Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2019 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2019, 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 3 0 42 2,064 55 0 2,161 0
Bear Lake Valley 4 1 0 0 231 0 231 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 8 0 2,253 563 6,086 0 8,902 0
Bear River/Cache Valley 36 1 6,543 3,270 10,689 1,500 22,002 0
Beaver Valley 4 0 10,188 0 460 500 11,148 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 12 5 79,895 1,890 701 650 83,136 0
Black Rock Area 1 0 1,032 22,360 31 0 23,423 18,397
Blue Creek Valley 2 0 383 311 93 0 788 0
Bountiful Area 3 1 231 1,551 8,961 0 10,743 0
Cedar City Valley 13 1 25,197 110 8,622 2,600 36,529 0
Cedar Valley 7 0 2,773 38 3,198 0 6,009 0
Central Sevier River 24 0 31,333 257 3,184 838 35,613 0
Curlew Valley 4 0 37,819 0 106 80 38,005 0
Deep Creek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 46 0 1 145 1,057 0 1,204 0
Dugway Area 0 0 0 0 142 0 142 0
Escalante River 3 0 0 2 251 0 253 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fremont River 9 0 0 0 450 0 450 0
Goshen Valley 1 0 19,117 1,031 132 100 20,380 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 0 0 0 8,929 0 0 8,929 0
Grouse Creek Valley 0 0 1,719 0 0 40 1,759 0
Hamlin Valley 1 0 1,040 0 0 0 1,040 0
Hansel Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 6 0 302 2,353 2,015 0 4,670 0
Indianola Area 5 0 1 2 100 0 102 0
Juab Valley 3 0 18,021 994 268 480 19,763 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 3 0 44 2 1,512 0 1,558 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0
Milford Area 8 2 39,912 13,481 499 132 54,023 12,725
Moab Vicinity 19 0 35 73 743 0 851 0
Muddy Creek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nine Mile Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slope of the Uinta Mountains 2 0 0 0 220 0 220 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 7 4 10,475 8,681 39,200 600 58,957 512
Northern Utah Valley-west 2 1 2,518 126 2,654 200 5,498 0
Ogden Valley 19 1 10 0 10,201 0 10,211 0
Pahvant Valley 8 1 107,191 0 914 320 108,425 0
Paria River 0 0 6 2 428 0 436 0
Park Valley 6 0 1,481 0 0 30 1,511 0
Parowan Valley 6 2 29,780 157 666 360 30,964 0
Pilot Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pine Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleasant Valley and Pariette Draw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Price River 0 0 0 568 94 0 663 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 1 91 0 0 92 0
Rush Valley 5 0 3,188 327 454 0 3,969 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 1 1 1,116 8 5,878 0 7,002 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 6 3 1,218 5,438 32,530 0 39,186 180
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 1 0 2,462 4,764 8,682 0 15,907 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 1 1 2,805 10,078 6,895 0 19,778 0
San Juan River 4 0 3 209 99 0 311 0
San Rafael River 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0
Sanpitch River 33 1 3,084 756 696 1,100 5,637 0
Sevier Desert 6 0 43,476 3,280 1,909 890 49,555 0
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 1 1 642 3,011 315 0 3,968 0
Snake River Tributaries 0 0 526 0 0 0 526 0
Snake Valley 0 0 16,706 8 62 100 16,877 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 3 0 31 6,426 0 0 6,456 0
Southern Utah Valley 17 2 8,877 3,147 9,178 900 22,102 0
Spanish Valley 3 0 135 0 2,094 0 2,229 0
Tooele Valley 17 2 13,782 570 10,489 910 25,751 0
Tule Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 0 0 0 0 184 0 184 0
Upper Sevier River 15 0 0 0 1,327 0 1,327 0
Virgin River 11 3 6,054 290 21,261 2,240 29,844 0
Wah Wah Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 2 2 5,032 1,030 19,428 1,100 26,590 0
Weber River 56 0 376 235 7,050 0 7,662 0
Western Moab Vicinity 0 0 7 6 9 0 22 0
White Canyon 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0
Total 464 36 538,866 108,641 232,552 15,670 895,729 31,814
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.