Western Colorado River Watershed
  • Major Attractions include Capitol Reef National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
  • Land uses include agriculture, rangeland, mining, recreation, and others. 
  • Most of the land in this watershed is federally owned.
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Capitol Reef
Lake Powell
​Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River. The Glen Canyon Dam, located in Arizona, was completed on September 13, 1963 and it took 11 years for the lake to reach its high water mark. It covers an area of 254.1 square miles and has a mean depth of 131 feet. Lake Powell was named after John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War veteran who explored the Colorado river in 1869.
Sub-watersheds
  • Lower Lake Powell (western portion)
  • Paria (northern portion)
  • Escalante
  • Upper Lake Powell (western half)
  • Fremont
  • Dirty Devil
  • Lower Green
  • Muddy
  • San Rafael
  • Price
Utah Counties in this watershed
  • Kane
  • Garfield
  • Wayne
  • Sevier
  • Sanpete
  • Emery
  • Carbon