Uinta National Forest
| Uinta National Forest | |
|---|---|
 Uinta National Forest | |
  | |
| Location | Juab, Sanpete, Utah, and Wasatch counties, Utah, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Provo, UT |
| Coordinates | 40°15′N 111°17′W / 40.250°N 111.283°W |
| Area | 880,719 acres (3,564.14 km2)[1] |
| Established | 2 February 1897 |
| Visitors | 3,200,000[2] (in 2006) |
| Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
| Website | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest |
Sundance
in the Uinta National ForestUinta National Forest Salt Lake City, Utah, 50 miles (80 km) north of Provo, Utah.[3]
The Uinta National Forest was headquartered in
Wasatch-Cache National Forest as the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Managing 880,719 acres (1,376.1 sq mi; 356,414.3 ha), the Uinta National Forest is less than 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City and only minutes away from Provo, Utah. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Utah, Wasatch, Juab, and Sanpete counties.[4]
One of the most prominent features of the Uinta National Forest is the Mount Timpanogos mountain peak, towering over 11,750 feet (3,580 m) above sea level. However, the highest point in the Unita National Forest (as well as the entire Wasatch Range) is the nearby Mount Nebo at 11,928 feet (3,636 m) above sea level.[5]
Wilderness areas
There are three officially designated
wilderness areas in Uinta National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. One of them lies partly in neighboring Wasatch National Forest
.
- Lone Peak Wilderness (partly in Wasatch NF)
- Mount Nebo Wilderness
- Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Climate
There is a SNOTEL weather station near Trial Lake , in the west of the Uinta Forest at 10000 feet. It features a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc) with continental characteristics. This climate type is one of the most prevelant in the forest, particularly at higher elevations
| Climate data for Trial Lake, Utah | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 53 (12) |
58 (14) |
84 (29) |
86 (30) |
77 (25) |
82 (28) |
89 (32) |
83 (28) |
80 (27) |
72 (22) |
60 (16) |
53 (12) |
89 (32) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 42 (6) |
43 (6) |
50 (10) |
56 (13) |
61 (16) |
71 (22) |
76 (24) |
73 (23) |
68 (20) |
58 (14) |
48 (9) |
41 (5) |
76 (24) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 27.7 (−2.4) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
38.0 (3.3) |
42.8 (6.0) |
49.8 (9.9) |
59.3 (15.2) |
67.1 (19.5) |
65.0 (18.3) |
56.2 (13.4) |
43.8 (6.6) |
33.0 (0.6) |
26.2 (−3.2) |
44.9 (7.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 18.4 (−7.6) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
29.4 (−1.4) |
38.3 (3.5) |
48.1 (8.9) |
55.5 (13.1) |
54.1 (12.3) |
46.0 (7.8) |
33.8 (1.0) |
23.2 (−4.9) |
16.8 (−8.4) |
33.9 (1.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 8.2 (−13.2) |
6.6 (−14.1) |
11.6 (−11.3) |
16.8 (−8.4) |
24.9 (−3.9) |
34.6 (1.4) |
42.1 (5.6) |
40.9 (4.9) |
32.9 (0.5) |
22.8 (−5.1) |
12.8 (−10.7) |
6.9 (−13.9) |
21.8 (−5.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −9 (−23) |
−10 (−23) |
−3 (−19) |
4 (−16) |
12 (−11) |
23 (−5) |
35 (2) |
33 (1) |
20 (−7) |
7 (−14) |
−4 (−20) |
−10 (−23) |
−16.2 (−26.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −28 (−33) |
−31 (−35) |
−17 (−27) |
−14 (−26) |
−8 (−22) |
3 (−16) |
15 (−9) |
13 (−11) |
4 (−16) |
−22 (−30) |
−28 (−33) |
−30 (−34) |
−31 (−35) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.49 (114) |
4.24 (108) |
4.11 (104) |
3.86 (98) |
3.39 (86) |
2.07 (53) |
1.78 (45) |
2.21 (56) |
2.54 (65) |
3.04 (77) |
3.69 (94) |
4.17 (106) |
39.59 (1,006) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 62 (160) |
72 (180) |
76 (190) |
71 (180) |
54 (140) |
16 (41) |
1 (2.5) |
0 (0) |
1 (2.5) |
19 (48) |
26 (66) |
49 (120) |
80 (200) |
| Source: XMACIS2<ref name = XMACIS>
"xmACIS2". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 18, 2024. </ref | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of U.S. national forests
- Uinta
References
- ^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ Staff (April 2010). "Utah Forest Highway Long Range Transportation Plan" (PDF). Central Federal Lands Highway Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ Hancock, Laura (14 September 2007). "2 Utah forests are merging". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "National Forest Acreage by State, Congressional District and County". National Forest Service. 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ "Mount Nebo Wilderness". wilderness.net. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
Further reading
- (1994) "The Forest Service in Utah" article in the Utah History Encyclopedia. The article was written by Thomas G. Alexander and Rick J. Fish and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022 and retrieved on April 23, 2024.