Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2018 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2018, in acre-feet
Area Wells Diameter of 12 inches or more Irrigation1 Industrial1 Public Supply1 Domestic and Stock Total Returns2
Ashley Creek and Brush Creek 19 0 145 2,757 0 0 2,902 0
Bear Lake Valley 2 0 0 0 259 0 259 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 11 0 2,657 515 7,566 0 10,737 0
Bear River/Cache Valley 41 0 12,861 3,006 13,936 1,500 31,303 0
Beaver Valley 6 2 14,316 0 474 500 15,290 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 18 3 96,949 1,543 757 650 99,899 0
Black Rock Area 2 0 1,799 21,713 22 0 23,534 24,410
Blue Creek Valley 2 0 384 184 99 0 667 0
Bountiful Area 1 1 91 1,574 10,540 0 12,206 0
Cedar City Valley 17 0 33,803 11 9,418 2,600 45,833 0
Cedar Valley 4 0 1,605 2 4,389 0 5,996 0
Central Sevier River 18 0 28,207 205 3,825 838 33,076 0
Curlew Valley 0 0 49,472 0 118 80 49,671 0
Deep Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 40 0 1 50 1,277 0 1,328 0
Dugway Area 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0
Escalante River 5 0 0 4 344 0 348 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fremont River 12 0 0 0 357 0 357 0
Goshen Valley 6 0 24,677 322 216 100 25,316 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 0 0 0 15,859 0 0 15,859 0
Grouse Creek Valley 2 1 1,994 0 0 40 2,034 0
Hamlin Valley 1 0 1,021 0 0 0 1,021 0
Hansel Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 13 1 197 29 2,242 0 2,468 0
Indianola Area 7 0 0 1 99 0 101 0
Juab Valley 11 3 21,228 646 990 480 23,344 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 1 0 42 0 1,624 0 1,666 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 1 0 0 0 8 0 8 0
Milford Area 4 1 59,584 13,620 514 0 73,717 12,228
Moab Vicinity 5 0 21 88 693 0 802 0
Muddy Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nine Mile Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slope of the Uinta Mountains 5 0 0 0 246 0 246 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 6 1 12,139 6,407 44,557 600 63,703 521
Northern Utah Valley-west 1 0 2,790 23 1,891 200 4,905 0
Ogden Valley 19 1 14 0 11,522 0 11,537 0
Pahvant Valley 4 3 118,455 0 1,031 320 119,806 0
Paria River 0 0 6 0 449 0 455 0
Park Valley 3 0 2,005 0 0 30 2,035 0
Parowan Valley 6 1 37,492 59 1,054 360 38,965 0
Pilot Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pine Valley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleasant Valley and Pariette Draw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Price River 0 0 0 911 210 0 1,121 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 3 163 0 0 166 0
Rush Valley 15 0 4,268 2 471 0 4,741 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 0 0 1,363 0 7,182 0 8,545 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 1 0 1,097 17,884 37,894 0 56,875 13
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 0 0 2,308 4,969 10,778 0 18,055 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 2 0 3,964 6,453 6,108 0 16,524 0
San Juan River 3 0 46 166 366 0 578 0
San Rafael River 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Sanpitch River 30 0 5,073 514 1,377 1,100 8,065 0
Sevier Desert 10 0 56,528 3,053 2,066 890 62,538 0
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 0 0 3,800 3,118 650 0 7,568 0
Snake River Tributaries 0 0 911 0 0 0 911 0
Snake Valley 3 0 24,258 0 81 100 24,439 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 3 0 32 4,736 0 0 4,768 0
Southern Utah Valley 25 1 12,643 1,271 11,855 900 26,670 0
Spanish Valley 5 0 1,007 0 1,961 0 2,968 0
Tooele Valley 13 0 14,909 357 12,163 910 28,339 0
Tule Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 1 0 0 0 166 0 166 0
Upper Sevier River 16 0 0 1 1,132 0 1,133 0
Virgin River 14 2 10,169 174 21,001 0 31,343 0
Wah Wah Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 1 0 3,271 427 25,043 1,100 29,841 0
Weber River 46 0 522 238 7,472 0 8,232 0
Western Moab Vicinity 0 0 9 6 12 0 28 0
White Canyon 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 0
Total 491 21 670,138 113,067 268,713 13,298 1,065,216 37,172
1Data provided by Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. Some irrigation data is computed by the USGS.
2Groundwater pumped back into aquifer.
Methods used to calculate pumpage totals were modified in 2018 and prior year totals may not be directly comparable to those computed after 2017.