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.)
Reservoirs, 12, 13, 85, 144
River, Bear. (_See_ Bear River.)
Colorado. (_See_ Colorado River.)
Duchesne. (_See_ Duchesne River.)
Escalante. (_See_ Escalante River.)
Fremont. (_See_ Fremont River.)
Grand. (_See_ Grand River.)
Green. (_See_ Green River.)
Gunnison. (_See_ Gunnison River.)
Jordan. (_See_ Jordan River.)
Ogden. (_See_ Ogden River.)
Paria. (_See_ Paria River.)
Price. (_See_ Price River.)
Provo. (_See_ Provo River.)
San Rafael. (_See_ San Rafael River.)
Sevier. (_See_ Sevier River.)
Uinta. (_See_ Uinta River.)
Virgin. (_See_ Virgin River.)
Weber. (_See_ Weber River.)
White. (_See_ White River.)
Rivers, Land grants in aid of improvement of, 169
Rockwood, Hon. A. P., 113
San Francisco Region, Mean temperature, by seasons, of the, 54
Precipitation of the, 49
Rainy season of the, 54
Seasonal precipitation in the, 53
San Pete Valley, Amount of irrigable land in the, 138
Flow of the streams of the, 138
San Rafael River, Irrigable lands of the, 158, 159
Tributaries of the, 158
San Rafael River, Volume of flow of the, 159
Schott, Mr. Charles A., 46, 69
Seasonal precipitation and temperatures on the Pacific coast, 55
in Arizona and New Mexico, 56
Seasonal precipitation in the Region of the Plains, 52
San Francisco Region, 53
Selection of irrigable lands, 87
Sevier Lake Basin, 94
District, 94
Altitudes in the, 133
Amount of irrigable land in the, 106, 143
Climate of the, 131
Description of the, 106
Irrigable lands of the, 134
Physical characteristics of the, 130
Rainfall of the, 131
Rain gauge records of the, 131
River, Course of the, 129
Volume of flow of the, 139, 140
Irrigable lands of the valley of the, 128
Valley of the, 129
Sierra La Sal, 105
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, 177
Smithsonian Tables of Precipitation, 46, 69
Soil and subsoil, Complicating conditions of, 83
Conditions of, 82
Soils, 145
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, 179
Springs, Opening out of, 74
Use of, in irrigation, 9
Stansbury, Captain Howard, 64, 65, 66
Island, 67
bar, 64, 67
Streams, Descent of, 88
flowing into Great Salt Lake, 72
Flow of, at different periods, 13
Increase in the volume of, 57
Measurement of, 86, 115
of San Pete Valley, Volume of flow of the, 140
of Utah, Fluctuations of the, 115
Practical capacity of, 85
small, Employment of, in irrigation, 7, 11, 12
Strong’s Knob, 67
Sub-humid Region, Boundaries of the, 3
destitute of forests, 4
Mean precipitation of the, 47
Rainfall of the, 4
Supply of water, Method of determining the, 85, 86
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