INDEX.

Abbott, Mr., [62]
Abies amabilis, [102]
Canadensis, [100]
concolor, [101]
Douglasii, [100]
Engelmanni, [101]
grandis, [102]
Menziesii, [101]
subalpina, [101]
Acer grandidentata, [103]
Agricultural and timber industries differentiated, [18]
resources of the Bear River drainage basin, [119]
Jordan River drainage basin, [124]
Weber River drainage basin, [121]
Agriculture, Amount of precipitation necessary for, [2], [3]
Influence of temperature upon, [2]
in the Arid Region dependent upon irrigation, [40]
in Utah dependent upon irrigation, [6]
exceptions thereto, [6]
limited by several conditions, [7]
Utilization of the small streams in, [7]
without irrigation, [3], [6], [50]
Aira cœspitosa, [109]
Alabama, Land-grants to, [179]
Alkaline salts, [145]
Amount of land a unit of water will supply, [7]
Antelope Island, [63], [64]
bar, [63], [67]
Areal distribution of rainfall, [82]
Area of irrigable land sometimes not limited by water supply, [85]
Areas of standing timber, [15]
to which larger streams can be taken, [7]
which smaller streams can serve, [7]
Arid Region, Boundaries of the, [1], [3]
Extent of the, [5]
Increase in water supply in the, [89], [91]
Land system needed for the, [25]
Mining industries of the, [88]
Physical characteristics of the, [1]
Precipitation of the, [48]
Rainfall of the, [5]
Arizona and New Mexico, Seasonal precipitation in, [56]
Arkansas, Land grants to, [174], [179]
Artemisia, [110]
Ashley Fork, Irrigable lands of, [161]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [179]
Atlantic coast, Flow of the rivers of the, [76]
Rainfall on the, [69]

Barfoot, Mr. J. L., [59]
Barton, Mr., [113]
Basin, Colorado. (See [Colorado Basin].)
Great Salt Lake. (See [Great Salt Lake District].)
Range System, [94]
Sevier Lake. (See [Sevier Lake District].)
Uinta-White. (See [Uinta-White Basin].)
Bear River, [117]
City, [78]
drainage basin, Agricultural resources of the, [119]
Area of the, [119]
Mean flow of the, [72]
Beaver dams, Effect of cutting, [74]
Betula occidentalis, [103]
Bill to authorize the organization of irrigation districts, [30]
pasturage districts, [33]
Black Rock bench, [61]
pillar, [59], [60]
Bonneville Lake, [96]
Book Cliffs, Orographic structure of the, [98]
Bouteloua oligostachya, [108]
Bromus, [109]
Brown Cliffs, [98]
Brown’s Park, Irrigable lands of, [162]
Burlington and Missouri Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]

Canals, Land grants in aid of, [166]
Cañon Lands, Amount of irrigable land in the, [106]
Coal lands of the, [106]
Description of the, [105]
of Utah, [94]
Carex Jamesii, [109]
Carrington Island, [62]
Castle Valley, [105]
Central Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [177]
Cercocarpus parvifolius, [110]
Celtis occidentalis, [103]
Circle Valley, Amount of irrigable land in the, [137]
Climate of the Colorado Basin, [151]
Coal lands, [45]
Disposal of the, [44]
of the Cañon Lands, [106]
of the Rocky Mountain Region, [19]
Colony system, [28]
Colorado Basin, Climate of the, [151]
Elevation of the, [151]
Irrigable lands of the, [150]
Mean annual precipitation in the, [79]
Orographic structure of the, [95]
Source of the water supply of the, [152]
Table of irrigable lands of the, [164]
drainage area, [94]
River, Principal tributaries of the, in Utah, [150]
Conditions affecting the distribution of rainfall, [90]
Coöperative labor necessary to the development of irrigation, [11]
Critical period, [85], [138], [154]
season, [116]

Dakota, Precipitation of, [51]
Denver Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [179]
Desert drainage area, [94]
Orographic structure of the, [95]
Des Moines River, Land grant in aid of the improvement of the, [171]
Distribution of rain throughout the year, [50]
District, Great Salt Lake. (See [Great Salt Lake District].)
Sevier Lake. (See [Sevier Lake District].)
Division lines of pasturage farms, [22], [28], [37]
of land by settlers, [38]
Drainage area, Colorado, [94]
Desert, [94]
Modification of the conditions of, [73]
of the Tavaputs Plateau, [96]
Uinta Mountains, [96]
Wasatch Mountains, [96]
Utah, [94]
Drummond, Willis, jr., on land grants in aid of internal improvements, [164]
Dry farming, [50], [78]
Duchesne River, Volume of flow of the, [160]
Dutton, Capt. C. E., cited, [110]
on the irrigable land of the Sevier Basin, [128]

