Groundwater Conditions in Utah


Summary of Conditions

Number of Wells1 Constructed in 2023 Estimated withdrawal from wells in 2023, 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 12 0 2 1,867 0 0 1,869 0
Bear Lake Valley 8 1 0 0 264 0 264 0
Bear River/Box Elder County 38 1 1,577 686 4,880 0 7,142 1,548
Bear River/Cache Valley 38 0 10,198 3,605 10,905 1,500 26,208 0
Beaver Valley 5 0 10,674 15 343 500 11,532 0
Beryl-Enterprise Area 26 3 82,146 2,139 672 650 85,607 461
Black Rock Area 3 0 3,564 25,710 20 0 29,294 22,547
Blue Creek Valley 0 0 382 209 103 0 694 0
Bountiful Area 0 0 1 2,893 8,005 0 10,899 0
Cedar City Valley 27 1 26,088 148 9,489 2,600 38,324 0
Cedar Valley 4 0 1,084 57 3,240 0 4,381 0
Central Sevier River 45 0 32,772 218 3,138 838 36,967 0
Curlew Valley 3 1 39,708 0 92 0 39,800 0
Deep Creek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers 51 0 10 250 2,285 0 2,545 0
Dugway Area 23 1 3,341 0 177 0 3,518 0
Escalante River 2 0 0 5 227 0 233 0
Fish Springs Area 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 0
Fremont River 13 0 0 0 457 0 457 0
Goshen Valley 7 2 19,810 953 98 100 20,961 0
Great Salt Lake Desert 2 0 0 13,909 28 0 13,937 0
Grouse Creek Valley 4 0 2,022 0 0 40 2,062 0
Hamlin Valley 1 0 1,038 0 0 0 1,038 0
Hansel Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heber Area 27 0 271 3,635 1,681 0 5,586 0
Indianola Area 14 0 0 0 111 0 111 0
Juab Valley 4 2 21,311 1,134 418 480 23,344 0
Kanab and Johnson Creeks 3 1 489 2 1,750 0 2,241 0
Lower Green River 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Sevier River 6 0 0 0 20 0 20 0
Milford Area 5 2 38,735 12,661 439 132 51,967 11,109
Moab Vicinity 8 0 54 548 805 0 1,406 0
Muddy Creek 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
Nine Mile Creek 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
North Slope of the Uinta Mountains 4 0 0 0 227 0 227 0
Northern Utah Valley-east 4 4 8,390 9,398 34,082 600 52,470 1,112
Northern Utah Valley-west 0 0 2,400 335 1,410 200 4,345 0
Ogden Valley 25 0 178 285 10,429 0 10,892 0
Pahvant Valley 21 4 133,059 157 1,119 320 134,655 0
Paria River 6 0 4 2 434 0 440 0
Park Valley 3 0 1,393 0 0 30 1,423 0
Parowan Valley 16 1 27,961 229 849 360 29,399 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 1 0 47 219 368 0 634 0
Promontory Mountains Area 0 0 1 127 0 0 128 0
Rush Valley 10 0 2,757 304 422 0 3,483 0
Salt Lake Valley - Central Region 0 0 1,373 4 5,917 0 7,294 0
Salt Lake Valley - Eastern Region 2 0 1,677 5,330 28,374 0 35,381 105
Salt Lake Valley - Northern Region 1 0 760 3,869 7,372 0 12,001 0
Salt Lake Valley - Western Region 1 0 2,222 8,112 5,992 0 16,326 0
San Juan River 8 0 7 138 100 0 245 0
San Rafael River 1 0 0 40 0 0 40 0
Sanpitch River 66 2 5,577 889 881 1,100 8,448 0
Sevier Desert 20 2 35,382 5,552 1,924 890 43,747 30
Sevier Lake Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skull Valley 0 0 186 2,229 220 0 2,634 0
Snake River Tributaries 1 0 802 0 0 0 802 0
Snake Valley 1 0 17,642 8 68 100 17,818 0
Southeast Uinta Basin 0 0 66 7,453 0 0 7,519 0
Southern Utah Valley 23 1 4,167 2,460 12,630 900 20,156 0
Spanish Valley 3 0 155 20 1,865 0 2,040 34
Tooele Valley 13 0 10,251 597 11,984 910 23,742 0
Tule Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Bear River Area 1 0 0 0 176 0 176 0
Upper Sevier River 26 0 242 0 829 0 1,071 0
Virgin River 14 0 6,291 531 24,701 2,240 33,763 853
Wah Wah Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weber Delta Area 3 0 3,186 856 19,037 1,100 24,179 0
Weber River 44 1 366 371 6,807 0 7,543 0
Western Moab Vicinity 0 0 16 8 14 0 38 0
White Canyon 6 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
Total 707 30 561,835 120,184 227,883 15,590 925,488 37,799
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.