Principal Dry-Farmixg Rt;GioNS 525 



SHORT CREE^K BASIN 



This basin, immediately north of Pipe Springs Valley, is named 

 from a creek which originates from springs in the Vermillion Cliffs 

 and sinks in the sand at a place about three miles from its source. 

 The soil is similar to that of Pipe Springs Valley. Native vegeta- 

 tion consists of a good growth of white sage, grama grass, and oc- 

 casional patches of bunch grass. The construction of a submerged 

 dam across Short Creek, successful operation of which would make 

 possible the irrigation of 4000 or 5000 acres, is apparently feasible. 



ANTELOPE VALLEY 

 Antelope Valley, named from Antelope Springs, which rise at 



its northern boundary, continues south and west from Pipe Springs 

 and Short Creek Valleys and extends in a north and south direction 

 for forty miles with an average width of about twelve miles. It 

 contains about 350,000 acres, and has soil and climatic conditions 

 similar to Pipe Springs Valley. 



HURRICANE VALLEY 



Hurricane Valley is separated from Antelope Valley by Hurri- 

 cane Ledge, a red sandstone fault escarpment, which forms its east- 

 ern boundary. The soil is similar to that of Pipe Springs Valley, 

 but it is probably not adapted to dry-farming because of the low 

 precipitation and relatively high temperatures. 



HOUSEROCK VALLEY 



Houserock Valley, about thirty-five miles long and six miles 

 wide, is bounded on the north by abrupt cliffs in southern Utah, on 

 the east bv the Vermillion Clififs, on the west by Kaibab Plateau 

 and on the south by the Colorado River. Soils of the eastern por- 

 tion are of red sandstone origin and relatively infertile, while those 

 of the western side are from limestone. "Caliche" is found in many 

 places, and the depth of soil is varied and generally unsatisfactory 

 for water storage. The native vegetation is not uniform, though it 

 furnishes considerable winter grazing for stock pastured in summer 

 on the Kaibab Forest Reserve. The only buffaloes in the State are 

 found in this Valley. There are no data concerning either the 

 groundwater or precipitation, but the practicability of reclamation 

 by dry-farming is questionable. 



