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Grass Valley (Utah)
Grass Valley is a long, narrow valley in eastern Piute and Sevier counties, Utah, United States. Description The valley is bounded on the west and southwest by the Sevier Plateau, on the east by the Parker Range, and is connected to Plateau Valley to the north. It is also the home of Otter Creek Reservoir (and its eponymous state park), and the towns of Angle, Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ..., and Koosharem. References External links Landforms of Piute County, Utah Landforms of Sevier County, Utah Valleys of Utah {{Utah-geo-stub ...
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Piute County, Utah
Piute County ( ) is a county in south-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 1,556, making it the second-least populous county in Utah. The county seat is Junction, and the largest town is Circleville. History Paiute County was formed on January 16, 1865, with areas annexed from Beaver County. It was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans. Its defined boundaries were altered by adjustments between adjoining counties in 1866, in 1880, in 1892, and in 1931. It has retained its current configuration since 1931. By the 1860s, mining prospectors were pushing into central and southern Utah Territory, and several mining towns, such as Bullion and Webster, appeared. Mining activity had slowed by the 1900s, but gold mining (from lodes in Tushar Mountains) had produced 240,000 ounces of gold from 1868 through 1959. As the nation entered The Great War, a mine on the east Tushar Mountains producing potash and alumina became a national ...
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Sevier County, Utah
Sevier County ( ) is a county in Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 20,802. Its county seat and largest city is Richfield. History Evidence of indigenous peoples residing in Sevier County up to 5,000 BP has been unearthed. The Fremont culture of Native Americans occupied the area from about 2000 to 700 BP. The Clear Creek site contains native petroglyphs from that period. In Utah, the Numic- (or Shoshonean) speaking peoples of the Uto-Aztecan language family evolved into four distinct groups in the historical period: the Northern Shoshone, Goshute or Western Shoshone, Southern Paiute, and Ute peoples. This territory's central and eastern sections were occupied primarily by various bands of the Ute. The first modern sighting of the Sevier River was most likely by the Catholic fathers Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, on their expedition to California in 1776. The Old Spanish Trail was the route they ma ...
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Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its west by Nevada. Utah also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states, Utah is the 13th-largest by area; with a population over three million, it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city, Salt Lake City; and Washington County in the southwest, with more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin. Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups such as the ancient Puebloans, Navajo and Ute. The Spanish were the first Europe ...
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Sevier Plateau
Sevier ( ) is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ... in southwestern Sevier County, Utah, Sevier County, Utah, United States. It lies in the valley of the Sevier River along U.S. Route 89 in Utah, U.S. Route 89 southwest of the city of Richfield, Utah, Richfield, the county seat of Sevier County. Its elevation is 5,584 feet (1,702 m). Description Although Sevier is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84766. It has a population of approximately 80 people. Sevier has many farms. Sevier has experienced rapid population growth in the 1990s and 2000s, and seasonal migrant laborers, mostly of Mexican people, Mexican and other Hispanic nationalities, made the population transfluid over the course of the year. Cl ...
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Parker Range
Parker may refer to: Persons * Parker (given name) * Parker (surname) Places Place names in the United States * Parker, Arizona * Parker, Colorado *Parker, Florida *Parker, Idaho *Parker, Kansas *Parker, Missouri *Parker, North Carolina * Parker, Pennsylvania * Parker, South Carolina *Parker, South Dakota * Parker, Texas in Collin County * Parker, Johnson County, Texas *Parker, Washington *Parker City, Indiana * Parker County, Texas * Parker Dam, at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River between Arizona and California *Parker Road (DART station), a light rail terminal on Parker Road in Plano, Texas *Parker School, Montana *Parker Strip, Arizona * Parker Township, Marshall County, Minnesota * Parker Township, Morrison County, Minnesota * Parker Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania * Parker Center, a former police building in Los Angeles Elsewhere * C. W. Parker Carousel, a Burnaby Village Museum exhibit in British Columbia, Canada * Mount Parker (Philippines), a Mindanao island volca ...
