Show Water supply outlook for Eastern k Utah as of March 1962 Eastern Utah was favored with excessive precipitation V during Monthly amounts averaging over of normal occurred over the headwaters of Huntington ti the central drainage of the Price and the lower of the Duchesne Elsewhere over the water- sheds of eastern amounts were generally over 3 of The precipitation pattern has substantially improved expected in all major streams of eastern Utah as compared to conditions a month Forecasts of water- year runoff have increased 5 to 15 in most cases Assuming near normal precipitation for next three months j. water-year for Ashley Creek Lake Huntington Creek and inflow to Strawberry i and Reservoirs is forecast to be 10 to 20 above i the Near average water-year runoff expected for the Duchesne River and for the lower reaches of the Strawberry and Price Water in storage at Strawberry and Scofield Reservoirs is very low compared with the but storage in Moon Lake is well above Based on forecasts of Moon Lake is expected to and Strawberry Reservoir inflow is expected to be about the average annual Forecasts of March-September for the y major streams in eastern based on the assumption of near normal conditions for the next few are given March-September fit Stream and Station Forecast acre-feet average ASHLEY CREEK near Vernal uj DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near Hanna 95 Si near Tabiona at Myton STRAWBERRY RIVER J Strawberry Reservoir Inflow at Duchesne LAKE FORK Moon Lake Reservoir Inflow ui r PRICE RIVER H 51 Scofield Reservoir Inflow 7 near HUNTINGTON CREEK near Huntington mi Weather Salt Lake Utah Eugene L. Hydrologist in RESERVOIR STORAGE AND FORECASTS ji Moon Lake average 1961 acre- v March-September l of ii Strawberry of average 1961 Storage 21 March-September of Moon Lake 42 of loyear average- 1961 March-September 93 of |