Show Water supply outlook for Eastern Utah as of April 1962 Precipitation during March varied considerably over Eastern In the Uintah monthly totals were near of normal over the upper Strawberry River drainage and over the lower Duchesne Normal to slightly below normal amounts occurred over the southern slopes the Uintah Mountain In below normal amounts were reported over the drainage areas of the Price and San Rafael Near or above the average April-September stream-flow is expected for all major streams of Eastern This forecast is based on watershed conditions through March 31 and on the assumption that weather conditions for the next few months will be near Water available for irrigation this season should be near average and no critical shortages arc Water in- storage at Moon Lake Reservoir at the end of March 1962 was estimated to be acre-feet or of the Considering the favorable inflow forecast acre-feet for Moon Lake should Storage In Strawberry Reservoir at the close of the month was Although this is comparatively low the April-September inflow forecast of acre-feet should at least supply the average annual Storage in Scofield Reservoir at this time is also comparatively low of but the April-September inflow forecast of acre-feet is of the Forecasts of April-September for the major streams in Eastern based on the assumption of near normal weather conditions for the next fow are given March-September Stream and Station Forecast acre-feet average ASHLEY CREEK near Vernal DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near Hanna near Tabiona at Myton 96 STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow at Duchesne LAKE FORK J Moon Lake Reservoir PRICE RIVER Scofield Reservoir Inflow near Heiner HUNTINGTON CREEK near Huntington Weather Salt Lake Utah Eugene L. Hydrologist in STORAGE AND FORECASTS Moon Lake March average March 1961 April-September of Strawberry March 16 of average March 1961 April-September of |