Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2020 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2020, 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 26 0 219 2,429 0 0 2,649 0
Bear Lake Valley 2 0 0 0 271 0 271 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 16 0 2,791 712 8,636 0 12,139 0
Bear River/Cache Valley 33 0 12,556 3,299 13,236 1,500 30,592 0
Beaver Valley 1 0 15,606 0 540 500 16,646 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 29 5 110,994 1,808 916 650 114,368 404
Black Rock Area 3 0 2,241 22,584 26 0 24,851 19,756
Blue Creek Valley 0 0 382 210 99 0 690 0
Bountiful Area 0 0 446 1,749 11,381 0 13,576 0
Cedar City Valley 22 1 34,715 143 10,176 2,600 47,635 0
Cedar Valley 7 0 5,435 57 4,245 0 9,737 0
Central Sevier River 21 0 32,802 252 3,883 838 37,775 0
Curlew Valley 1 0 48,044 0 145 80 48,269 0
Deep Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 77 0 5 153 1,573 0 1,731 0
Dugway Area 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0
Escalante River 0 0 0 3 298 0 301 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 44 0 0 44 0
Fremont River 7 0 0 0 575 0 575 0
Goshen Valley 5 0 30,098 1,014 124 100 31,337 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 0 0 0 14,628 0 0 14,628 0
Grouse Creek Valley 0 0 2,983 0 0 40 3,023 0
Hamlin Valley 3 0 1,040 0 0 0 1,040 0
Hansel Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 12 1 287 2,158 2,314 0 4,759 0
Indianola Area 9 0 0 2 134 0 136 0
Juab Valley 7 0 26,486 1,785 957 480 29,708 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 2 0 35 2 1,853 0 1,890 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 1 0 0 0 27 0 27 0
Milford Area 8 4 46,863 13,547 628 132 61,170 10,818
Moab Vicinity 12 0 16 71 749 0 836 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 0 209 0 209 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 2 1 18,006 8,048 53,120 600 79,774 427
Northern Utah Valley-west 0 0 3,223 246 2,701 200 6,370 0
Ogden Valley 20 0 22 0 11,505 0 11,527 0
Pahvant Valley 11 4 140,795 11 1,261 320 142,387 0
Paria River 1 0 6 2 477 0 485 0
Park Valley 1 0 1,346 0 0 30 1,376 0
Parowan Valley 10 0 38,464 333 815 360 39,972 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 0 430 151 0 581 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 1 130 0 0 131 0
Rush Valley 24 0 4,091 342 535 0 4,967 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 1 0 1,039 2 8,146 0 9,187 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 0 0 2,192 5,237 40,182 0 47,611 162
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 1 0 2,837 4,454 12,288 0 19,579 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 2 0 3,187 10,211 6,237 0 19,635 0
San Juan River 1 0 6 357 114 0 478 0
San Rafael River 1 0 0 15 0 0 15 0
Sanpitch River 40 0 4,441 796 905 1,100 7,241 0
Sevier Desert 9 1 58,808 6,511 2,413 890 68,622 0
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 0 0 358 3,289 425 0 4,073 0
Snake River Tributaries 0 0 1,079 0 0 0 1,079 0
Snake Valley 1 0 24,707 8 77 100 24,892 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 2 0 48 5,359 0 0 5,408 0
Southern Utah Valley 23 0 11,810 2,620 14,705 900 30,035 0
Spanish Valley 2 0 486 0 2,110 0 2,597 0
Tooele Valley 14 2 16,403 612 13,507 910 31,432 0
Tule Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 8 3 0 0 189 0 189 0
Upper Sevier River 16 0 0 0 1,037 0 1,038 0
Virgin River 24 2 8,078 481 21,603 2,240 32,402 0
Wah Wah Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 3 1 5,839 1,095 26,386 1,100 34,419 0
Weber River 50 4 390 357 8,587 0 9,333 0
Western Moab Vicinity 2 0 20 8 9 0 36 0
White Canyon 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 0
Total 584 29 721,726 117,604 292,667 15,670 1,147,670 31,567
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.