Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2022 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2022, 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 18 0 57 2,656 0 0 2,713 0
Bear Lake Valley 2 0 0 0 275 0 275 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 26 0 2,039 768 8,003 0 10,810 0
Bear River/Cache Valley 28 1 15,177 3,725 15,513 1,500 35,914 0
Beaver Valley 6 0 18,421 21 468 500 19,411 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 37 1 84,835 2,203 775 650 88,463 420
Black Rock Area 1 0 2,036 25,034 18 0 27,087 21,858
Blue Creek Valley 0 0 383 337 103 0 823 0
Bountiful Area 0 0 119 2,612 9,271 0 12,002 0
Cedar City Valley 30 1 31,410 161 9,510 2,600 43,681 0
Cedar Valley 2 1 2,725 54 3,813 0 6,592 0
Central Sevier River 34 0 29,230 235 3,607 838 33,911 0
Curlew Valley 1 1 55,295 0 121 0 55,416 0
Deep Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 82 0 9 512 2,230 0 2,751 0
Dugway Area 35 0 3,210 0 158 0 3,368 0
Escalante River 5 0 0 3 227 0 230 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0
Fremont River 16 0 0 0 536 0 536 0
Goshen Valley 3 2 25,622 969 111 100 26,802 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 1 1 0 19,144 0 0 19,144 0
Grouse Creek Valley 0 0 3,188 0 0 40 3,228 0
Hamlin Valley 2 0 1,040 0 0 0 1,040 0
Hansel Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 21 0 290 3,180 2,087 0 5,557 0
Indianola Area 17 0 0 0 144 0 144 0
Juab Valley 10 0 24,438 1,438 1,277 480 27,633 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 7 0 418 2 1,625 0 2,045 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 5 0 0 0 31 0 31 0
Milford Area 2 0 52,662 13,486 521 132 66,801 10,936
Moab Vicinity 13 0 69 631 764 0 1,463 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 0 140 0 140 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 6 2 13,019 13,198 45,675 600 72,493 406
Northern Utah Valley-west 0 0 2,098 304 2,305 200 4,907 0
Ogden Valley 43 1 242 0 11,393 0 11,635 0
Pahvant Valley 4 1 141,797 297 1,270 320 143,684 0
Paria River 1 0 4 2 432 0 438 0
Park Valley 0 0 1,945 0 0 30 1,975 0
Parowan Valley 21 2 37,158 289 935 360 38,741 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 41 694 322 0 1,056 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 4 359 0 0 362 0
Rush Valley 12 0 3,225 252 468 0 3,945 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 2 1 1,005 6 4,924 0 5,936 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 5 2 2,470 6,284 40,531 0 49,285 111
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 0 0 1,161 4,780 6,680 0 12,621 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 1 0 2,727 9,551 5,543 0 17,821 0
San Juan River 16 0 7 174 105 0 287 0
San Rafael River 0 0 0 80 0 0 80 0
Sanpitch River 68 1 6,333 559 816 1,100 8,807 0
Sevier Desert 10 0 55,691 7,203 2,210 890 65,993 0
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 0 0 484 2,663 209 0 3,356 0
Snake River Tributaries 0 0 960 0 0 0 960 0
Snake Valley 3 1 22,245 8 74 100 22,428 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 0 0 50 4,903 0 0 4,952 0
Southern Utah Valley 36 1 8,453 2,378 15,983 900 27,714 0
Spanish Valley 2 0 531 44 2,053 0 2,629 0
Tooele Valley 11 1 14,057 634 13,112 910 28,713 0
Tule Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 3 0 0 0 171 0 171 0
Upper Sevier River 35 0 264 0 972 0 1,236 0
Virgin River 37 4 11,668 570 26,664 2,240 41,142 0
Wah Wah Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 2 1 3,590 787 26,184 1,100 31,661 0
Weber River 64 1 366 354 6,529 0 7,249 0
Western Moab Vicinity 0 0 15 7 14 0 35 0
White Canyon 3 0 0 0 61 0 61 0
Total 796 27 684,283 133,562 276,963 15,590 1,110,395 33,731
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.