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Ground-water hydrology of Dugway Proving Ground and adjoining area, Tooele and Juab counties, Utah

July 1, 2001

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a U.S. Department of Defense chemical, biological, and explosives testing facility in northwestern Utah.  The facility includes about 620 miin Tooele County.  The town of Dugway, referred to as English Village, is the administrative headquarters for the military facility, the primary residential area, and community center.  The English Village area is located at the southern end of Skull Valley and is separated from the Fries area by a surface-water divide.  Most of the facility is located just to the west of Skull Valley in Government Creek Valley, Dugway Valley, and the Great Salt Lake Desert (fig. 1).

Publication Year 2001
Title Ground-water hydrology of Dugway Proving Ground and adjoining area, Tooele and Juab counties, Utah
DOI 10.3133/wri004240
Authors Judy I. Steiger, Geoffrey W. Freethey
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series Number 2000-4240
Index ID wri004240
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Utah Water Science Center