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In Wyoming, about 69% of properties could be at "major" risk of a wildfire in the next 30 years, and Colorado has the next highest figure, with 53% facing "major" risk.
The top three metropolitan areas with the most people in “very high” wildfire risk areas are all in California: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, and Los ...
Gilbert Peak seen from lake 151. The Uinta Mountains are part of the Wasatch and Uinta montane forests ecoregion. Nearly the entire range lies within Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (on the north and west) and Ashley National Forest (on the south and east). The range's highest peaks are protected as part of the High Uintas Wilderness.
Reids Peak is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. [2] It is situated in the western Uinta Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north into headwaters of the Weber River. [2]
Kamas, Evanston, and Mountain View Districts. High Uintas Wilderness at 456,705 acres (1,848.22 km 2) (shared with Ashley National Forest) Salt Lake District. Mount Olympus Wilderness at 15,856 acres (64.17 km 2) Twin Peaks Wilderness at 11,796 acres (47.74 km 2) Lone Peak Wilderness at 30,088 acres (121.76 km 2) (shared with Uinta National Forest)
Designated as a wilderness in 1984, the area is located within parts of Ashley National Forest and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The highest peak in Utah, Kings Peak , lies within the wilderness area along with some of Utah's highest peaks, particularly those over 13,000 feet (4,000 meters).
The lake has a rough oval shape about 1,200 feet (370 m) long by 600 feet (180 m) wide oriented east–west. The lake lies just east of a northwest–southeast trending ridgeline with an unnamed peak about 1,000 feet (300 m) to the south at an elevation of 11,834 feet (3,607 m) and another about 3,000 feet (910 m) to the northwest at an ...