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(Photos 7,8) USGS 32277 The original image was taken on Sept. 12,1922. The recorded flow at that time was 3,010 cfs. The view looks downstream at the confluence. The original image is fair, the actual channel is indistinguishable. Location: Mile 19 View: Downstream at the mouth of the Price River Matching Data: 9/9/96 12:45 p.m. Weather: Slightly overcast and warm. Approximate Flow: @ 2,100 cfs. Film: TMAX 100 Exposure: 1/60 sec. @ f/22 Camera Height: 150 cm. Print Data: PC III, RC, F: Dektol 1:2; 10 sec. @ f/22, no PC filter used. Photographer: Susie Holman To Locate Match Site: On river right there is a large rock with very visible trail leading up the slope, watch for the opening of the Price River Canyon in the distance on the right. The trail is well used as it leads to some petroglyphs on some of the large boulders. Walk around the point, scramble up the slope. The exact match spot was not located, possibly due to erosion or it could be on the highest shelf which is now very precarious to get to. The match site is marked with a large cairn but the stability of the slope may play a roll in finding this site again. Geomorphic/Vegetation Changes: • The left side of the river now has a road along the river. • The trees on the left are larger and appear to be a popular picnic site. (Close to the road.) • The shape of the left bank has enlarged a great deal and is heavily vegetated. • Just downstream from the trees there is a whole new structure to the river. A sand bar/island has developed and shows slight vegetation. • The channel to the left of the island has carved an irregular bank with varying levels of vegetation and some cobble deposits as well as sand deposition that appears to have been reworked by water and wind. • Downstream river right, in the distance there is a loss of trees. • Vegetation on river right downstream has homogenized into tamarisk and willow banks. • At the mouth of the Price river there is an area that shows heavy erosion. Now, this has softened but is still visible and active. (See shadow area in 1996 image.) • The whole mouth of the Price river is now a sea of tamarisk. The channel size is about 1/4 of what it used to be. • All the trees on the area between the two rivers are now gone. • The alluvial deposits at the mouth of the Price have been reworked. The exposed area has some plant colonization but is clearly part of the main channel at high flows and susceptible to reworking often.