East Florida Railroad Company, Land grant to the, [169]
Egg Island, [67]
Engelmann, Mr., [102]
Erocoma cuspidata, [108]
Escalante River, Irrigable lands of the, [156]
Volume of flow of the, [156]
Eurotia lanata, [110]
Evaporation by spreading of water, [74]

Farmington pillar, [61]
Farming without irrigation, [77]
Farm residences, Grouping of, [22]
unit for pasturage lands, [21], [28]
Fencing of pasturage lands, [23]
Fires in the timber region, [15], [99]
Cause of, [17], [99]
Protection from, [18], [99]
Flood-plain lands, [88]
Forests, Amount of rainfall necessary to the growth of, [15]
Fox, Mr. Jesse W., [61], [113]
Fraxinus anomala, [103]
coriacea, [103]
Fremont Island, [62], [67]
River, Irrigable lands of the, [157]
Tributaries of the, [157]
Volume of flow of the, [157], [158]

Gilbert, G. K., cited, [84], [110]
on irrigable land of the Salt Lake drainage system, [113]
on water supply, [57]
Government right to use of subsidized railroads, [181]
Grand River, Irrigable lands of the, [163]
Volume of flow of the, [163]
Grasses of the pasturage lands, [19]
Utah, [107]
Great Salt Lake, Accumulation of the water in, [58]
Area of, [66], [73]
Basin (See [Great Salt Lake District])
Causes of abnormal change of, [67]
Desert, [66]
Diagram showing rise and fall of, [64]
District, [94]
Amount of irrigable land in the, [107]
Change in the climate of the, [68], [70]
Description of the, [107]
Irrigable lands of the, [113]
Fluctuations in the rainfall of the, [70]
Irrigation by large streams in the, [117]
small streams in the, [126]
Evaporation of the water of, [58], [72]
History of the past changes of, [62]
Increase and decrease of the size of, [58]
Islands of, [62]
Limited oscillation of, [59]
Limit of wave action of, [65]
Record of height of, [60]
Rise and fall of, [59]
Storm lines of, [65]
Streams flowing into, [72]
Green River, Irrigable lands of the, [162]
Volume of flow of the, [162]
Gunnison, Captain, [98]
Valley, [105]
Irrigable lands of the, [163]

Hayden, Dr. F. V., [71]
Henry Mountains, [105]
Prof. Joseph, [46], [59], [62], [79]
Henrys Fork, Irrigable lands of, [161]

Illinois, Land grants to, [168], [172]
Increase in water supply in the Arid Region, [57], [89], [91]
of rainfall, [69], [91]
Indiana, Land grants to, [166], [167]
Internal improvements, Land grants in aid of, [165]
Iowa, Land grants to, [169], [179]
Irrigable and pasturage lands of Utah, [104]
areas, Increase of, by storage of water, [12], [13]
land, Area of, sometimes not limited by water supply, [85], [86]
Extent of, increased by the use of springs, [9]
in Utah, Amount of, [9]
lands, [23]
Amount of water required for, [84]
Disposal of, [27]
highly productive, [10]
Important questions relating to, [81]
Increase in the extent of the, [57]
in Utah Territory, Table of, [111]
of Southwestern Utah, [148]
of the Colorado Basin, [150]
Table of, [164]
Great Salt Lake District, [113]
Sevier Lake District, [134]
valley of the Sevier River, [128]
Irrigable lands of the, Virgin River, [153]
of Utah, Distribution of the, [9]
Selection of, [87]
Situation of the, [6]
Irrigating canals, Cost of, [125]
methods, Improvement in, [8]
season, [85]
Irrigation, Advantages of, [10]
Amount of water needed for, [114]
used in, [141]
companies, [40]
Coöperative labor necessary to the development of, [11]
Direct influence of, upon the inflow of Great Salt Lake, [75]
Indirect influence of, upon the inflow of Great Salt Lake, [76]
of pasturage farms, [21]
Quantitative value of water used in, [81]
Unit of water used in, [81]
Isohyetal line of twenty inches, [2]

Jordan River, [121]
drainage basin, Agricultural resources of the, [124]
Area of the, [125]
Mean flow of the, [72]
Juncus Balticus, [109]
Juniperus Californicus, [103]
Virginiana, [103]

