Show STREAMS IN UTAH i Will ia BE lIE STUDIED Government to Pay Closer Closel At- At tenton to Supply of All Al Rivers 1 SALT LAKE HEADQUARTERS I District Being Apportioned by Geological Surey Sur rin Co Cohering 1 I Mountain micr Republican Special Service Washington JAil Jart 20 Tho O. Tho United States geological sur o survey announces announces' that thaL the tile state slate of oC Utah is to be made i ith th tile the center of or a n now flOw river measurement Heretofore c the lie work performed tier per formed in this state has been carried on in connection with wih similar work worl in In other Otiler states or 0 as a unit by b Itself Preliminary plaits contemplate the tie designation of a n new to district t that will Include Utah Idano Nevada ado c and pos pos- eLii a part of or Wyoming 01 with headquarters head heat quarters lual al at Salt Sail Ll Lake City or Ogden There i is no state In rn the time Union In iii which tho the observations of oC stream how flow are arc more Important to future development de tIe- de- de than Utah Claim Uth As 5 is well known the tile arid conditions gemler generally s ally prevailing throughout the time stat make male it I necessary that the How Inthe in inthe intile the tile various arlous rivers liels be utilized to lo th fullest extent To secure such a 1 re result it suit sult sui It i is necessary sn to know leo not onh the tile amounts of water led carried crIed in th Ut 01 I stream at normal and und low periods but buta a also o at nt flood periods It IL I. I is the tile hoot Hood water that Is to a n large degree d d- d tJ- tJ cd u upon lIon to 1 fill n storage reservoirs reser 0 Is I's an and alon along with the lie stream now flow measurements there must be c reconnaissance recon econ and antI surveys SUles of or available u t stora storage e rc reservoir oh er sites l- l fOI for HIJi Prepared The report of the tue river flow rl er fow mla mi a in lum Utah during tile the yen year 1 lOG Is 15 now noi being bine prepared tImId and Ull will wil b bready b bready for fur free ready distribution within a u lime time In Iii tills timis report will wili wi b ha b. b a complete record of or the at observation observation- 0 1 antI and measurements at the tile following stat stations Ions Green at Jensen This station is located at Jensen a about fifteen miles mies from rom Vernal The ho drainage drain u age e area aleo a above o c tills station staton is f square mies miles Ii es Past measurements hart haA shown that the How flow varies according ing to season from G to 2080 cubic feet per second Green Grcen River nl cr at it Tili Thi Thiv mca measurement station staton was established in ill discontinued in and 1111 re n reestablished ri esta established In iii I It I is Js is located at ai atthe the time Illo JUo Grande e Western a railway bridge at Green River At t low un anti and ordinary stage stages the ito Ij discharge eha c iwas- iwas are ate made from flom a ferry fori- tOlT boal boat at a point to GOO feet fee a above u c tin tilt bridge High water measurements measurement are ule made malic from tie the bridge ge Measurements Measure Measure- lea tl ments monts the year car ItU show thai that tho time flot fow ii in I time the stream varies arles front from J O to cubic feet per second while the total discharge for fOl ot theCa the tile year Ca was tas wa aero acme feet The hl he t l ii during May Ia and Juno June and and Iho tue lowest from froni December Decem Decem- her ber tp ti February February- Inclusive l e. Wa Wate m te tc Goes ot s Into Great l Beat Bear 1 near Thi lun Thi station is located six si miles from Collinston Col Col- linston on the thc Oregon Short t Shur Line LIH Ia rail I. I road It I is al tit tile the lower cl 10 end of th the can canyon on separating Cache Cacile and Great area Salt Lake valleys and antI the len measure measurements ure ments show the time amount of or waler that is discharged c a a. a waste Into Great Salt Sait I Lake alc rin D During the tile year cor 1905 the time tIl discharge go char o varied from ten len cubic feet per JCl second Ii II In August to 2760 cubic cuble feet per second in iii May Ia There herc was wa a a large Jarge discharge during the entire year except In iii Jul Julan July Juh an and August August The Thc total discharge tom for forthe fO the tilt year Cal el was acre feet feel Los Logan River Hirer near L Logan Logan Logan-Loga nn-Logal nn Logan Logani ii i river rises on omi the west iest slope of or the tilt Hear Bear Belr River range range Jow lions lion's southwest ct then northwest and alIt unites with Bear Beam river near Benson Bensol Utah Tho entire en en- tire lire lre basin bain Is rough the tile cle elevations elevation range from 1500 to lo f feet ot above sea eo ea level level Tile The stream is Js confined Jal largely to lu a steep rough channel in a Probably Pro comparatively narrow canyon ably alir fourths of time the precipitation tion lon In tho tilO basin is 