Pine Valley

1943

2004

Description:

Plate 773X. Pine Valley 1943 – 2004 Viewed east to the Pine Valley Mountains. This photopoint is near the 40 acre Mountain View Administration Site - - see Plates 695x to 697x and Plates 769x to 772x, but this area has not been interseeded with crested wheatgrass. Mountain big sage has increased. New homes have been built in the town of Pine Valley. In the distance, ponderosa pine, white fir, spruce, pinyon, juniper, and mountain brush have all increased, as have forest fuels.

Photo Information:

U.S. Forest Service photograph (unnumbered) taken on June 8, 1943; retake by Darrell McMahon on August 14, 2004 - - Photo No. DM-57-12. Original photograph held by Utah State Historical Society, Reed W. Bailey Collection (Box 6), Salt Lake City, UT.

Vegetative Community:

Sagebrush, Dry Meadow, Pinyon, Juniper, Conifer, Mountain Brush

Location:

South West: Section 23, Range 15 West, Township 39 South; UTM 278170 E, 4140806 N; elevation 6,577 ft.

January 2018