Fremont River (Utah) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fremont River
Looking south along the Fremont River near Caineville, February 2005
Location of the mouth of the Fremont River in Utah
Country	United States
State	Utah
Region	Sevier and Wayne counties
Physical characteristics
Main source	Johnson Valley Reservoir 8,819 ft (2,688 m) 38°36′32″N 111°37′56″W / 38.60889°N 111.63222°W / 38.60889; -111.63222
River mouth	Dirty Devil River near Hanksville 4,250 ft (1,300 m) 38°24′10″N 110°41′35″W / 38.40278°N 110.69306°W / 38.40278; -110.69306
Length	95 mi (153 km)
Basin features
Basin size	751 sq mi (1,950 km2)

Fremont River is 95-mile (153 km) long river in southeastern Utah, United States that flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near Hanksville where the two rivers combine to form the Dirty Devil River, a tributary of the Colorado River.

Course

The Johnson Valley Reservoir is fed by Sevenmile Creek (from the north) and Lake Creek (from the southwest). The Fremont River passes through Fremont, Loa, Lyman, Bicknell, Teasdale, and Torrey and provides year-round irrigation for the agricultural lands of Rabbit Valley and Caineville. Then it heads through Hanksville and afterwards to its mouth.

Miscellaneous

The Fremont River has a drainage area of 751 square miles (1,950 km²) fed by spring snowmelt off Thousand Lake Mountain, Boulder Mountain, and the northern Henry Mountains. The river is named after John Charles Fremont. It gives its name to the Fremont culture, a Precolumbian archaeological culture.

Flow

Flow (ft^3/s), by month (1977–2003), at Bicknell gauging station: