Wetlands

by Miles McCoy-Sulentic, Diane Menuz, Denise Culver, and Elisabeth Stimmel This field guide is an easy-to-use plant identification resource for both amateur and experienced natural resource professionals working in the Central Basin and Range ecoregion of Utah. The field guide can help users identify...

By: Tyler R. Knudsen The purpose of this study is to provide the National Park Service (NPS) and other land managers with geographic information system (GIS)-based information on the kind and location of geologic hazards that may affect existing and future development and visitor...

By: Kathryn Ladig, Rebecca Molinari, Kayla Smith, Trevor H. Schlossnagle, J. Lucy Jordan, Diane Menuz, Janae Wallace, Hugh Hurlow, Paul C. Inkenbrandt, and Christian Hardwick The Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve (“the Preserve”) is a rare riparian environment in the Colorado River corridor...

By:  Adam P. McKean, Emily J. Kleber, Greg N. McDonald, Elizabeth A. Balgord, and W. Adolph Yonkee Summary: The North Ogden 7.5-minute quadrangle is in the eastern Basin and Range Province in the northern Wasatch Range, Utah. The Wasatch Range forms a high ridge...

By: C. E. Bishop, M. Lowe, J. Wallace, R. L. Emerson, and J. S. Horn The east shore area of Great Salt Lake in Davis County, which contains the Farmington Bay wetlands, is in a formerly rural area along the southeastern margin of Great...

By:  Elliot Jagniecki, Andrew Rupke, Taylor Boden, Erin Brinkman, and Jake Alexander Summary: This Report of Investigation focused on identifying sources of lithium recharge of Great Salt Lake (GSL). Endorheic basins, like GSL, are chemical repositories for continental brines that evolve from long-term evaporative...

By:  Peter Goodwin, Grant Mauk, Rebecca Molinari, and Elisabeth Stimmel Summary: The Utah Geological Survey recently mapped over 7,000 distinct wetlands (123,000 acres) to update the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) mapping across a rapidly urbanizing area in Utah Valley. They also mapped spring locations...

By: Adam Hiscock Summary: The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) maintains a database of Quaternary-active faults in Utah as a layer on the Utah Geologic Hazards Portal web application. This data release is intended to supplement the UGS’s large-scale fault mapping projects by adding newly...

By: Ryan D. Gall, Lauren P. Birgenheier, Peyton D. Fausett, Haley H. Coe, Emma A. Morris, Diego P. Fernandez, Laura Wilcock, Michael D. Vanden Berg, Andrew L. Masterson, Aaron M. Jubb, Justin E. Birdwell, Logan M. Ashurst-McGee, Nicholas J. Bailey, Andrew R. Giebel, Amanda...

By: Andrew Rupke and Taylor Boden This open-file report provides a reconnaissance-level summary of frac sand potential in Utah. The report was originally commissioned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) to assess frac sand potential on SITLA lands. The report...

By: Stephanie Mills and Andrew Rupke Our country, along with the rest of the world, relies on high-tech devices that require a vast and diverse array of raw materials, many of which are termed “critical minerals.” This term refers to mineral commodities that are...

By: Utah Geological Survey and H. Richard Blank This publication makes available raw analytical data from laboratory analyses completed to determine the geochemistry of rock samples. The samples were collected during geologic mapping of the Central West, Central East, Enterprise, Hebron, and Maple Ridge...

By: Jim Davis and Becka Downard Phragmites is a common reed-like plant in Utah’s wetlands and waterways.This robust grass is one of the most widely distributed wetland plants in the world. In the last few decades, however, the invasive Eurasian subspecies of phragmites (Phragmites...

By: Greg Gavin, Paul Inkenbrandt, Trevor Schlossnagle, and Rebecca Molinar This comprehensive hydrogeologic assessment of Pahvant Valley's aquifer systems, conducted during 2022-2023, evaluated groundwater storage changes, recharge-discharge relationships, and anthropogenic impacts. The investigation integrated multiple analytical methods including potentiometric surface mapping, InSAR subsidence analysis,...

by Peter Goodwin and Rebecca Molinari Phragmites threaten Great Salt Lake wetlands by readily displacing desirable native vegetation, degrading habitats, and diverting water from the lake and surrounding wetlands through increased evapotranspiration water loss. The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) developed this project with FFSL...

By: Diane Menuz and Rebekah Downard Wetlands in Utah are regulated primarily by the federal government under the Clean Water Act (CWA), which requires mitigation to replace ecological services that are lost to permitted activities. This report explores the potential for an In-Lieu Fee...

By: Peter Goodwin and Elisabeth Stimmel This report summarizes a recently completed mapping project along the Provo River that covers nearly 33,800 acres of Wasatch and Summit Counties and includes parts of Heber City, Midway, Francis, and Woodland. This project provides an accurate inventory...

By: Peter Goodwin The Scott and Norma Matheson Wetlands Preserve (the Preserve) occupies nearly 900 acres between the Colorado River and the city of Moab, Utah, and encompasses an extensive floodplain-wetland complex that provides several unique functions in the arid west such as recreation, educational...

By: Peter Goodwin, Rebecca Molinari Summary: This report summarizes a recently completed mapping project in Cache County that had three components: mapping wetland and riparian areas to update NWI mapping; applying additional Landscape Position, Landform, Water Flow path, and Waterbody Type attributes to enhance utility...

By: Elisabeth Stimmel, Peter Goodwin, and Diane Menuz Circular 133 highlights recently updated wetland mapping and related resources available for Cache County that will provide accurate spatial data for responsible urban growth and resource management. Other Information: Published: 2022 Pages: 2