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Plateau Valley (Utah)
Plateau Valley () is a valley in south-central Sevier County, Utah, United States. Description The valley is roughly southeast of Richfield. It is located immediately north of Grass Valley, and is bounded on the west by Mormon Mountain and on the east by Boobe Hole Mountain. The Koosharem Reservoir is located in the southern part of the valley. Utah State Route 24 State Route 24 (SR-24) is a state highway in south central Utah which runs south from Salina through Sevier County then east through Wayne County and north east through Emery County. At a total of 163.294 miles (262.796 km), it is the longest ... runs north-to-south through the valley. See also * List of valleys of Utah References External links Valleys of Utah Landforms of Sevier County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub ...
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Trimble Navigation
Trimble Inc. is an American software, hardware, and services technology company. Trimble supports global industries in building & construction, agriculture, geospatial, natural resources and utilities, governments, transportation and others. Trimble also does hardware development of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers, scanners, laser rangefinders, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), inertial navigation systems and software processing tools. History Trimble Navigation was founded in November 1978 by Charles Trimble and two partners from Hewlett Packard. It initially operated above a movie theatre in Los Altos, California. By the end of 2016, the company had 8,388 employees, with more than half of employees in locations outside the United States. The company's acquisitions include Telog Instruments, Pocket Mobile AB, @Road, Cengea Solutions Inc., Datacom Software Research, Spectra Precision Group, Tripod Data Systems, Advanced Public Safety, Inc., ALK Technologies, A ...
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Otter Creek Reservoir
Otter Creek Reservoir is a reservoir (elevation approximately ) located in southeastern Piute County Utah, United States. Description The reservoir is a popular location for rainbow trout fishing. The valley is situated in the southern end of the Grass Valley and the nearest town is Antimony, approximately . A larger city within a one-hour drive is Richfield. See also * List of dams and reservoirs in Utah References External links * * by the Utah Division of Water Quality The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is a state governmental organization located in Salt Lake City, Utah. DEQ's mission is to safeguard public health and our quality of life by protecting and enhancing the environment. DEQ implements State ... {{authority control Reservoirs in Utah Lakes of Piute County, Utah State parks of Utah Protected areas of Piute County, Utah ...
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Otter Creek State Park
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals. Etymology The word ''otter'' derives from the Old English word or . This, and cognate words in other Indo-European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root , which also gave rise to the English word "water". Terminology An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, females are called bitches or sows, and their offspring are called pups or cubs. The collective nouns for otters are bevy, family, lodge, romp (being descriptive of their often playful nature) or, when in water, raft. The feces of otters are typically identified by their distinctive aroma, the smell of which has been described as ranging from ...
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Angle, Utah
Angle is an unincorporated community in Piute County, Utah, United States. The community is on Utah State Route 62 north of Antimony. Climate Angle has a semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ... ( Köppen ''BSk'') with cold winters, cool-to-hot summers, and very large diurnal temperature variation year-round. References Unincorporated communities in Piute County, Utah Unincorporated communities in Utah {{Utah-geo-stub ...
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Greenwich, Utah
Greenwich is an unincorporated community in northeastern Piute County, Utah, United States, just east of the Fishlake National Forest. It lies along State Route 62 northeast of the town of Junction, the county seat of Piute County. Its elevation is 6,854 feet (2,089 m). Although Greenwich is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84732. ''Greenwich'' is said to be an anglicized form of a Native American name. Climate This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Greenwich has a humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ..., abbreviated "Dfb" ...
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Koosharem, Utah
Koosharem is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. Koosharem is also known as "Grass Valley". It generally comprises the area known as Burrville, Utah on the north, south through the valley and through the town of Koosharem and down to the south end with the town of Greenwich, Utah. The valley is made up of private lands nestled within the Fishlake National Forest. Koosharem is situated at the cross-roads for travelers going between Capitol Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park and/or Zion National Park. Koosharem is also the closest town to the famous Fish Lake. The town also serves as an important point along the many trails of thPiute ATV TrailSystem. Koosharem's only store, the historiGrass Valley Mercantile shares this secondary naming reference. The name of the town Koosharem originates from the Native Americans indigenous to the area, the Piute Indians and their term for the valley named for the deep red clover that grows in the lush meadows of the ...
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