Scofield Reservoir

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 152
  • Year: 2009
  • Most Recent Adults: 152
  • Year: 2009
  • Survey Type: N/A
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Scofield Reservoir
Location:
Utah
HydroLAKE ID:
112216
GRanD ID:
506
Latitude:
39.788265
Longitude:
-111.128280
Surface area (km2):
10
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1945
Management agency:
Utah Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lake use:
irrigation
Region associations:
Scofield State Park; Price River; Green River
Designations:
State Park
Comments:
Avian influenza was detected in wild birds of the area.

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
    26 June 2009
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 152 2009
Most Recent Adults 101 to 500 152 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).
  • Scofield State Park
  • Scofield Dam
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)