Mount Brigham

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Mount Brigham
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 11,770 ft (3,587 m) [1]
Prominence 532 ft (162 m) [1]
Parent peak Delano Peak [1]
Isolation 1.1 mi (1.8 km) [1]
Coordinates 38°23′07″N112°20′09″W / 38.3852054°N 112.3358489°W / 38.3852054; -112.3358489 [2]
Naming
Etymology Robert "Brigham" Yount
Geography
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Mount Brigham
Location in Utah
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Mount Brigham
Mount Brigham (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Utah
County Piute
Protected area Fishlake National Forest
Parent range Tushar Mountains [3]
Topo map USGS Mount Brigham

Mount Brigham is an 11,770-foot-elevation (3,587-meter) mountain summit in Piute County, Utah, United States.

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Description

Mount Brigham is part of the Tushar Mountains and it is set in Fishlake National Forest. It ranks as the sixth-highest peak in the Tushar Mountains, [3] seventh-highest in the county and 102nd-highest in the state. [1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Sevier River via Twomile Creek, Pine Creek, and Cottonwood Creek. [3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,770 feet (1,149 meters) above Pine Creek in 1.75 miles (2.8 km). Mount Brigham is named after Robert Yount, nicknamed "Brigham" or "Brig", who prospected in the vicinity of this peak in the 1880s. [4] This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1979 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [2] There are mining claims, a road, and a communications tower on the mountain.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Brigham is located in a dry summer subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dsc) with cold snowy winters and mild summers. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Mount Brigham". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Brigham, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press, 1990, ISBN   9780874803457, p. 260.
  5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.