Price River

Price River
The Price River in Price Canyon, June 2010
Price River is located in Utah
Price River
Location of the mouth of Price River in Utah
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 size170 sq mi (440 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWhite River, Willow 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.