Show Water Supply Outlook For Eastern Utah as of February 1965 I WEATHER SALT LAKE UTAH I JANUARY'S MOISTURE over eastern Utah was in general much below In the Uintah amounts varied from of normal at Fort Duchesne to only of normal in the Moon Lake For the Price River and Huntington Creek the amounts ranged from near normal in the headwaters of the Price River to only 11 of normal at Castle THIS BELOW precipitation pattern has resulted in forecasts being reduced 3 to 6 as compared to conditions a month with the abundance of snowfall prior to the expected water supply for all major areas is This of assumes that we have normal spring Inflow to Moon Lake reservoir during the period is forecast to be acre-feet or of the Moon Lake Is to fill to capacity about the last week of June if average reservoir operations are BELOW Duchesne combined flow of the Duchesne and Strawberry for the irrigation season is forecast to be acre-feet of By the flow is expected to be near acre-feet during acre-feet during and acre-feet during The highest daily average flow for the Duchesne River is expected to be near and for the Strawberry This peak flow is expected to during the last week of May and the first week of If during the spring is above some flooding in the Duchesne area can be INFLOW TO SCOFIELD Reservoir on the Price River Is forecast to be acre-feet during the period and the reservoir Is expected to fill to capacity by the last week of February-September Stream and Station Forecast average ASHLEY CREEK near Utah ROCK CREEK near ML Utah DUCHESNE RIVER at Provo River Trails near near Utah at Utah Utah T STRAWBERRY RIVER Strawberry Reservoir Inflow at Utah T LAKE FORK Moon Lake Reservoir Inflow PRICE RIVER Reservoir Inflow near Utah HUNTINGTON CREEK near Utah Corrected for Diversion andor Reservoir Weather Salt Lake E. G. Hydrologist in E. S. |