Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2021 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2021, 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 24 0 249 2,592 0 0 2,840 0
Bear Lake Valley 4 0 0 0 244 0 244 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 17 0 2,914 720 8,206 0 11,841 0
Bear River/Cache Valley 33 2 13,517 3,218 16,985 1,500 35,219 0
Beaver Valley 7 2 16,562 22 420 500 17,504 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 42 6 110,923 2,039 670 650 114,282 404
Black Rock Area 0 0 2,242 24,687 23 0 26,951 21,552
Blue Creek Valley 1 0 383 335 110 0 828 0
Bountiful Area 1 0 421 2,216 10,269 0 12,905 0
Cedar City Valley 30 1 34,737 366 10,038 2,600 47,741 0
Cedar Valley 4 0 5,453 83 3,446 0 8,982 0
Central Sevier River 33 2 32,796 243 3,766 838 37,643 0
Curlew Valley 5 3 51,178 0 125 80 51,382 0
Deep Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 134 0 24 108 1,686 0 1,817 0
Dugway Area 12 0 2,888 0 134 0 3,022 0
Escalante River 11 0 0 3 281 0 284 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0
Fremont River 9 0 0 0 550 0 550 0
Goshen Valley 1 0 26,398 872 126 100 27,495 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 1 1 0 15,481 0 0 15,481 0
Grouse Creek Valley 0 0 2,983 0 0 40 3,023 0
Hamlin Valley 1 0 1,039 0 0 0 1,039 0
Hansel Valley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 25 0 221 3,266 2,157 0 5,644 0
Indianola Area 16 0 0 0 142 0 142 0
Juab Valley 11 2 27,318 1,368 1,173 480 30,339 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 0 0 34 2 1,787 0 1,823 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 4 0 0 0 40 0 40 0
Milford Area 6 2 47,423 14,024 672 132 62,251 11,062
Moab Vicinity 15 0 47 468 763 0 1,278 0
Muddy Creek 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0
Nine Mile Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slope of the Uinta Mountains 1 0 0 0 225 0 225 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 4 2 17,804 8,733 47,274 600 74,411 492
Northern Utah Valley-west 0 0 2,995 301 3,997 200 7,493 0
Ogden Valley 31 0 11 0 10,717 0 10,728 0
Pahvant Valley 9 5 147,526 226 1,308 320 149,380 0
Paria River 1 1 5 2 435 0 441 0
Park Valley 3 0 1,346 0 0 30 1,376 0
Parowan Valley 18 2 38,437 307 874 360 39,979 0
Pilot Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pine Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleasant Valley and Pariette Draw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Price River 1 0 2 815 186 0 1,003 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 2 245 0 0 247 0
Rush Valley 12 1 3,893 333 481 0 4,707 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 0 0 1,069 4 6,035 0 7,109 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 3 0 1,495 4,463 49,528 0 55,486 207
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 0 0 2,243 5,086 9,509 0 16,839 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 0 0 3,109 8,624 6,998 0 18,731 0
San Juan River 10 0 25 300 119 0 444 0
San Rafael River 1 0 0 64 0 0 64 0
Sanpitch River 53 0 4,294 614 1,001 1,100 7,009 0
Sevier Desert 14 1 59,171 6,676 2,029 890 68,766 0
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 1 1 206 3,851 234 0 4,291 0
Snake River Tributaries 1 0 1,079 0 0 0 1,079 0
Snake Valley 6 5 24,795 9 69 100 24,973 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 0 0 49 5,200 0 0 5,250 0
Southern Utah Valley 32 0 12,123 2,490 14,239 900 29,752 0
Spanish Valley 2 0 1,079 38 2,134 0 3,251 0
Tooele Valley 7 0 16,197 649 12,864 910 30,621 0
Tule Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 6 2 0 0 185 0 185 0
Upper Sevier River 29 0 0 0 1,026 0 1,026 0
Virgin River 41 4 11,701 773 25,536 2,240 40,249 0
Wah Wah Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 3 1 5,939 1,056 31,788 1,100 39,884 0
Weber River 68 2 354 358 6,412 0 7,124 0
Western Moab Vicinity 0 0 15 5 12 0 32 0
White Canyon 1 0 0 0 26 0 26 0
Total 813 48 736,714 123,350 299,054 15,670 1,174,786 33,717
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.