Water Rights and Water Resources

By: C. T. Sumsion The Spanish Valley area covers about 144 square miles on the western slopes of the La Sal Mountains in southeastern Utah; within it, Spanish Valley comprises about 18 square miles. Altitudes of land surface within the area range from about...

By: J. W. Hood and D. Price Grouse Creek valley is a trough-shaped depression that extends about 30 miles southward from T. 13 N. in the Grouse Creek and Goose Creek Mountains to the Great Salt Lake Desert in T. 7 N. The drainage...

By: C. H. Baker, Jr. The Heber-Kamas-Park City area encompasses about 810 square miles in Wasatch and Summit Counties, in north-central Utah, and includes four mountain valleys - Heber Valley, Rhodes Valley, Parleys Park, and Round Valley-with most of the surrounding watersheds. Parleys Park...

By: E. L. Bolke and D. Price The Curlew Valley drainage basin extends across the Utah-Idaho State line and covers about 1,200 square miles. The valley is bounded on the west, north, and east by mountain ranges and is open to the south where...

By: The upper Fremont River valley, a depression caused by faulting, altered by erosion, and partly filled by alluvium eroded from surrounding highlands, includes about 40 square miles in south-central Utah. The drainage basin which contributes water to the valley includes about 700 square...

By: J. K. Reid, L. E. Carroon, and G. E. Pyper The State of Utah consists essentially of two major drainage basins - the Colorado River Basin on the east and the Great Basin on the west. A small part of the northwest corner...

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: V.M. Heilweil, G.W. Freethey, C.D. Wilkowske, B.J. Stolp, and D.E. Wilberg Because rapid growth of communities in Washington and Iron Counties, Utah, is expected to cause an increase in the future demand for water resources, a hydrologic investigation was done to better understand...

By: P. M. LambertSalt Lake Valley is the main population and industrial center in the State of Utah. Maintenance of an adequate supply of water suitable for domestic use is one of the most important factors in sustaining the current population and industrial activity...

By: P. M. Lambert Salt Lake Valley is the main population and industrial center in the State of Utah. Maintenance of an adequate supply of water suitable for domestic use is one of the most important factors in sustaining the current population and industrial...

By: D. D. Susong Ground-water recharge to basin-fill aquifers from unconsumed irrigation water in the western United States is being reduced as irrigators convert to more efficient irrigation systems. In some areas, these changes in irrigation methods may be contributing to ground-water-Ievel declines and...

A hydrologic investigation of Cache Valley was done to better understand the ground-water system in unconsolidated basin-fill deposits and the interaction between ground water and surface water. Ground-water recharge occurs by infiltration of precipitation and unconsumed irrigation water, seepage from canals and streams, and...

By: L. R. Herbert, C. B. Burden, and B. K. Thomas A seepage study was made during 1989 on selected reaches of the Timpanogos, Wasatch, Sagebrush and Spring Creek, Upper Charleston, and Lower Charleston Canals in Wasatch County, Utah, to determine gains or losses...

By: Division of Water Resources The Weber River Basin includes a significant share of the rugged Wasatch and Uinta mountain ranges with peaks over 11,200 feet high. The total watershed area is estimated at 1.5 million acres of land within Weber, Davis, Morgan and...

By: Division of Water Resources The Utah Lake Basin sits at the base of historic Lake Bonneville in the Great Basin. It is bounded on the east by the Uinta Mountains and the Wasatch Plateaus, on the west by the Oquirrh Mountains and East...

By: Division of Water Resources The Uintah Basin is divided into two drainages: the north slope and the south slope of the Uinta Mountains. The north slope is bounded by the Uinta Mountains to the south, the Wyoming border to the north, the Colorado...

By: Division of Water Resources The Southeast Colorado River Basin is located in the southeast corner of the state and covers 6,976,250 acres in Grand and San Juan counties. The basin area is 12.8 percent of the state. Part of the Navajo Indian Reservoir...

By: Division of Water Resources The Sevier River Basin is located in Central and South Central Utah. It covers nearly 6.8 million acres which contain large variations in topography, climate, soils and vegetation. Elevations drop from 12,173 feet to about 4,500 feet with precipitation...

By: Division of Water Resources The Kanab Creek/Virgin River Basin, Utah, is bounded on the north by the Bull Valley Mountains, Harmony Mountains, Markagunt Plateau and the Paunsaugant Plateau (Bryce Canyon area). The east boundary is Timber Mountain and the eastern hydrologic boundary of...

By: Division of Water Resources The Jordan River is the lower portion of a larger Jordan River/Utah Lake Basin. The Jordan River conveys the outflow from Utah Lake northward some 44 miles and terminates in the Great Salt Lake. The Jordan River passes through...