Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
WITH A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE LANDS OF UTAH.
WITH MAPS.
BY J. W. POWELL.
SECOND EDITION.
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1879.
Congress of the United States (3d Session), In the House of Representatives, March 3, 1879 .
The following resolution, originating in the House of Representatives, has this day been concurred in by the Senate:
Resolved, by the House of Representatives ( the Senate concurring ), That there be printed five thousand copies of the Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, by J. W. Powell; one thousand for the use of the Senate, two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand for the use of the Department of the Interior.
Attest:
GEO. M. ADAMS, Clerk .
J. W. POWELL’S REPORT ON SURVEY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION.
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMITTING
John Wesley Powell
Willis Drummond
Clarence E. Dutton
Grove Karl Gilbert
A. H. Thompson
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PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
THE ARID REGION.
IRRIGABLE LANDS.
ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION.
COÖPERATIVE LABOR OR CAPITAL NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION.
THE USE OF SMALLER STREAMS SOMETIMES INTERFERES WITH THE USE OF THE LARGER.
INCREASE OF IRRIGABLE AREA BY THE STORAGE OF WATER.
TIMBER LANDS.
AGRICULTURAL AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES DIFFERENTIATED.
CULTIVATION OF TIMBER.
PASTURAGE LANDS.
PASTURAGE FARMS NEED SMALL TRACTS OF IRRIGABLE LAND.
THE FARM UNIT FOR PASTURAGE LANDS.
REGULAR DIVISION LINES FOR PASTURAGE FARMS NOT PRACTICABLE.
FARM RESIDENCES SHOULD BE GROUPED.
PASTURAGE LANDS CANNOT BE FENCED.
RECAPITULATION.
IRRIGABLE LANDS.
TIMBER LANDS.
PASTURAGE LANDS.
IRRIGABLE LANDS.
TIMBER LANDS.
PASTURAGE LANDS.
WATER RIGHTS.
THE LANDS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED.
DISTRIBUTION OF RAIN THROUGH THE YEAR.
INCREASE OF STREAMS.
RISE OF GREAT SALT LAKE.
VOLCANIC THEORY.
CLIMATIC THEORY.
THEORY OF HUMAN AGENCIES.
FARMING WITHOUT IRRIGATION.
THE UNIT OF WATER USED IN IRRIGATION.
THE QUANTITATIVE VALUE OF WATER IN IRRIGATION.
AREA OF IRRIGABLE LAND SOMETIMES NOT LIMITED BY WATER SUPPLY.
METHOD OF DETERMINING THE SUPPLY OF WATER.
METHODS OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF IRRIGABLE LAND UNLIMITED BY WATER SUPPLY.
THE SELECTION OF IRRIGABLE LANDS.
INCREASE IN THE WATER SUPPLY.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
TIMBER.
THE CAÑON LANDS.
THE SEVIER LAKE DISTRICT.
THE GREAT SALT LAKE DISTRICT.
GRASSES.
METHOD AND SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION.
IRRIGATION BY THE LARGE STREAMS.
IRRIGATION BY SMALL STREAMS.
THE VIRGIN RIVER.
KANAB CREEK.
THE PARIA RIVER.
THE ESCALANTE RIVER.
THE FREMONT RIVER.
THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER.
THE PRICE RIVER.
MINNIE MAUD CREEK.
THE UINTA RIVER.
ASHLEY FORK.
HENRYS FORK.
THE WHITE RIVER.
THE GREEN RIVER.
THE GRAND RIVER.
THE SAN JUAN RIVER.
OTHER STREAMS.
INDEX.
Transcriber’s Notes
