Strawberry River (Utah)
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The Strawberry River is an 18 miles (29 km) river located in eastern Utah
, United States
.
Strawberry River's headwaters
are located in the Wasatch Mountains of the western Uintah Basin
. The river flows east into Strawberry Reservoir
, and then out through Soldier Creek Dam.
The first 8 miles (12.9 km) below Soldier Creek Dam is owned by the Bureau of Land Management
, and is one of Utah's most productive brown
and cutthroat
trout
fisheries, and was one of the first waters in Utah to be designated a Quality Fishing Stream. This part of the river can only be accessed by a trail that runs along the north bank. No motorized vehicles are allowed.
12 miles (19.3 km) below Soldier Creek Dam the river runs by the Strawberry Pinnacles (sedimentary formations) where it is joined by the tributaries Avintaquin Creek and Red Creek. The narrow canyon that the river runs through is characterized by high steep cliffs and dense foliage. The river ends when it joins the Duchesne River
east of the town of Duchesne, Utah
.
During extremely cold winters, areas of the river have frozen solid, causing the river to overflow its banks and flood the canyon floor. This happened in 1983 and 2000.
The residents living along the river form the community of Strawberry, Utah
.
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States
United States
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Strawberry River's headwaters
Source (river or stream)
The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the place from which the water in the river or stream originates.-Definition:There is no universally agreed upon definition for determining a stream's source...
are located in the Wasatch Mountains of the western Uintah Basin
Uintah Basin
The Uintah Basin, also spelled Uinta Basin, is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division. It is also a geologic structural basin in eastern Utah, east of the Wasatch Mountains and south of the...
. The river flows east into Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir is a large reservoir in the U.S. state of Utah. It is Utah's most popular fishery, receiving over 1.5 million angling hours annually and is part of the program. Game fish in the reservoir include sterilized rainbow trout, bear lake cutthroat trout, kokanee salmon and crayfish....
, and then out through Soldier Creek Dam.
The first 8 miles (12.9 km) below Soldier Creek Dam is owned by the Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
, and is one of Utah's most productive brown
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....
and cutthroat
Cutthroat trout
The cutthroat trout is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is one of the many fish species colloquially known as trout...
trout
Trout
Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
fisheries, and was one of the first waters in Utah to be designated a Quality Fishing Stream. This part of the river can only be accessed by a trail that runs along the north bank. No motorized vehicles are allowed.
12 miles (19.3 km) below Soldier Creek Dam the river runs by the Strawberry Pinnacles (sedimentary formations) where it is joined by the tributaries Avintaquin Creek and Red Creek. The narrow canyon that the river runs through is characterized by high steep cliffs and dense foliage. The river ends when it joins the Duchesne River
Duchesne River
The Duchesne River, located in Uintah Basin region of Utah in the western United States, is a tributary of the Green River. The watershed of the river covers the Northeastern corner of Utah...
east of the town of Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Duchesne city is located at . just west of the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah...
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During extremely cold winters, areas of the river have frozen solid, causing the river to overflow its banks and flood the canyon floor. This happened in 1983 and 2000.
The residents living along the river form the community of Strawberry, Utah
Strawberry, Utah
Strawberry is an unincorporated community in western Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Most of the inhabitants live along the Strawberry River between the Strawberry River pinnacles and Starvation Reservoir west of the city of Duchesne, the county seat of Duchesne County.-History:1905-1910 In...
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