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By: D. C. Hahl and J. C. Mundorff The Sevier and Beaver River systems are the two major river systems in the Sevier Lake basin in Utah. This report contains an analysis of reconnaissance data collected during the 1964 water year regarding the quality...

By: J. W. Gwynn Analytical studies of the Great Salt Lake, especially those concerning volume, level, salinity and salt load often require that the salinities of the two major bay areas be known, independent of the major north and south arm portions of the...

An Architectural Travel Guide to Utah invites visitors and other explorers of Utah to see the state’s history, material culture, settlement, and natural landscape through the lens of its buildings. With more than 600 buildings as examples, this guide takes readers through Utah’s cities and rural villages,...

By: S. H. Cannon Debris flows are characteristically able to travel long distances over gentle slopes, and they often damage whatever may be in their path. A weakness in current debris-flow hazard assessments is in the lack of information available on the potential extent...

By: S. N. Eldredge The Utah Geological and Mineral Survey (UGMS) received funding for two years from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for landslide inventory work. UGMS intended to develop a standard report form and a manual for recording information about Utah landslides, and...

View Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons in 3D.  The canyons will come out of the map using the special 3D glasses.  Several 7.5 minute topographic maps have been combined and printed on the page using 3D technology to produce this poster. Includes one 3D...

By: B. P. Hucka This study is intended to help Utah coal operators plan longwall and room and pillar mining operations. Cleat and joint orientations were performed in 22 active mines located in the Book Cliffs, Wasatch Plateau, Emery, and Coalville coalfields in Utah....

Regional geologic structures in the San FranciscoMountains vicinity, southwestern Utah, are investigatedusing aeromagnetic and gravimetric data.Aeromagnetic data indicate a buried Tertiarypluton whose north boundary runs east to west acrossthe study area and which extends beyond the coverageof the aeromagnetic map to the east, south...

By: D. Keele and J. Evans The focus of this study is the sedimentary and structural petrography and petrology of the Jurassic Nugget Sandstone in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. Approximately 2700 ft of core from three wells were described and sampled for petrographic...

by Trevor H. Schlossnagle, Janae Wallace, and Nathan Payne This study provides land-use planners with science-based tools for approving new development in a manner that will protect groundwater quality in the communities of Newcastle, Kanarraville, Summit, and Paragonah. Other Information: Published: 2023 Pages: 27...

by Trevor H. Schlossnagle and Torri Duncan Summary Rockville is a small rural town in southwestern Utah that is experiencing an increase in residential development. Because potential future septic-tank systems may overlie the principal drinking water aquifer for Rockville, city officials asked the Utah...

By: M. Lowe, J. Wallace, and C. E. Bishop, editors Cedar Valley, Iron County, is experiencing an increase in residential development, much of which uses septic tank soil-absorption systems for wastewater disposal. Septic tank soil-absorption systems are considered one of the major potential sources...

by Taylor Boden and Andrew Rupke This database is a compilation of geochemical analytical data from Mineral Land Assessments (MLAs) prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Mines that cover Wilderness Study Areas in Utah and were prepared from 1982 through 1992. The analytical data...

By: Buck Ehler Lake Bonneville has inspired, intrigued, and fascinated countless people since the first map depicting its maximum extent was published in G.K. Gilbert's Lake Bonneville monograph in 1890.  Were it not for the prominent Bonneville, Provo, and other relic shorelines across the...

THE PUZZLE IS HERE.  COME AND GET YOURS TODAY The Natural Resources Map & Bookstore has recently released a new jigsaw puzzle titled "Ancient Lake Bonneville". This 500-piece puzzle offers a captivating glimpse into the prehistoric lake that once covered much of Utah. The...

The Colorado Plateau is one of the world's great showplaces of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock. The plateau's rocky landscapes are home to the greatest concentration of national parks and monuments in the world. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau highlights the plateau's magnificent...

By: David Grant Noble This Fourth edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and many newly opened archaeological sites. From Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas to the Zuni-Acoma T Rail in New...

The distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as...

The distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as...

The distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as...