15 snow now the melting of which forms the chief source of supply for tOt the lie spring and early carl summer sum sum- mer mel now ion The Thc low losi lo summer and ter tet tel how Is IB derived deri from springs n which arc ale fro arcell ell iveli wel distributed over o basin The entire flow fo of the river rl Uc after utilized furnish being to power powel powell l at t two el I light ht plants near the tue mouth of time the canyon is used use for tOI gaton gation Pa Past t measurements show sho that the thc flow is fairly steady varying vary van In ing from flom yC JO G to GIG cubic feet per second see sec ond with wih a total toll discharge for COI the tile year 1903 of or aero acre f et I In 11 ii lih FOl Fork Blacksmith Fork FOIk near Hyrum Tills This is s a tributary of Logan Losan river rl Only the thc Hood and antI winter tIl discharge leach each the tue Logan Los the time entire spring antI and summer v fio Ho being used for or Jr Irrigation Lieu tion ton upon tillable lands hands Measurements Measure Measure- ments for lor the thc year cm 1305 1103 show ho that the tile flow flou no varied from rom 18 IS to io U cubic feet feo per second with a total discharge e elIm lIm during In tile the jear ear cal of ot 7 7 70 acre acm feet Weber n River r n near a Oal Oakley Weber 11 1 river rises in the time northern slope of C ll tile Uinta mountains and antI 10 flows flows- 1 northwestward north westward into Great Bt Salt Sal Luke Lake The TIme greater part of or the thC precipitation in inthis this sin basin lain is in 10 the tIme form of or snow now html but hula buta a large part of the normal flow low Is tic dc- rivet rl from springs s well distributed distribute tHel over cr tile the mca area The LIme s station near neal Oakley Oak Oak- Ic he ley was e established In October 1904 and Is located approximately OO feet fel south of or f th the main canyon root Toad road and about 3 aho above e Oakley The Tho ob- ob j lect ct of ot maintaining this tills station Is t is' is determine the time amount of oC water available aal avail avail- able bl for rOl om diversion through h the low lu Canias Kamas Pass Pas Into 1110 Provo Pro river rhel Measurements Meas ul for 01 to th the year yeah eal 1905 shun show ho thai the the discharge of ff lh time the stream varjo from 5 52 to lG O cubic cubla t feet et per second with wih u a total discharge o of a about out acre aLe pet tar fut forio io tho year Sta Station Near ll Cro limit Another AnAlar I ton Is maintained un on UI Weber ehl river near hear CIo Croydon lIon an and still HUI another near Plain CH City The Time CIO Croy don measurements meas mC show a H variation In discharge from morum r 52 t to cubic cule feet per amr second with a n total discharge e for the year ear 10 1305 of acm c I feet The Plain CH City measurements show a total discharge to for fol- I the same me period of about l OOOO acre feet Other stations maintained d In this thin Ull basin ba ln are arc at ut Lost creek near neal Cro Croydon on and lud at Chalk Chall at nt Coal Provo Pro fJ ot nl River near Provo Pro O Unusual ly J I good records of ot tho time how fow of or tills this river arc aro available for tor station has ha ha been een maintained since Jul July 1899 it t was vas to determine I tho How JIow of or UI Uio Pru o Provo Il all tl I r J diversions to tn I Utah J Lake lc alt valley alley bi In since its establishment a small cans catu caU has hus been taken aJen out 3 miles mies above o tI th station staton and the lie system of the Te Tt- luride Power 01 company's compans compan's plant ha beon extended by by-a by u new flume of or suf sue capacity to lu divert the normal how of or the stream I fio ally aU aUno no water waler parses ases es time Hie tle st ton lion Ion except In food hood und Imd It it Is fR nece ilece tary y to tl gage age th time the how fuw In the T company's in il order oter to t ii a 3 an aim estimate of the tile total In tin tilt river On August 23 10 1905 low a measure tl rent showed a discharge e of only abul one half a foot Coot per er second at ut th hi Provo Pro station The TIme total for tOl UI the tile year wn was OO feet teet I I- addition to tIlls there thel were discharge through the time e I Power com Ian pany's s flume about acre acie foul Other Jilter Stations Maintained Other Othel measurement stations station main tamed In Utah Uth b by the United JI 11 States State Geological Survey Ir lire are Hobble creek at I Je Indian cre creek k at Straw Prie Pric II river I at Helper ale J rivet river at ut Sevle Sevier river rivet at Mary vale Spanish Fork river nt at Lake Luk SJ 81 Ich I Fork river at lit Spanish Fort Fori n Stra Strawberry Wb rl creek l ut lWhite val val I ey lo 1 White river at Dragon 1 The Cue Survey ul o n an that a r report orl l IB Is b K wl tOIl l on nn In ns Into tho the anS water supplies of oC leaver Beaver er valley it held field work in ti 1111 preparation for was teas affair l he t iner tail al la lum |