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Show Water Storage In Uintahs Reaches 85 Per Cent of Normal, Is danger's Report Water storage in the Uinta mountains this year is generally 84 per cent of normal, and only 55 per cent of that a year ago. according to snow depth and water wa-ter content measurements recently re-cently completed on the Ashley National Forest. Measurements on the various snow courses of the forest have been taken for the past 21 years and the 1951 measurements indicate indi-cate water storage is below the 21-year average, according to Wm. D. Hurst, forest supervisor. On' the Kings Cabin snow course, indicative of water storage stor-age on the Brush Creek and Ashley Creek watersheds, the snow measured only 23.7 inches in depth with a water content of 7.4 inches. Last year there was 45.4 inches of snow with water content of 13.1 inches. This year's water storage is only 56 per cent of last year and 78 per cent of normal on the two watersheds for which the Ashley Ash-ley Valley is dependent for its irrigation water. At Paradise Park on the head of Paradise Creek, the snow depth was 30 9 inches, as compared com-pared to 60 inches last year; water content is only 7.4 inches as compared with 19.9 inches last year. This year's measurement measure-ment indicates water storage of only 63 per cent of normal. On Mosby Mountain, the snow depth was 32.4 inches, as compared com-pared with 51.8 inches last year; water content was 8.8 inches as compared withg 17.0 inches last year. This year's measure ment indicates water storage of 86 per cent of normal. Water from the Paradise Park and Mosby Mountain watersheds drains into the Whiterocks and Uinta rivers, and the runoff this year will be less than normal. On two watersheds, however, water storage this year was normal. On the Lake Fork Mountain watershed, which drains into Tf ellowstone creek & Lake Fork, the snow measured 48.6 inches in depth, with a water wa-ter content of 10.6 inches. The average for this course is 41.6 inches of snow depth and 10.2 inches water content. Water storage is only 66 per cent of the previous year, however. On the Middle Beaver Creek and Burnt Fork watershed, on the north side of the forest, the water storage was normal. The current measurements show the water content to be 5.4 inches, which is the average storage, and only slightly less than last year. Measurements of the snow courses were completed by Ranger Burton O. Clark, of Mountain View. Wyoming. Ranger Ran-ger Clyde Lambert and Norval R. Clark, of Altonah. Ut.; John A. Walkup and Irvin Wilson, of Whiterocks, Utah, and Robert F. Hoag and Garth M. Colton, of Vernal. |