Scott River Snowpack Nearly Gone as May Survey Shows 0.8% of Historical Average

Klamath National Forest completes final spring snow survey with only one high-elevation site retaining measurable snow

YREKA — Spring has effectively erased the Scott River watershed’s snowpack, according to May snow survey results released Tuesday by the Klamath National Forest.

Across all measurement points in the Scott River sub-basin, both snow depth and Snow Water Equivalent — the measure of actual water content held in the snowpack — came in at just 0.8% of historical averages. Of…