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Research about Goshen Valley, Utah Valley

Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Goshen Valley, Utah Valley.

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USGS1995

Hydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah

The ground-water resources of southern Utah and Goshen Valleys were assessed from 1988 to 1993 to determine the effects that additional ground-water withdrawals would have on water levels, surface water, and water quality. Recharge, movement, and discharge of ground-water were emphasized. The main ground-water system in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys is in the unconsolidated basin-fill deposits. Recharge to the ground-water system from streams, canals, irrigation, precipitation, intermittent and ephemeral runoff, and subsurface inflow was estimated to be 120,000 acre-feet in southern Utah Valley and 30,000 acre-feet in Goshen Valley in 1990. Discharge from the ground-water system to springs and drains, by evapotranspiration, to wells, streams, canals, Utah Lake, and sewer systems was estimated to be 130,000 acre-feet in southern Utah Valley and 33,000 acre-feet in Goshen Valley in 1990. Release from storage from March 1990 to March 1991 was estimated to be 9,800 acre-feet in southern Utah Valley and 3,400 acre-feet in Goshen Valley. Observed water-level fluctuations indicate that irrigation is not a major source of recharge in either valley and that precipitation is not a major source in Goshen Valley. In southern Utah Valley, water levels in March 1991 were not significantly different from water levels in March 1965. In Goshen Valley, water levels in March 1991 were higher than water levels in March 1965. A three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground-water flow model was used to simulate the ground-water system in the unconsolidated basin-fill deposits of southern Utah and Goshen Valleys. The steady-state conditions of 1949 and annual transient-state conditions from 1949 to 1990 were used to calibrate the model. Model-computed water-level declines of less than 20 feet are projected if municipal well withdrawals increase by 10,000 acre-feet per year. Model-computed water-level declines of 20 feet in southern Utah Valley and 40 to 80 feet in Goshen Valley are projected if well withdrawal is increased by 200 percent of the 1990 withdrawals.

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USGS1993

Selected hydrologic data for southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah, 1890-1992

This report contains hydrologic data collected in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys from 1890 to 1992. Southern Utah and Goshen Valleys are south of Salt Lake City in Utah County, north-central Utah. The area is bounded on the east and south by the Wasatch Range, on the south by Long Ridge, on the west by the East Tintic Mountains and the Mosida Hills, and on the north by a line through about the middle of T. 7 S. Southern Utah Valley and Goshen Valley are divided by the northern tip of Long Ridge, West Mountain, and Utah Lake (Cordova, 1970). The area is in the Basin and Range physiographic province described by Fenneman (1931), and includes about 390 square miles. Most of the data in this report were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. Some of the earlier data were published previously by Cordova (1969 and 1970). The purpose of this report is to provide hydrologic data for use by the general public and by officials managing the area's water resources, and to document data collected during a 4-year study of the ground-water resources in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys. Tables 1 to 8 contain selected ground- and surface-water data. Select data, including well depth and water level, is given for over 400 wells, and chemical analyses are given of samples from about 90 wells. The numbering system used in Utah for hydrologic-data sites is illustrated in figure 1. Hydrologic-data sites are shown on plate 1. These data could not have been collected without the cooperation of local residents and officials of irrigation companies and municipalities, who permitted access to their wells and property.

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USGS1969

Selected hydrologic data, southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah

The purpose of this report is to present basic geologic, ground-water, surface-water, and quality of water data that are useful for the study and effective development of the water resources of southern Utah and Goshen Valleys. This report supplements an interpretive report which will be published later. Much of the basic data was collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, during the years 1935-67. Data collected by other organizations are also included in this report.

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