GROUND-WATER SENSITIVITY AND VULNERABILITY TO PESTICIDES, BERYL-ENTERPRISE AREA, IRON WASHINGTON, AND BEAVER COUNTIES, UTAH
Mike Lowe, Janae Wallace, Rich Emerson, Anne Johnson, and Rich Riding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals—alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine—herbicides used in Utah in the production of corn and sorghum, and to control weeds and undesired vegetation (such as along right-of-ways or utility substations). This 28-page report and two accompanying plates are intended to be used as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of agricultural pesticides in the Beryl-Enterprise area, Iron, Washington, and Beaver Counties, Utah.
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MAP 244
Barry J. Solomon, Robert F. Biek, and Scott M. Ritter
This quadrangle is located in central Utah within the eastern Basin and Range Province. The quadrangle includes the northern part of Utah Lake in western Utah Valley, the northern and northeastern lakeshore, and Pelican Point, extending into Utah Lake from the eastern edge of the Lake Mountains. Bedrock near Pelican Point includes Mississippian-age sedimentary strata on the eastern limb of the Lake Mountains syncline. The majority of the quadrangle is covered by Utah Lake, which is underlain by normal faults that form the western boundary of Utah Valley. Surficial deposits along the lakeshore are primarily associated with lacustrine deposition from Holocene Utah Lake and its precursor, late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville.
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CASH FOR CLUNKY APPLIANCES COMING
Utah consumers will soon be able to get rebates for replacing energy-hog appliances as part of the federal stimulus program. State energy officials are in the process of hiring a contractor to administer the program, expected to start around mid-February.
In July, Congress announced its $300 million State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program, the equivalent of a “cash for clunky appliances” program. Utah’s share will be $2.6 million and change, paid in the form of rebates for the purchase of new appliances like washers and refrigerators. An energy-efficient washer can save a consumer as much as 40 percent in utility costs, according to Rocky Mountain Power.
IN THE MEDIA
The Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News
HERBERT TO HONOR RECIPIENTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
Seven recipients will be presented with the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology during an awards ceremony Tuesday at Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake City.
The awards program, started in 1987, recognizes Utah people and companies whose career achievements or distinguished service have benefited the state in the areas of science and technology.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News
$720 K AWARDED FOR ENERGY EFFORTS
Deseret News
The Utah State Energy Program has awarded a total of $720,000 to several entities to promote energy-related activities.
The grants are from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
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GEOLOGIC REPORT WARNS CENTERVILLE OF POTENTIAL CANYON CATASTROPHE
Joseph M. Dougherty Deseret News
A new report by the Utah Geological Survey shows that Deuel Creek in Centerville Canyon, given the right conditions, could dump 196,000 cubic yards of mud on Centerville homes.
The last time Deuel Creek had a devastating debris flow event was, well, never.
But creeks in similar canyons to the north of Centerville Canyon have produced debris flows, which are characterized by large amounts of mud, rocks, trees and boulders. That’s different from a flood, says UGS geologist Rich Giraud, which is mostly water with some eroded material.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR UTAH'S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
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IN THE MEDIA
The Spectrum
Deseret News
RELATED LINKS
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Package)
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
OPEN-FILE REPORT 558
40Ar/39Ar GEOCHRONOLOGY RESULTS FOR THE FURNER RIDGE AND TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES, UTAH
Utah Geological Survey and Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory
This Open-File Report makes available raw analytical data from laboratory procedures completed to determine the age of rock samples collected during geologic investigations funded or partially supported by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). Table 1 provides the sample numbers and locations. Table 2 provides the rock names and map units from which the samples were collected; see the map references for additional information such as geologic setting, and significance or interpretation of the samples in the context of the area where they were collected.
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M-243DM
(digitized from U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series map I-2106, 1992)
Stephen F. Personius and William E. Scott
This map shows the surficial deposits and the faults that offset them along the Salt Lake City segment and adjacent parts of the Weber and Provo segments of the Wasatch fault zone in north-central Utah. The map area includes the central and eastern parts of the Salt Lake Valley, including metropolitan Salt Lake City and its southern suburbs. Although a major surface-faulting earthquake has not occurred on the Wasatch fault zone since the state was settled in 1847, the geologic record contains abundant evidence of large earthquakes during Holocene and late Pleistocene time. The size, age, and distribution of fault scarps produced by these prehistoric earthquakes can be used to determine the most likely sites for future earthquakes, and are therefore the principal focus of the map.
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Salt Lake County Geologic Hazard Maps
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 266
Mike Lowe, Janae Wallace, Rich Emerson, Anne Johnson, and Rich Riding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals—alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine—herbicides used in Utah in the production of corn and sorghum, and to control weeds and undesired vegetation (such as along right-of-ways or utility substations). This 28-page report and two accompanying plates are intended to be used as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of agricultural pesticides in the Beryl-Enterprise area, Iron, Washington, and Beaver Counties, Utah.
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Glad You Asked—Why Does A River Run Through It?
Even though we are a “desert” state, Utah’s rivers are world-renowned among river runners and geoscientists. Several of America’s early geologists, including G.K. Gilbert, W.M. Davis, C.E. Dutton, and J.W. Powell contributed to theories of stream evolution from observations made in Utah.
Rivers typically originate in the mountains, flow away from them in a more-or-less constant direction, enter increasingly broad river plains, and terminate at an ocean. But many rivers in Utah flow toward and across mountains, run contrary to valleys, make U-turns, and many never reach the ocean.
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