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Show Uintah Basin Fair Edition 1915 - v ...11 I II I .1 .. m. -ar-,. ..... i i r- f ,'"' YT Wn9V ft r S, l' " " ' ' -v I ! - V-r 1 '"'TJ I "" i x i iX., i if -a if - yj '' v C I - A LJ vk :rvj RJ--r h3 - . V . ' ' I l "e 'oUt MAP OF THE UINTAH BASIN UTAH t i 4." FACTS ABOUT THE UINTAH BASIN - J Miles Ions ." . 120 Miles wide , Total area In square miles , . , , 8,400 T Number of acres , , , , u,:$7G,000 $ Number of tillable acres 540.000 f -j- Pojiulation (estimated) 127,000 Number of people to square mile 3 4" Number tillable acres to every family outside .i of cities and towns 300 :f- School ))Oinilation C.000 A Assessed valuation (Uintah county) .... 2,500.000 . Assessed valuation ( Duchesne county) ........ $1,7:59,530 $ Average altitude, feet ' 5..500 f Average number days sunshine in year 325 r Average annual precipitation, 15 years, inches . 0 -T- Hydro-Carbon worth 7.000,000,000 $ J- Number head of sheep ; . . 200,000 -!t Annual wool dip, pounds , , , , - 1,000.000 f Number colonies of bees 5,000 t Honey output worth, li)15 $40,000 Number acres land under cullivalion 1 40,000 -;- Number at res Indian allotments ... , 1 12.000 $ ;; Average date last killing frost in sprlnpf, May 4. i Average dale lirst killing frost In autumn, Oct, t. Mean annual temperature -0. jti Mean maximum lt'j. f Mean minimum " V Average days maximum above !0 ;"U 3 Average days with minimum below 32 ...... . 1H3 Total miles of canals 47"' fi Number ineorporated towns 4 f. Total annual ex)orls. tons 50,000 f Total annual imports, tons 25,000 rjj Number Indians 1,S3 Increase in population since Jan. 1, 1015 1500 J. rr Duchesne county created in 1914 f T- County seat, Duchesne county, Duchesne j. "jt County seat, Uintah county, Vernal - Churches I.aller-Day Saint. Episcopalian. Pros- byterian, Congregational. -J; V Number Academies . ' -;r u- Number High schools if t Number Banking Institutions 4 fc Number newspapers ; 4. LI M..., I.u. . , , . .!Mr OGDEN rj yk Ssl-T LaKO If N r0 -IT ANNUAL RUN-OFF UINTAH BASIN RIVERS $ "i" j- Lake Fork River 202,000 ncro feet Strawberry Iliver , . , , 05,000 acre feet J. Duchesne River 334,000 acre feet $ Uintah River 223,000 acre feet -v- Green River 3,500,000 acre feet -;. Ashley Creek , 25,000 acre feet 1 T Total 4,359,000 acre feet Ono acre foot of water is the amount of water that would covpr one aero of ground to a depth of one foot. i Allowing four acre feet of water to each acre of land, the - run-off from the Green river and Duchesne river watersheds, X would irrigate about 1,090,000 acres of land. J. i J t I f -mi- I - WM-MMMMMIMT FACTS ABOUT UTAH V Area in acres 54.393,000 J j- Area in square miles (gross)' S4.990 fc Land S2.1S4 J $ Water ; 2.S06 Extreme breadth, miles 275 rr i Extreme length, miles 345 rS. Population ( IT. S. census estimate, July 1, 1915) 424,301 $ Increase since 1910 , , 51,501 X X Number cities in Utah 53 ii t Total population of cities 255,000 X Total rural iioulaMon 169,301 t ifc Number persons to square mile 5 .- it Percentage of illiteracy 2.5 X Percentage illiteracy, native whites 0 4 X IT. S. Percentage illiteracy 7.7 X Number families In state 85,000 Population Salt Lake City 114,000 -jr i Assessed valuation, stale, 1914 223,859,715 T i Output precious and semi-precious metals .... $44,000,000 i t Grain, worth $9,000,000 4 ' t- Sugar beets, worth $2,500,000 " X Hay, worth $9,000,000 Dairv j.roducts, worth . , $2,200,000 , f Wool, pounds , . 19,000,000 Poultrv and eggs, worth 1,000,000 t V Sheep, worth f S.S00.000 Live stock industry, worth 15.000,000 X Total value all domestic animals '. 31.000,000 rJL Fruit output, worth 2.000.000 v f Honey output, worth ...,,....,. ' 100.000 $ A, Oulpul metals since 1S77 $509,000,000 J J Dividends from mines. since 1877 120,000,000 X Contents Utah coal fields in tons 196. 54S, 000, 000 Forest reserves in acres 7,430,327 X Revenue to state from forest reserves this year $35,000 j- Average value per acre farm land 29. 2S X Number farms 21,076 T Total value farm liroperty,' including land, build- X ings. machinery, live stock, poultry and bees 100,000,000 X Stale (lower Sego Lily $ X Utah admitted to Union 1896 r Number counties in State . y 5 Unappropriated public land, acres 33,S37,596 E X Total assessed valuation railroad property .... 33,777,000 $ |