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Show Considerable variation Shown h 1950 Utah Waier Supply Prospects id ' information was received this . veek by Howard M. Ivory, district dis-trict conservationist with the av Soil Conservation service, on re-I, re-I, fuits of the snow surveys which 'asKre made annually by representatives represen-tatives of various federal and tate organization's to get infor-nation infor-nation for forecasting stream-iloW stream-iloW on the major drainages ,, Supplying water to the Uintah 'I k The report is prepared by 'rpeory L. Pearson, irrigation Sngtneer with the SCS located n V Considerable variation' is -.:hown in the water supply pros-T pros-T iects for Utah during 1950. The !:trater supply is excellent in he northern and northeastern art of the state; good in the entral part; and fair in' the Southern part. The snow blanket blan-ket in the Wasatch-Ashley for-11 for-11 if sts is considerably above nor-fe'.ial nor-fe'.ial in water content and could G j-oduce very heavy spring treamf lows if combined with j "'. eavy rains andor above nor-n nor-n i' ,i a 1 temperatures. Reservoir Storage supplies are near or Considerably above the past 10- ear average, it:-,' Utah's snow pack is excellent an the northern and northeastern northeast-ern parts of the state. The watersheds wa-tersheds of the Price and Du-ssej-hesne .rivers are expected to es- roduce record or near-record rn" tream flows during the coming un-off season. These, streams, ire expected to produce an av-.rage av-.rage of 143 per cent of the 1; 939-48 average stream . flow, hf .dependent upon future weather 2 Conditions, these streams may iSroduce peak flows which could lilause damage to structures, and ands along their main chan- N-X h e following streamflow '"forecasts for April to Septem-r;)er Septem-r;)er are based upon the prevalence prev-alence of normal weather conditions con-ditions during the run-off per- 7 od: ' m DUCHESNE RIVER, near Ta--jiona 1950 forecast is 150,000 -"icre feet; 10-year measured av-rag;e av-rag;e is 104,700 acre feet. LAKE FORK RIVER, below -nAloon Lake 1950 forecast is, 1 11125,000 acre feet; 7-year meas-'"jred meas-'"jred average is 78,600 acre feet. UINTA RIVER, near Neola 1950 forecast is 140,000 acre feet; 10-year measured average is 104,200 acre feet. WHITEROCKS RIVER, near Whiterocks 1950 forecast is 90,000 acre feet; 10-year measured meas-ured average is 67,600 acre feet. STRAWBERRY" RIVER, a t Duchesne 1950 forecast is 90,-000 90,-000 acre feet; 10-year average is 59,800 acre feet. |
