Lower Enterprise Reservoir

1910

2007

Description:

Plate 1487X. Lower Enterprise Reservoir 1910 – 2007 Viewed southwest to Lower Enterprise Dam on Little Pine Creek in the Pine Valley Mountains southwest of Enterprise, Utah. The foreground has been altered by road construction. Pinyon and juniper have increased west of the reservoir. The dam, which was completed in 1909 (Alder and Brooks 1996:187-191), was overtopped by flood waters in 2005.

Photo Information:

Original photograph (PO-208 Utah’s Flood Problem) taken ca. 1910; retake by Charles E. Kay on August 21, 2007 - - Photo No. 5830-13A. Original photograph held in Special Collections at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Vegetative Community:

Pinyon, Juniper

Location:

South West: Section 34, Range18 West, Township 37 South; UTM 248165 E, 4157048 N; elevation 5,711 ft.

January 2018