Uintah Basin Standard | 1964-02-13 | Page 2 | Water Supply Outlook for Eastern Uth as of February 1, 1964

Water Supply Outlook for Utah as of February 1964 Practically no precipitation was received during jR over the lower of the Uintah Basin and the River tributaries in Eastern Higher areas slightly better with about 60 of normal reported field 70 at Strawberry Reservoir an one-third of normal along the southern slopes of the-jS Mountains The fall and winter precipitation ha appointing following good summer amounts over tn 3 Uintah Mountain The above average flow in the Moon Lake area reflects good summer tion while the forecasts for below average runoff lighter precipitation for the water year to Water in storage in Moon Lake Reservoir oft J 1964 was acre-feet or of the Assuming normal weather conditions for the nt few rM and average reservoir Moon Lake is reach near maximum capacity some the week beginning June 1954 M With subsequent weather being the total J available below Duchesne combined runoff of and for the April-June period fal acre-feet or 51 of the to be only ave This spring runoff is expected to be near dui acre-feet during and d June The highest daily average flow in the Duchesne RiVe expected to be near of and 1 for the Strawberry Maximum contents in Scofield Reservoir is be acre-feet some time during the last week of y assuming near normal weather and operating 1 Forecasts of February-September for major streams in Eastern Utah are given Stream acre-feet aven ASHLEY CREEK near Vernal ROCK CREEK near Home J DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near Hanna near Tabiona at j at Myton STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow at Duchesne LAKE FORK Moon Lake Reservoir Inflow PRICE RIVER Scofield Reservoir Inflow near Heiner s HUNTINGTON CREEK near Huntington for Diversion andor Weather Salt Lake Eugene L. Hydrologist in