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|footnote = Uses: camping ('''Clear Creek Campground''', 6300 ft), hiking (Bull Flat Trail to [[Bull Flat]], [[Bull Lake]], and [[Bull Mountain]])<ref name= "camp">{{cite book | last = Steadman |first = Jeffery |title = The Best in Tent Camping: Utah | year = 2007 | publisher = Menasha Ridge Press | location = Birmingham, AL | pages = 92–94| isbn = 978-0-89732-647-6 }}</ref> |
|footnote = Uses: camping ('''Clear Creek Campground''', 6300 ft), hiking (Bull Flat Trail to [[Bull Flat]], [[Bull Lake]], and [[Bull Mountain]])<ref name= "camp">{{cite book | last = Steadman |first = Jeffery |title = The Best in Tent Camping: Utah | year = 2007 | publisher = Menasha Ridge Press | location = Birmingham, AL | pages = 92–94| isbn = 978-0-89732-647-6 }}</ref> |
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{{Sync|Great Basin Divide|date=June 2010}}<!--The Great Basin Divide wikiarticle doesn't claim watersheds "follow state lines", but it does correctly claim it "lists crossings of various boundaries, including those of states" (8 state lines, 2 border crossings) -- but it doesn't doesn't list "Raft River Mountains"--so is the Divide through the Raft River Mts or not?--> |
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{{Main|Sawtooth National Forest}} |
{{Main|Sawtooth National Forest}} |
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'''The Raft River Mountains''' are a [[mountain range]] in [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Utah]], [[United States]] with a [[ghost town]] ([[Yost, Utah|Yost]]) on the north central slopes. |
'''The Raft River Mountains''' are a [[mountain range]] in [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Utah]], [[United States]] with a [[ghost town]] ([[Yost, Utah|Yost]]) on the north central slopes. |
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[[File:Snake_watershed.png |thumb|left|The [[drainage divide]] between the [[Great Basin]]'s [[:Category:Great Salt Lake regions|Great Salt Lake subregion]] & the [[Snake River]] watershed (yellow) crosses a small portion of northwest Utah.]] |
[[File:Snake_watershed.png |thumb|left|The [[drainage divide]] between the [[Great Basin]]'s [[:Category:Great Salt Lake regions|Great Salt Lake subregion]] & the [[Snake River]] watershed (yellow) crosses a small portion of northwest Utah.]] |
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⚫ | Located in the [[Sawtooth National Forest]],<ref>{{cite book | last = Mohlenbrock |first = Robert | title = This land: a guide to western national forests | year = 2006 |publisher = University of California Press | location = Los Angeles | pages = 196 | isbn = 0-520-23967-9}}</ref> the range's [[montane]] [[forest]] ecoregion is surrounded by [[steppe]]s and [[desert]].<ref name= "house" />{{not in source|date=June 2010}} The range is oriented in an east-west orientation, and is a portion of the [[Great Basin Divide]] between the [[Great Basin]] (south)<ref name = "house">{{cite web |last1=Houseman, R |last2=Baumann, R |year=1997 |title=Zoogeographic affinities of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Raft River Mountains, Utah |url=https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/wnan/index.php/wnan/article/viewArticle/797 |format=abstract |journal=Western North American Naturalist, North America, 5731 07 }}</ref>{{not in source|THE CITED Houseman WEBPAGE DOESN'T CLAIM SOUTH SIDE IS IN GREAT BASIN--IT JUST IDENTIFIES NORTH SIDE IS SNAKE BASIN|date=June 2010}} and the [[Snake River]] drainage (north).<ref name=UGS/> |
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==Geology== |
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The central mass of the range consists of [[Precambrian]] [[metamorphic rock]]s.<ref name=UGS/> The Elba Quartzite with interlayered [[schist]] outcrops along the southern slopes of the range and in the [[Grouse Creek Mountains]] to the southwest. [[Cambrian]] [[quartzite]] outcrops in the west part of the range and in the Grouse Creek range and the [[Goose Creek Mountains]] to the west. The thinly bedded quartzites have been quarried for building stone in the area.<ref>Bryce T. Tripp, ''The Quartzite Building Stone Industry of the Raft River and Grouse Creek,'' Special Study 84, Utah Geological Survey, 1994</ref> |
