Uintah Basin Standard | 1960-01-14 | Page 6 | Water Supply Outlook for Eastern Utah as of January 1, 1960

Water Supply Outlook for Eastern Utah as of January 1960 Precipitation over the Colorado River area in Utah for the past four months September-December mi above normal over the lower valley near normal and considerably below normal over the Intermediate areas over the mountain region Amounts for the four-month period ranged from Of normal at Myton and Emery to less than 70 at Moon Strawberry and Clear Creek Assuming near normal conditions for the reel Ol the season inflow for the water-year 1959 to September la forecast to be 84 of the average I I at Moon Lake 68 of at Strawberry and 65 of average at Scofield N.-ar Ol average water-vear flow is expected for Ashley Creek and the Duchesne Hirer The forecast for Huntington Creek near Huntington is 73 of average Carry-over storage at the close of 1959 was a of it in St t a l.-rry and in considerably less than the storage of a year ago Listed below are forecasts of for the major streams in Eastern I Water-Tear Stream and station acre-feet average ASHLEY CREEK near Utah 83 DUCHESNE RIVER at Prove River near Utah 75 near 74 at Utah 59 STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow 53 at Utah BO LAKE PORK Moon Lake I i Inflow s i PRICE RIVER Scofield Inflow 65 near Utah 51 CREEK near Utah 73 Weather Salt Lake Eugene L Chief