Price River

Price River
The Price River in Price Canyon, June 2010
Price River watershed (Interactive map)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
RegionCarbon, Utah, and Emery Counties
CitiesColton, Royal, Castle Gate, Helper, Spring Glen, Carbonville, Price, Wellington, Woodside
Physical characteristics
SourceScofield Reservoir
 • locationNorthern edge of the Manti–La Sal National Forest and Wasatch Plateau
 • coordinates39°47′13″N 111°07′24″W / 39.78694°N 111.12333°W / 39.78694; -111.12333[1]
 • elevation7,618 ft (2,322 m)
MouthConfluence with the Green River
 • location
20 miles (32 km) north of Green River, Utah
 • coordinates
39°10′46″N 110°06′23″W / 39.17944°N 110.10639°W / 39.17944; -110.10639[1]
 • elevation
4,140 ft (1,260 m)
Basin size1,900 sq mi (4,900 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWhite River, Willow Creek, Coal Creek, Grassy Trail Creek
 • rightMiller Creek, Gordon Creek, Beaver Creek

The Price River is a 137-mile-long (220 km)[2][3] southeastward flowing river in Carbon, Utah and Emery counties in eastern Utah. It is a tributary to the Green River, itself a tributary to the Colorado River.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Price River
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 30, 2020
  3. ^ Stanley L. Ponce; Richard H. Hawkins (1978). "Salt Pickup by Overland Flow in the Price River Basin, Utah". Water Resources Bulletin. 14 (5): 1187–1200. Bibcode:1978JAWRA..14.1187P. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1978.tb02257.x. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

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