Upper Sheep Creek Flat
1965
2004
Description:
Plate 400X. Upper Sheep Creek Flat 1965 – 2004 Viewed west-southwest across the upper portion of Sheep Creek Flat below Bryce Canyon National Park. The area was chained a few years prior to when the original photograph was taken. The slash was later piled and the area planted with crested wheatgrass. Despite those treatments, pinyon and juniper have reinvaded the site. Mountain big sagebrush, oakbrush, Utah serviceberry, bitterbrush, and birchleaf mountain mahogany are also present. The area appears to be lightly-used, mule deer winter range, and was not grazed by livestock in 2004. Stock ponds built at the time the site was treated have not held water for several years due to the continued drought. Shown in the original photo is Vern Shakespear, who was cutting juniper missed during the chaining.
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph taken by G. Glade Quilter on March 17, 1965; retake by Charles E. Kay on May 9, 2004 - - Photo No. 5287-9. Original photograph held by Southern Utah University Archives and Special Collections, Cedar City, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Pinyon, Juniper, Sagebrush, Oakbrush, Mountain Brush
Location:
South West: Section 30, Range 3 West, Township 37 South; UTM 397600 E, 4157800 N; elevation 6,960 ft.