Kanab Creek, Irrigable lands of, [154]
Ponding of, [154]
Kansas, Land grants to, [178], [179]
Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [177]
Kimball, Mr. Heber P., [61]
King, Mr. Clarence, [66]

Lake Bonneville, [96]
Utah, Function of, as a reservoir, [123]
Land grants in aid of internal improvements, [165]
Lands, Classification of, [43]
Irrigable. (See [Irrigable Lands].)
of Utah, [93]
and Idaho fertilized by water, [75]
Physical features of the, [93]
Pasturage. (See [Pasturage Lands].)
Land system needed for the Arid Region, [25]
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]
Lower Columbia Region, [1]
Precipitation of the, [49]

Marshes, Drainage of, [74]
Evaporation from, [74]
Martineau, Mr. J. H., [113]
Mean temperature by seasons for the San Francisco Region, [54]
Method of determining the supply of water, [85], [86]
Michigan, Land grants to, [179]
Miller, Mr. Jacob, [61], [62]
Mineral lands, [44]
Disposal of, [44]
not suited to agriculture, [44]
Minnie Maud Creek, Irrigable lands of, [160]
Volume of flow of, [160]
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company, [176]
Land grants to the, [174], [179]
Mississippi Valley, Flow of the rivers of the, [76]
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]
Land grants to, [179]
Mitchell, Mr. John T., [59]
Monopoly of pasturage farms, [22]
Mountains, Henry, [105]
Uinta. (See [Uinta Mountains].)
Wasatch. (See [Wasatch Mountains].)

Negundo aceroides, [103]
Nevada, Mean annual precipitation in, [79]
New Mexico and Arizona, Seasonal precipitation in, [56]
New Orleans and Nashville Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [168]
New York, Rainfall of the State of, [70]

Ogden River, Measured volume of the, [120]
Ohio, Land grants to, [166], [167]
Ohio Valley, Rainfall of the, [70]
Orographic structure of the Book Cliffs, [98]
Colorado drainage area, [95]
Desert drainage area, [95]
Uinta Mountains, [97]
Wasatch Mountains, [96]

Pacific coast, Seasonal precipitation and temperature of the, [55]
Panguitch Valley, Amount of irrigable land in, [136]
Paria River, Irrigable lands of the, [155]
Volume of flow of the, [155]
Park, Dr. John R., [59]
Pasturage farms, Division lines of, [22], [28], [37]
Irrigation of, [21]
need small tracts of irrigable land, [21], [28]
lands, [19], [24], [104]
Pasturage lands, Boundaries of, [19]
Disposal of, [28]
Extent of, [19]
Farm unit for, [21], [28]
Fencing of, [23]
Grasses of the, [19]
Monopoly of the, [22]
partially supplied by scattered springs, [21]
Situation of the, [6]
Phragmites communis, [109]
Pinus aristata, [100]
edulis, [100]
flexilis, [100]
monticola, [100]
ponderosa, [100]
Pioneers, Enterprise and industries of, [41]
Plateaus, The High, [94]
Plateau, Tavaputs, [93]
Yampa, [105]
Poas, [108]
Ponding, [12], [13]
Ponds, Evaporation of the water of, [73]
Populus angustifolia, [102]
monilifera, [102]
tremuloides, [102]
Precipitation in the Region of the Plains, [52]
Mean annual, in Colorado, [79]
Nevada, [79]
Utah, [79]
Wyoming, [79]
north of the Columbia River, [1]
of Dakota, [51]
Texas, [50]
the Arid Region, [48]
Region of the Lower Columbia, [49]
San Francisco Region, [49]
Sub-humid Region, [47]
Precipitation, Seasonal, of the Pacific Coast, [55]
Price River, Irrigable lands of the, [159]
Volume of flow of the, [159]
Provo River, [121]
Public lands, How to acquire title to, [25]

Quercus undulata, [103]

