Flaming Gorge

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 26
  • Year: 2009
  • Most Recent Adults: 26
  • Year: 2009
  • Survey Type: Shore
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Flaming Gorge
Location:
Utah
HydroLAKE ID:
784
GRanD ID:
451
Latitude:
40.915665
Longitude:
-109.420471
Surface area (km2):
126.5
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1963
Management agency:
U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lake use:
water supply flood control hydroelectricity recreation
Region associations:
Green River; Upper Colorado River Basin; Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Designations:
Recreation Area
Comments:
Major tributary of the Colorado River.

Surveys (1)

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    15 June 2009
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 26 2009
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 26 2009
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Parker and Frokjer were observers. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas.

Sources of Information

  • Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
  • Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Flaming Gorge Dam
  • Flaming Gorge Unit
  • Flaming Gorge Recreation
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  • Flaming Gorge Fisheries
  • Flaming Gorge - Earth Science Picture of the Day