Beaver Valley (Utah)

Beaver Valley (Utah)
Valley
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Beaver
Borders on	Mineral Mountains-W & N Tushar Mountains-E Black Mountains (Utah)-S
Reservoir	Minersville Reservoir
Coordinates	38°16′35″N 112°38′20″W / 38.27639°N 112.63889°WCoordinates: 38°16′35″N 112°38′20″W / 38.27639°N 112.63889°W
Lowest point	Beaver River
- location	(outlet, west of Minersville Reservoir)
Length	16 mi (26 km)
Beaver Valley (at Beaver, Utah, countyseat)

Beaver Valley is a 16-mile (26 km) long^[1] small valley located in eastern Beaver County, Utah. The valley is nestled between three mountain ranges, with the Mineral Mountains at its western border, but also an outlying peak section on the mountain range northeast, forming the northern border of the valley.

Beaver Valley is the location of the county seat of Beaver, and from the mountains numerous creeks, streams, and the Beaver River converge. In the valley's southwest, Minersville Reservoir is the downstream region of the valley. From the west end of the reservoir, the Beaver River goes west past Minersville into the northeast of the Escalante Desert, and towards Sevier Lake (north).

Valley description

The valley is mostly a north trending valley. In the north the small mountains at the northeast of the Mineral Mountains divide the valley into a northwest section, and a northeast section, (the route of Interstate 15 to Sulphurdale).

In the valley's center and south, the widest section is about 12-mi wide.^[2] The south end of the valley borders an east-west stretch of the Black Mountains, at its northeast terminus region; I-15 traverses southwest past the mountain range, and into the northeast of Parowan Valley. Also, the south end of the valley has the location of Greenville, Utah, located on the Greenville Bench,^[3] along the east-west mountain foothills.

Access

Interstate 15 traverses the center sections of the valley, north-south. It goes north to Sulphurdale, about 23-mi distant.^[4] South, I-15 turns southwest into the Parowan Valley to meet Parowan. Utah 21 from Minersville, enters the valley's southwest, traverses the southwest of the Minersville Reservoir, and ends at Beaver. From Beaver, Utah State Route 153 transits eastward, and enters the Tushar Mountains through Beaver Canyon, and traverses the center-south of the Tushar range.

References

1. Utah DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 50, 42.
2. Utah DeLorme Atlas, p. 50.
3. Utah DeLorme Atlas, p. 50.
4. Utah DeLorme Atlas, pp. 42, 50.

External links

• Minersville Reservoir, southwest Beaver Valley region, (topoquest)