The Ogden River is a long river in
Weber County.
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 ...
, United States.
Description
The Ogden River's three forks (North, Central, and South) begin in the
Wasatch Range in Weber County and converge at
Pineview Reservoir, near
Huntsville
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...
. The river then flows southwest through
Ogden Canyon 300px, Ogden Canyon, August 2005
Ogden Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range in eastern Weber County, Utah, United States, just east of Ogden.
Geography
Ogden Canyon is a roughly long canyon with a series of smaller side canyons in the Wasa ...
, the city of
Ogden, and the border of
West Haven and
Marriott-Slaterville where it joins the
Weber River
The Weber River ( ) is a long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. The Weber River was named for American fur trapper John Henry Weber.
The Weber River ...
.
The Ogden River is older than the Wasatch Mountains. As the mountains slowly rose over the last 15 million years by periodic faulting on the Wasatch fault, the river was able to cut through the landscape to create the remarkable Ogden Canyon, which is a roughly long canyon with a series of smaller side canyons. The city of Ogden is at the western end of Ogden Canyon, with the eastern end at
Pineview Dam
Pineview Dam is located in Ogden Canyon, east of Ogden, Utah, United States.
Description
Pineview Dam is located at the eastern end of Ogden Canyon at the confluence of the north, south, and center forks of the Ogden River. The western half ...
.
Originally named after 19th-century fur trader
Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early explorer of what is now British Columbia and the Western United States. During his many expedi ...
, the Ogden River has been a source of irrigation since the early 20th century. Pineview Dam was completed in 1937 as one of a series of projects by the
Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
as part of the Ogden River Project. This project attempts to supply irrigation to of nearby land. Other related projects include the Ogden-Brigham Canal, which connects the river with
Brigham City
Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 17,899 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Box Elder County. It lies on the western slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range ...
to the north, the reconstructed Ogden Canyon Conduit, and the South Ogden Highline Canal.
[Ogden River Project]
General Description
. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved on July 18, 2006.
See also
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List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are listed upstream ...
References
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Rivers of Utah
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
Rivers of Weber County, Utah
Great Salt Lake watershed