Tropic Reservoir
1953
2003
Description:
Plate 155X. Tropic Reservoir 1953-2003 Viewed east across the upper end of Tropic Reservoir. The original photo shows the amount of sediment that was being deposited in the reservoir by the East Fork of the Sevier River. With improved management of the upper watershed, though, that no longer is the case. Conifers now block the original camera station, so the retake was made from the nearest open area, which is lower and closer to the reservoir shoreline. Ponderosa pine, pinyon, and juniper have all increased.
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph (476136) taken by Lowell J. Farmer on October 14, 1953; retake by Charles E. Kay on June 25, 2003 - - Photo No. 5176-7. Original photograph held by U.S. Forest Service Regional Office Photographic Collection (Dixie-2540-2) housed at Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Conifer, Pinyon, Juniper
Location:
South West: Section 7, Range 4 West, Township 37 South; UTM 389200 E, 4162200 N; elevation 7,880 ft.