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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: ID-BK-27
Station Name: Inkom 5.5 N
Report Date: 4/12/2026
Submitted: 4/12/2026 5:57 AM
Scale Bar: Moderately Dry
Description:
General:  We're dry.  For April we expect 1.37" of gauge catch and we've had .87 (SD = .4).  That puts us 1 SD below average, which I'm calling mildly dry. We expect to have about 4.5" of snow at this point in April and we have had .4".  Blackfoot has just declared water restrictions until October, as a notion of where we're headed.
Agriculture:  We had a smidge of rain yesterday (.06"), which helps.  Crops are in the ground and waiting for the spring rains.
Energy: We're entering high energy production, with 36.87 kWHR created yesterday and 23.12 kWHR consumed.
Fire: Risk is high at this point.  Already there have been fires in the Chubbuck area.
Plants & Wildlife: I saw a suspected cougar track this week, and we heard of 2 buffalo at the base of the Caribou range, about a mile from here!  They have wandered off the Fort Hall Reservation and can't be found, but that's a first for us here.
Water: A mark of our current situation is that Blackfoot, just north of here, has instituted water restrictions for the summer until Oct. 1.
Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality