| Parrish Creek | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | Samuel Parrish |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Spring in the Wasatch Range, Utah 8,580 feet (2,620 m) 40°56′48″N111°48′30″W / 40.94667°N 111.80833°W |
| River mouth | Centerville, Utah 4,600 feet (1,400 m) 40°55′24″N111°51′56″W / 40.92333°N 111.86556°W Coordinates: 40°55′24″N111°51′56″W / 40.92333°N 111.86556°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Parrish Canyon |
Parrish Creek is a stream in Davis County, Utah, United States. [1]
Davis County is a county in northern Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 306,479, making it Utah's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Farmington, and its largest city is Layton.
Utah is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 30th-most-populous, and 11th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million according to the Census estimate for July 1, 2016. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which contains approximately 2.5 million people; and Washington County in Southern Utah, with over 160,000 residents. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.
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The creek begins at a spring about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south-southeast of Bountiful Peak in the Wasatch Range, at an elevation of approximately 8,580 feet (2,620 m). It flows southwest to a point in the foothills northeast of the eastern end of Parrish Lane (400 North) in Centerville.
The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. The northern extension of the Wasatch Range, the Bear River Mountains, extends just into Idaho, constituting all of the Wasatch Range in that state.
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topographically higher mountains, hills, and uplands. Frequently foothills consist of alluvial fans, coalesced alluvial fans and dissected plateaus.
Centerville is a city in southeastern Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,335 at the 2010 census. It is located adjacent to the easternmost part of the Great Salt Lake.
Parrish Creek was named after Samuel Parrish, a pioneer settler in the area. [2] [3] The creek and the community had originally been named Duel, after a pair brothers that were settlers in the area. (However, the name of the community was later changed to Cherry Creek, and then Centerville, while the name of the creek was changed to Parrish.) [4] After settling along the steam. Mr. Parrish built one of the first (albeit crude) mills in Davis County. [5]
A short way up a trail that roughly follows the stream bed there are some Native American pictographs. [6] [7] There is another trail that runs south of the creek (along the ridge which separates Parrish Canyon from Centerville Canyon) that is one of the recommended hiking routes to Bountiful Peak. The west end of that trail begins along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and the east end connects with Skyline Drive. The trail (to the peak) is about 7.84 miles (12.62 km) with an elevation gain of 4,670 feet (1,420 m). [3] [8] [9] [10]
A stream bed or streambed is the channel bottom of a stream or river, the physical confine of the normal water flow. The lateral confines or channel margins are known as the stream banks or river banks, during all but flood stage. Under certain conditions a river can branch from one stream bed to multiple stream beds. A flood occurs when a stream overflows its banks and flows onto its flood plain. As a general rule, the bed is the part of the channel up to the normal water line, and the banks are that part above the normal water line. However, because water flow varies, this differentiation is subject to local interpretation. Usually, the bed is kept clear of terrestrial vegetation, whereas the banks are subjected to water flow only during unusual or perhaps infrequent high water stages and therefore might support vegetation some or much of the time.
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States, except Hawaii. There are over 500 federally recognized tribes within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. The term "American Indian" excludes Native Hawaiians and some Alaska Natives, while Native Americans are American Indians, plus Alaska Natives of all ethnicities. Native Hawaiians are not counted as Native Americans by the US Census, instead being included in the Census grouping of "Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander".
The Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a mixed use (biking/hiking) recreation trail in Utah that follows the shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville. Today, the Wasatch Front hosts to a growing region of outdoor enthusiasts. Some sections of the trail are complete while other parts are still being developed. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail hopes to one day stretch from the Idaho border North of Logan, Utah and run South all the way to Nephi, Utah. 150 miles (240 km) apart, the trail will weave in and out of many canyons of the Wasatch Mountains, totaling 305+ miles of dirt and paved trails. If completed the trail would be located within 20 miles (32 km) of 80% of the population of Utah.
