Unnamed Lake
1935
2002
Description:
Plate 17X. Unnamed Lake 1935-2002 Viewed north across an unnamed lake on the eastside of Boulder Mountain. This body of water is located north of Scout Lake and west of Round Lake. Coniferous forest now blocks the original camera station, so the retake was made closer to the lake shore and at a slightly lower elevation. Conifers have invaded most aspen stands across the lake and the lake has dried due to the extended drought that has plagued southern Utah for several years. Aspen to the right of the lake regenerated during the late 1970’s when mule deer numbers declined (Kay and Bartos 2000), but not since because of repeated browsing by elk, deer, and cattle. Insects have begun to kill some of the older spruce and a few trees around the lake were killed by a prescribe-burn in 1997.
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph 307760 taken in August 1935; retake by Charles E. Kay on July 7, 2002 - - Photo No. 4959-12. Original photo held by the Utah Historical Society, Reed W. Bailey Collection, Salt Lake City, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Conifer, Aspen
Location:
South West: Section 33, Range 5 East, Township 31 South; UTM 468750E, 4213000N; elevation 9,940 ft.