Fremont River (Utah)

Fremont River
river
The Fremont River near Caineville, looking south
Country United States
State Utah
Region Sevier and Wayne counties
Source
 - location Johnson Valley Reservoir
 - elevation 8,819 ft (2,688 m)
 - coordinates 38°36′32″N 111°37′56″W / 38.60889°N 111.63222°W / 38.60889; -111.63222
Mouth Dirty Devil River
 - location near Hanksville, Utah
 - elevation 4,250 ft (1,295 m)
 - coordinates 38°24′10″N 110°41′35″W / 38.40278°N 110.69306°W / 38.40278; -110.69306Coordinates: 38°24′10″N 110°41′35″W / 38.40278°N 110.69306°W / 38.40278; -110.69306
Length 95 mi (153 km)
Basin 751 sq mi (1,945 km2)
Discharge for Bicknell
 - average 83.9 cu ft/s (2 m3/s) [1]
 - max 1,360 cu ft/s (39 m3/s)
 - min 18 cu ft/s (1 m3/s)
The Fremont River near Caineville, looking north

The Fremont River in Utah flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near Hanksville where the two rivers combine to form the Dirty Devil River, a tributary of the Colorado River. The river is 95 miles (153 km) long.[2]

Course

The Johnson Valley Reservoir is fed by Sevenmile Creek (from the north) and Lake Creek (from the southwest). The Fremont River passes through Fremont, Loa, Lyman, Bicknell, Teasdale, and Torrey and provides year round irrigation for the agricultural lands of Rabbit Valley and Caineville. Then it heads through Hanksville and afterwards to its mouth.

Miscellaneous

The Fremont River has a drainage area of 751 square miles (1,950 km2) fed by spring snowmelt off Thousand Lake Mountain, Boulder Mountain, and the northern Henry Mountains. The river is named after John Charles Fremont.[3] It gives its name to the Fremont culture, a Precolumbian archaeological culture.

Flow

Flow (ft^3/s), by month (1977–2003), at Bicknell gauging station:

Month Mean Min Max
January 85.6 54.1 145.0
February 90.9 59.7 140.0
March 86.6 63.7 133.0
April 89.2 66.1 131.0
May 96.2 70.0 135.0
June 112.0 66.4 243.0
July 119.0 63.3 412.0
August 86.4 58.7 163.0
September 70.7 46.1 174.0
October 67.5 50.7 135.0
November 74.2 46.3 139.0
December 77.0 51.4 119.0

See also

References

  1. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2013/pdfs/09330000.2013.pdf
  2. "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 16, 2011.
  3. "Fremont River". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2014.

External links


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