Water

By: H. H. Doelling Box Elder County is situated in the northwest corner of Utah bordering with Idaho on the north, Nevada on the west, Tooele and Weber counties on the south and Cache County on the east. It comprises...

By: R. W. Gloyn, D. E. Tabet, B. T. Tripp, C. E. Bishop, C. D. Morgan, J. W. Gwynn, and R. E. BlackettThe Utah Geological Survey has collected and evaluated information on the known and potential energy, mineral, and ground-water...

By: Hugh A. Hurlow, Paul C. Inkenbrandt, and Trevor H. Schlossnagle Summary This report summarizes the findings of a hydrogeologic study of Juab Valley in eastern Juab County, Utah, conducted in 2015–20 by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). The principal work...

By: R. W. Gloyn, C. D. Morgan, D. E. Tabet, R. E. Blackett, B. T. Tripp, and M. LoweThe Utah Geological Survey has summarized information on the known and potential mineral and energy resources in San Juan County. The compilation...

By: F. X. Ashland, C. E. Bishop, M. Lowe, and B. H. Mayes, editors Urbanization of parts of the Snyderville basin has been accompanied by an increasing demand to develop the area?s ground-water resources. Ground water is present in shallow...

By: S. M. Kirby Recent residential growth in unincorporated portions of San Juan County north and east of Blanding utilizes ground water derived primarily from sandstone of the undivided Dakota and Burro Canyon Formations for culinary water. The primary source...

By: B. N. Kaliser Twenty-four counties in Utah were surveyed in 1983-84 to compile this summary of known geological events related to the 1983 wet year. It is hoped that this summary and the one by Davis will provide a...

By: M. Lowe and I. D. Sanderson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals - alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine - used in Utah as herbicides in the production of...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

By Lauren Bunce, Tim Lowenstein, and Elliot Jagniecki Summary This report and accompanying database is a compilation of major and minor ion chemistry data from spring, river, and lake water samples collected in and around Great Salt Lake (GSL), northern...

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...

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...

By Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Thomas H. Morris, Stephanie M. Carney, Ashley D. Hansen, John H. McBride, and Craig D. Morgan 102 p., 3 appendices, 1 plate, SS-167 Summary The Early Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, famous for massive cross-bedding, represents a...

By: Hugh HurlowThis report characterizes the lithology of the younger (i.e., Quaternary) basin fill of the Malad–Lower Bear River basin in north-central Utah to provide a geologic framework for evaluation of groundwater flow and the potential effects of additional future...

By: Paul InkenbrandtThis study is an investigation of the feasibility of an aquifer storage and recovery project using the existing water supply infrastructure of the city of Millville, Utah. The project involved injecting water from a public water supply spring...

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...

By: W. E. Mulvey and W. R. Lund Surficial deposits in the Black Rock Desert of west-central Utah, in an area encompassing 12 7.5-minute topographic quadrangles, were mapped at a scale of 1:100,000. The Black Rock Desert is the southern...

By: Tyler Knudsen, Paul Inkenbrandt, William Lund, Mike Lowe, and Steve BowmanThis 116-page report presents the results of an investigation by the Utah Geological Survey of land subsidence and earth fissures in Cedar Valley, Iron County, Utah. Basin-fill sediments of...

By: Lucy JordanThis 53-page report details aquifer parameter estimation in and near Cedar Valley, west of Utah Lake and the Lake Mountains, in Utah County, Utah. The UGS conducted five aquifer tests on the two most important aquifers in the...