Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 114 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 114 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 114 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; stations located at richfield and delta record climatological data representative of the sevier river area the mean annual precipitation recorded at these stations is 7.8 78 78 inches the mean annual temperature is 497fo 4970f with extremes ranging from 250 25 below zero to a high of 106f 1060f the average frost free period is 135 days and the growing season averages about 156 days 3 30 topography and physiography the uinta mountains several peaks of which exceed 13000 feet extend eastward from the north south trending wasatch range forming the northern boundary of the uinta basin and the watershed which supplies much of the unit water the uinta mountain range is one of the few east west oriented ranges in the united stateso states stateson this range is about 150 miles long and 50 miles wide the southern slope of the uinta mountains in the bonneville unit area is drained by the duchesne river a tributary of the green and colorado rivers duchesne river tributaries tributa ries that would be intercepted by the strawberryaqueduct strawberry aqueduct collection system are strawberry river west fork of the duchesne river and rock creek creeko creedo sub tributaries subtributaries tributa ries rles include southfork south fork rock creek hades creek twin creek wolf creek currant creek layout creekand Cree creek kand hand and water hollow creeko creek creedo the bonneville basin portion of the unit extends about 250 miles along the western base of the wasatch mountains from salt lake city south to and including sevier river drainage area the bonneville basin portion also includes heber valley and part of kamas valley along the provo river in addition to provo river a number of other streams in the unit area flow westward from the wasatch mountains to the floor of bonneville basino basin listed in sequence from north to south the major streams include city creek red butte creek emigration creek parleys creek big and little cottonwood creeks american fork river provo river hobble creek spanish fork forkriver river salt creek Cree creekand kand and chicken creek in the bonneville basin the slope and the drainage are gently toward great salt lake which occupies the lowest portion of the basin the water surface elevation of the lake is approximately 4200 feet the area from salt lake city to panguitch is separated by low hills into four valleys sevier river valley is located to the south juab and utah valleys in the center and salt lake valley on the north the sevier river flows northward through garfield plute sevier sanpete San pete and juab counties then turns south into millard county the elevation of the sevier valley floor varies from about 7000 feet in the south 114 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/6378 |
