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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 01-419

SELECTED HYDROLOGIC DATA FOR CEDAR VALLEY, IRON COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH 1930-2001

By James H. Howells, James L. Mason, and Bradley A. Slaugh

ABSTRACT

This report presents hydrologic data collected by the U. S. Geological Survey from 1930 to 2001 with emphasis on data collected from 1997 to 2001 as part of a study of ground-water resources in Cedar Valley, Iron County, southwestern Utah (fig. 1). Data collected prior to this study are also presented to show long-term trends. Data were collected during this study in cooperation with the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District; Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources; Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality; Cedar City; and Enoch City; as part of a study to better understand the ground-water resources of Cedar Valley and to assess possible effects of increased ground-water withdrawal on water quality. Quality of ground water in Cedar Valley is variable and water suppliers need to know if additional water resources can be developed without drawing water of lower quality into public-supply wells.

Cedar Valley is in central Iron County at the transitional boundary between the Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau physiographic provinces described by Hunt (1974) and covers about 570 mi2. Additional data from wells west of Cedar Valley and to the south in the vicinity of Kanarraville in the Virgin River drainage (Colorado River Basin) adjacent to the study area are included. Cedar Valley is bounded on the east by the Markagunt Plateau and Red Hills, on the southwest by the Harmony Mountains, on the west by a complex of low hills, and on the north by the Black Mountains. Altitudes in the study area range from about 5,300 ft in Mud Spring Canyon to about 10,400 ft at Blowhard Mountain to the east.

 

This report is contained in the following files:

 

OF01419.pdf (5.1 mb)
Plate1.pdf (7.0 mb)
Plate2.pdf (241 kb)
Plate3.pdf (1.5 mb)

 

The files are readable with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The reader is available for free download from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

CONTENTS

Introduction

References cited

PLATES

  1. Map showing location of selected wells used for water-level measurements, Cedar Valley, Iron County, southwestern Utah
  2. Map showing location of selected wells and surface-water sites where water-quality data were collected, Cedar Valley, Iron County, southwestern Utah
  3. Map showing location of selected wells used for water-level measurements, Cedar Valley, Iron County, southwestern Utah

Send questions or comments about this report to the author, James Howells at jhowells@usgs.gov, 435-590-1898

 

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