Show ON UINTAH WATER SHEDS Snow Fall Below Normal Snow surveys were made over the weekend by Jack Stevenson and LaMar Wilson of the Soil Conservation Service on the In dian Paradise Park and Mosby Mountain snow courses The snow pack on the watersheds serving the Uintah Basin varies from about 96 of normal at the head of Indian Canyon Canyon to 72 on Mountain On most of the courses the snow depth was near but was below normal In water Below is a list of the courses with the amount of snow and water this year as compared with 1955 and the long-time average in Snow Course 1957 1956 1955 Average SW SW SW SW Indian 38 Mountain 45 Park 55 Mountain 1 54 Mountain 2 44 Mountain 3 33 Last year most of the snow and moisture was received before March with very little snow after that For this reason it is rather difficult to compare the 1957 and 1956 Considerable moisture will be required this year to moisten up the ground as it is dry and parched under the The above figures are computed as of February 1 each i |