Irrigation forecasts positive

Even though we haven’t had as much moisture as we’ve had in the past two years at this point, irrigation forecasts for farmers still looks good.

Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon attended a flood summit in Riverton last week and found the forecast is showing water levels will be up to about 3,500 cubic feet per second coming down the river during the prime two months of irrigation, so everything should be normal.

Loren Smith with the State Engineer’s Office says things are looking pretty normal for the Owl Creek irrigation areas as well.

Their water comes from the high country, and right now they’re between 105 percent and 106 percent of snowpack.

Of course, Anchor Dam is way down, as it always is at this time of year, with about 493 acre feet, but Smith says that is a good carry over for irrigation season.