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Show Basin Streams To Offer Above Average Run-off Streamflow runoff prospects for the coming irrigation season are favorable for the majority of the streams and rivers in the Uintah Basin, according to Jack C. SteV-ensen, SteV-ensen, engineer for the Soil Conservation Con-servation Service at Roosevelt. With the exception of Ashley Creek in the eastern part of the Basin, an April through September runoff greater than the long-time average is forecast for all. of the major streams in the Uintah Basin. These forecasts are based on snow measurements conducted during the week of February 27, 1956, by the Soil Conservation Service. The fall precipitation in the area and the' soil moisture relationship on the various watersheds were also taken into consideration to arrive at these forecasts. The snow surveys show that the upper elevation snowpack water wat-er content varies from 120 of average at the King's Cabin snow course in the eastern end of the Uintah Basin to 165 of average at the Trial Lake snow course near the headwaters of the Duchesne River. The water content of the snow cover in the southwest end of the Basin as represented by the Indian Canyon snow course is 140 of average. |