Tropic Reservoir

Description:

Plate 160X. Tropic Reservoir ca. 1940-2003 Viewed east-northeast across the lower end of Tropic Reservoir. The retake was made from a slightly elevated position to document how ponderosa pine have become established in one of the old barrow pits that was used to construct the dam. Conifers have also increased on the distant hillsides despite repeated logging, as have pinyon and juniper.

Photo Information:

U.S. Forest Service photograph (unnumbered) taken ca. 1940; retake by Charles E. Kay on June 25, 2003 - - Photo No. 5176-29. Original photograph held by Southern Utah University Archives and Special Collections, Cedar City, UT.

Vegetative Community:

Conifer, Pinyon, Juniper

South West: Section 5, Range 4 West, Township 37 South; UTM 389550 E, 4163400 N; elevation 7,900 ft.