8254

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8254
• Author: Brink, M. S. and J. C. Schmidt.
• Title: The Duchesne River Channel
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Geomorphic History, 1875-1995.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 2. •• Historical accounts of flow and channel conditions of the Duchesne River
durln flood, between 1896 and 1922
Date' Descrl tlon of flow and channel conditions Source
June 11. 1896 Bridge unusable at Duchesne on account of Vernal Express
high water
May 27, 1897 Duchesne River higher than ever before known Vernal Express
at this time of year
June 10, 1909 Spring floods, road traffic across Duchesne River The Uintah Chieftain
at Myton ceased Saturday June 5;
New channels being eroded northeast of
Myton;
Area of flowing water more than 300 feet wide
June 17, 1909 Across the north end of Theodore townsite, The Uintah Chieftain
Duchesne River makes four nearly complete
circles or "ox-bows' and overflows south banks
into Theodore;
Citizens make trench from north part of one
oxbow to another, making a new channel at a
quarter mile north of present course and away
from the town
June 1909 Myton bridge destroyed by high waters Eariv History of Duchesne
County (p. 289)
June 1909 Plowed furrows at bend in river to save bridge Personal interview conducted by
at Myton; Bert Jensen with Wallace Hyrum
Myton without flour for 3 weeks due to high Dennis in 1972. Wallace Hyrum
Dennis -eye witness account of
water;
Citizens forced to put boats in upstream of high waters of Duchesne River in
Myton with supplies and row across, current so 1909
strong that pushed downstream to Myton by
the time they crossed the river
June 24, 1909 Waters are receding from high flows; Uintah Chieftain
River flowing through new channel at Myton
through Indian allotments
July 1, 1909 Unable to divert river back to old channel Uintah Chieftain
June 9, 1921 Duchesne River "on the rampage," fear bridges Myton Free Press
will be destroyed
June 17, 1921 Duchesne River highest in history Vemal Express
June 23, 1921 Water erodes banks of Duchesne River through Myton Free Press
Myton
June 8, 1922 Duchesne River overflows banks near Tom Pitts Myton Free Press
land, just downstream of Myton;
Below Myton, new channel eroding into
farmland
' 1909, 1921, and 1922 are verified by U.S.G.S. records
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