Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of UtahPowell, John Wesley
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Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
Powell, John Wesley
Irrigation -- Utah; Irrigation -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- United States; Rain and rainfall -- West (U.S.)
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| | Square| |
| Districts. | miles.| Acres. |
+----------------------------------------+-------+--------+
|Cherry Creek | .2 | 100 |
|Judd Creek | .2 | 100 |
|Levan | 3.1 | 2,000 |
|Scipio | 2.6 | 1,700 |
|Holden | 1.6 | 1,000 |
|Fillmore and Oak Creek | 5.5 | 3,500 |
|Meadow Creek | 1.9 | 1,200 |
|Kanosh | 3.1 | 2,000 |
|Beaver Creek and tributaries | 21.9 | 14,000 |
|Paragoonah | 1.5 | 1,000 |
|Parowan | 1.5 | 1,000 |
|Summit | .6 | 400 |
|Cedar City, Iron City, and Fort Hamilton| 3.6 | 2,300 |
|Mountain Meadows | .3 | 200 |
|Pinto | .3 | 200 |
|Hebron | 1.6 | 1,000 |
| +-------+--------+
| Total | 49.5 | 31,700 |
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CHAPTER IX.
IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THAT PORTION OF UTAH DRAINED BY THE COLORADO RIVER
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
BY A. H. THOMPSON.
That portion of Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries
belongs to a great basin limited on the north by the Uinta Mountains
and on the west by the high plateaus that separate the drainage of the
Colorado from that of the salt lakes of the interior, and extending
beyond the limits of the Territory on the east and south. The floor
of this basin is extremely rough, being broken by isolated groups of
rugged mountains, by plateaus encircled with cliffs of almost vertical
rock, by mesas and amphitheaters, and huge monumental and castellated
buttes. Everywhere the surface is cut and carved with a network of
cañons, hundreds and often thousands of feet in depth.
The main channel through which its drainage passes to the sea is the
Colorado, and its proper upper continuation, the Green River.
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