Ground water in the Escalante Valley, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties, Utah
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Abstract
Escalante Valley in southwestern Utah is one of the largest and most important ground-water areas of the State, with 1,300 square miles of arid land and an additional 1,500 square miles in its tributary drainage basin. Ground water is obtained from gravel and sand beds in the unconsolidated valley fill. In 1950 more irrigation wells were pumped than in any other basin of Utah, and their total pumpage exceeded 80,000 acre-feet. Farming is done chiefly in the Beryl-Enterprise district at the south (upper) end of the valley, where it depends almost entirely upon ground water, and in the Milford and Minersville districts in the northeast-central part of the valley. This progress report concerns chiefly the Beryl-Enterprise and Milford districts.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Title | Ground water in the Escalante Valley, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties, Utah |
| Series title | Technical Publication |
| Series number | 6 |
| Year Published | 1950 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights |
| Publisher location | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Contributing office(s) | Utah Water Science Center |
| Description | 102 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | State or Local Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Twenty-seventh biennial report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Utah: 1948-1950 |
| First page | 109 |
| Last page | 210 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Beaver County, Iron County, Washington County |
| Other Geospatial | Escalante Valley |
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