Rush Valley is a long north-trending valley in the southeast of
Tooele County,
Utah
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. It lies adjacent to and attached to the south of
Tooele Valley; the separation point is the low point of the valley at
Rush Lake, and lies at the southeast of the small mountain
massif
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causing the separation, South Mountain at . The region of Rush Lake is a marsh region, fed by various streams from the mountain regions east and west.
A southern section of the
Tooele Army Depot
Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) is a United States Army Joint Munitions Command post in Tooele County, Utah. It serves as a storage site for war reserve and training ammunition. The depot stores, issues, receives, renovates, modifies, maintains and demi ...
lies in the valley's center-northeast, at the southwest foothills of the
Oquirrh Mountains.
Valley description
Rush Valley narrows to about wide in the north, between the
Stansbury Mountains west, and the Oquirrh Mountains east. The valley widens in the south, making two sections, a due-south section, and a region to the southeast. The southern section contains the communities of
Vernon and
Faust
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The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
, with Faust north, closer to the valley's center-south. Vernon is in flatlands fed by the
Sheeprock Mountains or foothills, southwest, south, and southeast.
The southeast valley section is long
[Utah DeLorme Atlas, p. 24, 25.] from the Rush Valley center and lies at the northwest of the East Tintic Mountains. A ridge north separates Rush Valley from Cedar Valley to the east.
Lofgreen is in mountain foothills southwest, and
Pehrson with
Topliff are in lower elevation regions.
The two southern sections cover a width of about , south of the valley center. The Rush Valley Centerpoint is north of
Faust
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The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
, and the small James Walter Fitzgerald Wildlife Management Area.
Access
Utah State Route 36
State Route 36 (SR-36) is a highway in northern Utah connecting US-6 in northern Juab County to I-80 in northern Tooele County.
Route description
From its southern terminus west of Eureka, SR-36 heads northwest until Vernon, where it turns no ...
(SR-36) transects the center of the valley, starting from a section at the northeast, from
Tooele
Tooele ( ) is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 35,742 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Tooele County. Located approximately 30 minutes southwest of Salt Lake City, Tooele is known for Tooele Army ...
and
Stockton. It turns and leaves the valley's southeast to meet the region of
Eureka
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and
Silver City in the
East Tintic Mountains
The East Tintic Mountains are a mountain range in central Juab, Utah, and Tooele counties in Utah, United States on the east margin of the Great Basin just west of the Wasatch Front about south-southeast of Salt Lake City. The community of Eur ...
.
Utah State Route 73
State Route 73 (SR-73) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the Rush, Cedar, and Utah Valleys. It is a discontinuous route in two segments; one long segment connecting SR-36 to Saratoga Springs, and one short segment within ...
(SR-73) joins SR-36 at the valley's center after traversing the south of the Oquirrh Mountains in the valley's southeast (the north perimeter of the southeast section).
From the West,
Utah State Route 199 (SR-199) enters the valley center from
Dugway, and its canyon route through the western mountains is the dividing line between the
Stansbury Mountains north, and the
Onaqui Mountains
The Onaqui Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Tooele County, Utah United States.
Description
The range is part of a continuous range with the Stansbury Mountains and Sheeprock Mountains. The highest point is Stookey Benchmark, which ...
south.
File:Utah Lake Landsat.png, 3 valley sequences (west-to-east) —
Skull Valley, Tooele Valley-north & Rush Valley-south, Cedar Valley-(southeast, and smallest valley, at Lake Mountains
The Lake Mountains (also known as simply Lake Mountain) are a mountain range located on the western edge of the Utah Valley in northwestern Utah County, Utah, United States. The range forms the northwest border of Utah Lake, and its proximity t ...
, west border of Utah Lake
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)
File:1852 Stansbury Map of Utah and the Great Salt Lake - Geographicus - GreatSaltLake2-stansbury-1852.jpg, 1852 Stansbury Map
References
External links
{{commons category, Rush Valley
Map: South Mountain & Rush Lake region, topographic map (topoquest)
Landforms of Tooele County, Utah
Valleys of Utah
Valleys of the Great Basin