Show prospects for irrigation water 1933 last week rangers on the ashley national forest made snow measurements and determined water content on established snow survey courses in III the uintah mountains these courses are at elevations of to feet each course is 1000 feet or more in III length and snow samples are taken at intervals of 50 to feet with an instrument Kle especially for this purpose not only the depth of the snow is obtained but what is more important por tant the amount of water it contains is determined by weighing each sample as it is taker taken the surveys are made in the last week of march eich year following aie the figures for courses in kane hollow on brush creek mountain and on mosby mountain kane kanc hollow 2 courses little brush creek drainage depth water content 1930 35 in 96 in 1931 16 in 54 in 1932 45 in in 1933 23 in 57 in allsby Aloun mountain tain 2 courses whiterocks While rocks river diy daiy fork drainage e depth water content 1930 1930 30 in 86 in 1931 20 in 41 44 in 1932 45 in in 1933 25 in 79 in par for 1933 the tale kane hollow courses show only 6 per der cent more water aban tor for 1931 and only one th third 1 r 4 as much eh as last y year car while th the mosby alu y mountain w courses show so 80 per cent more water than ifor for 1931 but only 60 per cent as much as last year and somewhat at less than for 1930 F pop 0 1 t the lie following courses only 1931 1932 land 1933 records are available lake fork petty A mountain un t al 0 uiva lake fork of duche duchesne ne river drainage depth water content 1931 24 ln 44 in 1932 16 in in 1933 30 in 85 in paradise park whiterocks river luver drainage depth water content 1931 21 in 47 in 1932 53 in in 1933 31 in 97 1 in n middle aliddie deaver beaver creek ilen henrys rys fork drainage depth water content 1931 20 in 34 ill 1932 25 in 54 in 1933 15 in 40 in the lake fork mountain course shows nearly twice as much water in 1933 as for 1931 and about one fifth less water than for 1932 the middle deaver beaver creek course which is on the north slope of 0 the uintah mountains about one eig eighth alith more water for 1933 than ifor 1931 and about one foai th less water than tor for 1932 the paradise park course shows twice ps jas iauch water as for 1931 but only 63 per cent as much as last year an average of all the courses on the uintah basin slope snow show 68 per cent cant more water for this year than was had in 1931 but only 57 per cent ns much as way war had last year just what is normal snowfall and water content is very difficult to determine but on an those snow courses where the forest service has records covering if four our years or since 1930 the water content for this year 1 is 75 per cent of the average of that four year period unless there should happen to to be iya a rather edther long period or of extremely warm weather this spring it is not improbable that there will be much high water |