Railroads, Land grants in aid of, [165], [168], [172]
Rainfall, Areal distribution of, [82]
Conditions affecting the distribution of, [90]
Rainfall, Distribution of, throughout the year, [50]
Increase of, [91]
of the Arid Region, [5], [48]
belt between Great Salt Lake and Wasatch Mountains, [6], [79]
Sub-humid Region, [4], [47]
of the western portion of the United States, [46]
Rain gauge records, [1], [3], [91], [131]
Deficiency of, [1]
“Rainy seasons”, [25], [50]
Ranges, Basin, [94]
Records, Rain gauge, [1], [3], [91], [131]
Region of the Lower Columbia. (See [Lower Columbia Region].)
of the Plains, Seasonal precipitation in the, [52]
San Francisco. (See [San Francisco Region].)
Sub-humid. (See [Sub-humid Region].)
Renshawe, Mr. J. H., [113], [153]
Reservoirs, [12], [13], [85], [144]
River, Bear. (See [Bear River].)
Colorado. (See [Colorado River].)
Duchesne. (See [Duchesne River].)
Escalante. (See [Escalante River].)
Fremont. (See [Fremont River].)
Grand. (See [Grand River].)
Green. (See [Green River].)
Gunnison. (See [Gunnison River].)
Jordan. (See [Jordan River].)
Ogden. (See [Ogden River].)
Paria. (See [Paria River].)
Price. (See [Price River].)
Provo. (See [Provo River].)
San Rafael. (See [San Rafael River].)
Sevier. (See [Sevier River].)
Uinta. (See [Uinta River].)
Virgin. (See [Virgin River].)
Weber. (See [Weber River].)
White. (See [White River].)
Rivers, Land grants in aid of improvement of, [169]
Rockwood, Hon. A. P., [113]

San Francisco Region, Mean temperature, by seasons, of the, [54]
Precipitation of the, [49]
Rainy season of the, [54]
Seasonal precipitation in the, [53]
San Pete Valley, Amount of irrigable land in the, [138]
Flow of the streams of the, [138]
San Rafael River, Irrigable lands of the, [158], [159]
Tributaries of the, [158]
San Rafael River, Volume of flow of the, [159]
Schott, Mr. Charles A., [46], [69]
Seasonal precipitation and temperatures on the Pacific coast, [55]
in Arizona and New Mexico, [56]
Seasonal precipitation in the Region of the Plains, [52]
San Francisco Region, [53]
Selection of irrigable lands, [87]
Sevier Lake Basin, [94]
District, [94]
Altitudes in the, [133]
Amount of irrigable land in the, [106], [143]
Climate of the, [131]
Description of the, [106]
Irrigable lands of the, [134]
Physical characteristics of the, [130]
Rainfall of the, [131]
Rain gauge records of the, [131]
River, Course of the, [129]
Volume of flow of the, [139], [140]
Irrigable lands of the valley of the, [128]
Valley of the, [129]
Sierra La Sal, [105]
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [177]
Smithsonian Tables of Precipitation, [46], [69]
Soil and subsoil, Complicating conditions of, [83]
Conditions of, [82]
Soils, [145]
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [179]
Springs, Opening out of, [74]
Use of, in irrigation, [9]
Stansbury, Captain Howard, [64], [65], [66]
Island, [67]
bar, [64], [67]
Streams, Descent of, [88]
flowing into Great Salt Lake, [72]
Flow of, at different periods, [13]
Increase in the volume of, [57]
Measurement of, [86], [115]
of San Pete Valley, Volume of flow of the, [140]
of Utah, Fluctuations of the, [115]
Practical capacity of, [85]
small, Employment of, in irrigation, [7], [11], [12]
Strong’s Knob, [67]
Sub-humid Region, Boundaries of the, [3]
destitute of forests, [4]
Mean precipitation of the, [47]
Rainfall of the, [4]
Supply of water, Method of determining the, [85], [86]

Table I. Precipitation of the Sub-humid Region, [47]
II. Arid Region, [48]
III. San Francisco Region, [49]
IV. Region of the Lower Columbia, [49]
V. Texas, [50]
VI. Dakota, [51]
VII. Season of precipitation in the Region of the Plains, [52]
VIII. San Francisco Region, [53]
IX. Mean temperature, by seasons, for the San Francisco Region, [54]
X. Seasonable precipitation and temperatures on the Pacific coast, [55]
XI. in Arizona and New Mexico, [56]
of irrigable lands in Utah, [111]
of southwestern Utah, [149]
of the Colorado Basin, [164]
Sevier Lake District, [144]
of mean annual precipitation in Colorado, [79]
Nevada, [79]
Utah, [79]
Wyoming, [79]
Tavaputs Plateau, [93]
Drainage of the, [96]
Temperature dependent upon altitude and latitude, [2]
Temperatures, Seasonal, on the Pacific Coast, [55]
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [179]
Precipitation of, [50]
The High Plateaus, [94]
Thomas, Prof. Cyrus, [71]
Thompson, Prof. A. H., cited, [86], [110]
on the irrigable land of the Colorado Basin, [150]
Timber, [98]
Areas of standing, [15], [17]
Cultivation of, [19]
Destruction of, by fire, [15]
growth dependent upon climatic conditions, [14]
lands, [14], [23]
Boundaries of the, [14]
Disposal of the, [27]
Situation of the, [6], [14]
regions, [15]
Extent of the, [16]
Fires in the, [15], [17], [18], [99]
Titles to public lands, [25]

