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Show May Snow Survey Shows Water Content Is Good Results of snow surveys conducted con-ducted during the past week by the Soil Conservation Service technicians show the water content con-tent of the snow pack to be better than average for this time of year at the majority of the snow courses on the watersheds of the Uintah Basin. The water content of the snow at the Kings Cabin upper snow course, above Vernal, is 6.6 in. which is 118 of the 4-year average. aver-age. At the Kings Cabin lower snow course the water content of the snow is 3.5 in. This is 92 of the' 4-year average. The water content of the snow pack is 142 in. at the Paradise Park snow course on Mosby Mountain. This is 127 of the average water content at this course. At the Mosby Mountain lower snow course the water content con-tent of the snow is 118 of the average. The water content of the snow pack at this course is 10.5 inches. Tlie water ccntp.nt of the' snow pack at the Lakefork Mountain upper snow course is 13.1 in. This is 116 of the 4-year average aver-age at this course. The snow pack ct the Lakefork Mountain middle and lower courses cours-es was reported as patchy, which is .about normal for this time of year. The snow pack at the Indian Canyon snow course contained 5.3 in. of water. This course has not been measured or. May 1st in prior years. Although the water content of the snow at all of the snow courses cours-es in the Uintah Basin decreased since the measurements were taken tak-en last month, the precipitation catch average' 1.65 inches of water in the rain gages. The measured precipitation during the month of April is as follows: Currant Creek, 1.24 inches of water; Rock Creek, l.2 in.; Lake-fork Lake-fork Mountain, upper, 2.50 in.; Paradise Park, 1.50 in.; Kings Cabin, upper, 1.35 in. The run-off prospects for the major streams in the Uintah Basin appear to be better than the runoff run-off measured last year. However, the April-through-September runoff run-off for the majority of the streams will probably be less than the long-time average measured run-off. |