The central mass of the range consists of [[Precambrian]] [[metamorphic rock]]s.<ref name=UGS/> The Elba Quartzite with interlayered [[schist]] outcrops along the southern slopes of the range and in the [[Grouse Creek Mountains]] to the southwest. [[Cambrian]] [[quartzite]] outcrops in the west part of the range and in the Grouse Creek range and the [[Goose Creek Mountains]] to the west. The thinly bedded quartzites have been quarried for building stone in the area.<ref>Bryce T. Tripp, ''The Quartzite Building Stone Industry of the Raft River and Grouse Creek,'' Special Study 84, Utah Geological Survey, 1994</ref> |
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==Flora and fauna== |
==Flora and fauna== |
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Trees on the slopes include [[Abies lasiocarpa|subalpine firs]], [[Douglas-fir]], [[Single-leaf Pinyon]], [[Juniperus scopulorum|Rocky Mountain juniper]], and [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah juniper]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Erdman |first = Kimball | title = Distribution of the Native Trees of Utah| year = 1970 | publisher = BYU | location = Provo, UT}}</ref> The range's [[Yellow-pine Chipmunk]] and the [[Belding's Ground Squirrel]] are not found elsewhere in Utah.<ref name= "house" /> |
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==Camping and activities== |
==Camping and activities== |
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The range's Bull Flat trail leads to Bull Flat, Bull Lake, and Bull Mountain{{Specify|ARE THESE IN THE RANGE?}} and passes former mines (the [[trailhead]] is near a campground).<ref name= "camp">{{cite book | last = Steadman |first = Jeffery |title = The Best in Tent Camping: Utah | year = 2007 | publisher = Menasha Ridge Press | location = Birmingham, AL | pages = 92–94| isbn = 978-0-89732-647-6 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Box Elder County, Utah]] |
[[Category:Box Elder County, Utah]] |
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[[Category:Great Salt Lake regions]] |
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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Utah]] |
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Utah]] |
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The Raft River Mountains are a mountain range in Box Elder County, Utah, United States with a ghost town (Yost) on the north central slopes.
Geography
Located in the Sawtooth National Forest,[1] the range's montane forest ecoregion is surrounded by steppes and desert.[2][failed verification] The range is oriented in an east-west orientation, and is a portion of the Great Basin Divide between the Great Basin (south)[2][failed verification] and the Snake River drainage (north).[3]
Geology
The central mass of the range consists of Precambrian metamorphic rocks.[3] The Elba Quartzite with interlayered schist outcrops along the southern slopes of the range and in the Grouse Creek Mountains to the southwest. Cambrian quartzite outcrops in the west part of the range and in the Grouse Creek range and the Goose Creek Mountains to the west. The thinly bedded quartzites have been quarried for building stone in the area.[4]
Flora and fauna
Trees on the slopes include subalpine firs, Douglas-fir, Single-leaf Pinyon, Rocky Mountain juniper, and Utah juniper.[5] The range's Yellow-pine Chipmunk and the Belding's Ground Squirrel are not found elsewhere in Utah.[2]
Camping and activities
The range's Bull Flat trail leads to Bull Flat, Bull Lake, and Bull Mountain[specify] and passes former mines (the trailhead is near a campground).[6]
References
- ^ Mohlenbrock, Robert (2006). This land: a guide to western national forests. Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-520-23967-9.
- ^ a b c Houseman, R; Baumann, R (1997). "Zoogeographic affinities of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Raft River Mountains, Utah" (abstract). Western North American Naturalist, North America, 5731 07.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
UGS
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bryce T. Tripp, The Quartzite Building Stone Industry of the Raft River and Grouse Creek, Special Study 84, Utah Geological Survey, 1994
- ^ Erdman, Kimball (1970). Distribution of the Native Trees of Utah. Provo, UT: BYU.
- ^ Steadman, Jeffery (2007). The Best in Tent Camping: Utah. Birmingham, AL: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 92–94. ISBN 978-0-89732-647-6.