Uinta Mountains, [93]
Drainage of the, [96]
Orographic structure of the, [97]
Uinta River, Irrigable lands of the, [160]
Tributaries of the, [160]
Volume of flow of the, [160], [161]
White Basin, [93]
Amount of irrigable lands in the, [105]
Description of the, [104]
Physical features of the, [160]
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [177]
Unit of water supply, [8], [84], [115], [141]
Method of determining the, [8]
used in irrigation, [81]
Utah, Amount of cultivated land in, [84]
Church government in, [89], [128]
Drainage of, [94]
Forest trees of, [100]
Grasses of, [107]
Irrigable and pasturage lands of, [104]
Lake, [123]
Lands of, [93]
Mean annual precipitation in, [79]
Pasturage lands of, [104]
Prevailing winds of, [68]
Table of irrigable lands in, [111]
Timber of, [98]
Variety of crops cultivated in, [84]
Watershed of, [94]

Valley, Castle, [105]
Circle, Amount of irrigable land in the, [137]
Gunnison, [105]
Irrigable lands of the, [162]
of the Mississippi, [76]
Sevier River, Amount of irrigable land in the, [144]
Panguitch, Amount of irrigable land in the, [136]
San Pete, Amount of irrigable land in the, [138]
Flow of the streams of the, [140]
Vasey, Dr. George, [108]
Vilfa (Sporobolis) airoides, [108]
Virgin River, Irrigable lands of the, [153]
Volume of water flowing in the streams, Determination of, [8]

Wagon roads, Land grants in aid of, [166]
Ward, Mr. L. F., [103]
Wasatch Mountains, [93], [94]
Drainage of the, [96]
Orographic structure of the, [96]
Wastage of water, [84]
Water, Evaporation of, [13]
Irrigating capacity of, [8], [84], [115], [141]
Loss of, by evaporation, [87]
Method of determining the supply of, [85], [115], [139]
storing, [12]
rights, [40]
should inhere in the lands to be irrigated, [40], [41]
supply, [57]
affected by the cutting of timber, [75]
farming, [73]
grazing, [74]
Economic bearings of the, [76]
Increase in the, [57], [89], [91]
Storage of, [116], [125], [144]
used in irrigation, Quantitative value of, [81]
Unit of, [81]
Wastage of, [84], [142]
ways rudely constructed, [8]
Weber River, [119]
drainage basin, Agricultural resources of the, [121]
Area of the, [121]
Mean flow of the, [72]
White River, Irrigable lands of the, [162]
Volume of flow of the, [162]
Winds of Utah, [68]
Wisconsin, Land grants to, [169], [179]
Wyoming, Mean annual precipitation in, [79]

Yampa Plateau, [105]
Young, Hon. Brigham, [105]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U. S. GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION,
J. W. POWELL IN CHARGE.

MAP OF UTAH TERRITORY
REPRESENTING THE EXTENT OF THE IRRIGABLE, TIMBER AND PASTURE LANDS.

COMPILED AND DRAWN BY CHARLES MAHON, J. H. RENSHAWE, W. H. GRAVES AND H. LINDENKOHL FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS

1878.

Miles

Note This map has been constructed from atlas sheets of the U. S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region with additional material taken from the maps of the U. S. Geographical Explorations and Surveys west of the 100ᵈᵗʰ Meridian, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, in charge, the U. S. Geological Exploration of the 40ᵗʰ Parallel, Clarence King, U. S. Geologist in charge, and the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayden, in charge

EXPLANATION

Irrigable Lands
Standing Timber
Area destitute of Timber on account of Fires
Rail Roads
Wagon Roads
Trails
Telegraph Lines
County Seats in Capital Letters.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION J. W. POWELL, IN CHARGE.

MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

EXHIBITING THE GRANTS OF LANDS MADE BY THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS.

1878

For explanation see chapter on “Land Grants in aid of International Improvements”

[The base chart was engraved for the Statistical Atlas of the United States.]

Julius Bien. Lithographer