| Show Various snow surveys offer hope in to local farmers Snow surveys were made on Paradise Julius Park and Mosby Mountain snow courses as of Jan 1 by LaMar Wilson of the Soil Conservation Service and Norris of the Extension PARADISE at an elevation of shows Inches of snow with inches of Last year at this time this course had inches of snow with inches of water In 1960 the snow depth was 11 with and 1959 the snow depth was inches With inches The average on this course is inches of water at this time of On the Julius Park course at elevation the snow this year is inches with inches Last year at this time the snow depth was with inches January 1960 the snow was inches deep with and 1959 it was 3 0 snow with inches This course has only been read for five so there is no tang time the average for the five-year period is inches of snow and inches water THE MOSBY at feet has 23 8 of snow this year with of as compared with inches of snow last yen- with inches In 1960 the snow depth was with inches and in 1959 there were inches snow with 1 inch The average on this course is 5 inches water at this time of These readings arc very for this time of year and if we continue to have a v J snowfall during the of the winter we might expect a good water this is very early in season to make and the next few will have a greater influence on the water supply available than the present INDIAN CANYON DOUBLES LAST YEAR THE inch water content of the Indian Canyon Snow course snowfall is better twice the amount recorded at this time last The Survey was made by Keith Lemon of the Soil Service and Archer Wirth of the U. S. Forest Comparative measurements for the snow located at an of over Ls 24 8 inches of snow with a inch water 1 14 inch snow depth with 2 3 inch water 1961 and 11 inches of snow with 2 1 Inch water 1 average from inches of CATCH at Indian Canyon 2 to 1961 measured inches of Moisture in the snow is better now than twice that present in the past two and it is the best since the 1958 report for Jan comments Gar-oth Spencer unit at the office in |
