1957 1936 of Stream forecast measured Rock at Home 88 Duchesne at Tabiona Strawberry River at Duchesne 83 below Moon Lake 84 Uintah River Neola 75 Whiterocks River near Whiterocks 75 Ashley Creek near Vernal 75 The following is a list of the snow courses with the depth of snow and water content in inches as compared with last 1957 1956 Snow Water Snow Water Mountain 40 Mountain 2 Bare Paradise Park 39 Kings Cabin Upper 18 Kings Cabin Lower 10 readings in inches of water for April are as 1937 1956 Kings Cabin t.- Paradise Park 42 j 50 Lake Fork 35 Rock Creek j 65 Currant Creek