| Show Water supply outlook for Eastern Utah as of January 1963 Precipitation over Eastern Utah for the past three months has generally been much below Amounts for the three-month period averaged only near half of normal over most of the Uintah and over the Price and San Rafael River December precipitation was particularly ranging from no precipitation at some stations to less than 30 of normal at other In contrast small areas near the eastern end of the Uintah Mountains reported amounts near Unless subsequent precipitation for the next few months is much above prospects for an adequate water supply for Eastern Utah are very unfavorable for the Strawberry the lower Duchesne Price and Huntington From 75 to 90 of average runoff is forecast for the headwaters of the Duchesne Lake and Ashley Water in storage in Moon Lake Reservoir at the close of 1962 was acre-feet or of the Assuming near normal precipitation for the next few the inflow to Moon Lake for the January-September period is forecast to be acre-feet or 82 of Maximum usable contents of the Reservoir near June 30 is expected to be to based on average operation of the Contents in Reservoir at the end of December was acre-feet or of January-September flow of the Price River at the Reservoir is forecast to be acre-feet or only 58 of Maximum usable content is expected to be to Only 37 of average was in storage in Strawberry Reservoir at the end of and in inflow is expected to be only acre-feet or 44 of Since the average release of water through Strawberry tunnel is acre-feet storage in Strawberry Reservoir at the end of the irrigation season will be considerably less than at the present Forecasts of January-September for the major streams in Eastern based on the assumption of near normal weather conditions for the next few months are given as January-September Stream and Station Forecast acre-feet average ASHLEY CREEK near Utah 95 DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near 76 near Utah 71 at Utah 54 STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow 44 at Utah 53 LAKE FORK Moon Lake Reservoir Inflow 82 PRICE RIVER Scofield Reservoir Inflow 58 near Utah 60 HUNTINGTON CREEK near Utah 70 Weather Salt Lake Eugene L Hydrologist In RESERVOIR STORAGE AND FORECASTS Moon Lake average 1961 acre- January-September 82 of Strawberry 1961 January-September 44 of |
