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IRRIGATION 
LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
BY SMALL STREAMS. 
Through the remainder of the drainage basin of Great Salt Lake there 
are no large bodies of farming land. At wide intervals are small tracts, 
dependent on springs and sinall creeks, and the available land is in nearly 
every case greatly in excess of the available water. 
A few exceptional 
spots are cultivated without irrigation, but so far as they have been discoy- 
ered they are so situated as to be moistened from beneath. 
been raised on dry bench lands. 
The principal facts are gathered in 
No crops have 
the following table: 
| 
| 
Localities. 
| Cedar Fort 
| Fairfield 
Vernon Creek 
Saint Johns 
East Caton Creek, Rush Valley 
Stockton 
Skull Valley 
Government Creek 
Willow Spring, township 10 south, range 17 west.| 
Redding Spring........-.....----------- Bran nese 
Dodoquibe Spring ......---..---------+---------- 
Deep Creek, township 9 south, range 19 west. -. 
DI ede A ane eee sauestecio aa neo ces Sssnce sass | 
Grouse Valley . 
Owl Spring 
Rosebud Creek 
Muddy Creek, township 10 north, range 15 west.) 
Park Valley | 
Widow Spring 
Indian Creek, township 13 north, range 12 west. 
East base Clear Creek Mountains. .-...--------- 
Cazure Creek 
Clear Creek, township 15 north, range 12 west-- 
Junction Creek 
Goose Creek ..- 
(Pilot Spriun Pees oe eect etiaree =e slaersta ee 
Deseret Creek (or Deep Creek) 
Crystal Springs, township 14 north, range 7 west. 
Antelope Spring, township 9 north, range 6 west- 
iHanZelies PrN Geese ease cecil menee ae ece Eee 
Promontory, east base 
Blue Creek 
Brackish Springs near Blue Creek 
Antelope Island 
Total 
Total in square miles . -........-..---.--- 
2 . 5 | om | 
= + Sie 5 = 3 n a wien 
« § ca = L 5 | 2 & = temarks. 
. £2 PA siesta oe 
S (47 |pa [688 
1 800 IBC | Ss5ace5 50 With aid of reservoirs. 
1 800 900i): =2--22 | 
1 900 1, 200 Lect me ie With aid of reservoirs. 
1 700 | 700 | 
1 500 GY) | eossecsas 
1 200 | iN) ISeoadsecce 
11 1, 000 | 2,500 @ | With aid of reservoirs; visited in 
| part only. | 
1 300 | S00) eee seer Not visited. | 
1 250 | PAN sete ces Do. 
of 20 | eM Seciodecene | 
Liiseeestee: 50) |eeceecem Not visited. 
1 500 000) eee seees With aid of reservoirs. 
1 Baceooocee 200 200 Not visited. 
6 500 | IRM!) | apacsao se With aid of reservoirs. 
ab easscharns 10 | 10 
1 150 BOON Seeeeete = With aid of reservoirs. 
1 300 | 300 300 
6 700 DECI bSsoccceen With aid of reservoirs. 
I |i | 20 20 | Not visited. 
1 See 100 100 With aid of reservoirs. 
6 5 150 100 | Do. 
Th ue ls oa | 200 200 | Not visited. 
1 80, 200 200 | 
1 500 500 | Not visited. 
2 200 200 | Do. 
Ali Ssctoe eae 15.) Seerccecie. 
1 300 8: 000 | sxe seecn a2 | With aid of reservoirs. 
1 60 100 100 Do. 
ul 30 30 30 , Not visited. 
1 15 15 15 
al 300 | 600 600 |The greater part is not irrigated. 
S| ee ee P5001 | Meee | 
1 200 TNOOOs|epeceeees| 
| Seren | 50 50 Not visited. 
60 8, 610 | 21, 740 1, 625 
Sasees 13.5 33.9 2.5 
