Ground-Water Resources of the Lower Bear River Drainage Basin, Box Elder County, Utah (TP-44)

By: L. J. Bjorklund & L. J. McGreevy

The lower Bear River drainage basin consists of about 730 square miles in north-central Utah, north of and adjacent to Bear River Bay of the Great Salt Lake. An average of about 1,180,000 acre-feet of surface water entered the basin annually during 1960-71; most of this water entered in the Bear River and in canals diverted from the Bear River. Several streams develop from springs within the drainage basin and both the Bear and Malad Rivers gain considerably in flow within the drainage basin, mostly from ground-water discharge. An average amount of about 972,000 acre-feet of surface water leaves the drainage basin annually and flows toward the Great Salt Lake.

This report is intended to aid public officials and water users in the lower Bear River drainage basin to develop, conserve, and administer their water resources. Although the report is primarily about ground water, it describes the relation of ground water to surface water and presents a general water-budget analysis. It discusses the sources, occurrence, availability, quantity, movement, chemical quality, and development of the ground water and the effects of climate, geology, and development on the ground water. The appendix of the report describes the well- and spring-numbering system and defines some units and terms.

Other Information:
Published: 1974
Pages: 65 p.
Plates: 5 pl.
Location: Box Elder County
Media Type: Paper Publication