Rockport Reservoir | |
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Location | Summit County, Utah, United States |
Coordinates | 40°47′24″N111°24′15″W / 40.79000°N 111.40417°W |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Weber River |
Primary outflows | Weber River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,080 acres (440 ha) [1] |
Water volume | 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) |
Surface elevation | 5,955 feet (1,815 m) [2] |
Rockport Reservoir, also called Wanship Reservoir, is a reservoir along the Weber River within the Rockport State Park in southwestern Summit County, Utah, United States.
Rockport Reservoir is located just south of the town of Wanship on Utah State Route 32. It is an impoundment on the Weber River, created by the Wanship Dam.
The reservoir was named for the former town of Rockport, which it almost completely submerged in the 1950s.
Wanship Dam is a 175 feet (53 m) high embankment dam. It has a crest length of 2,015 feet (614 m). It was built as part of the Weber Basin project between 1954 and 1957. [3]
Climate data for Wanship Dam, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, 1955-2020 extremes: 5940ft (1811m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 59 (15) | 66 (19) | 78 (26) | 85 (29) | 94 (34) | 99 (37) | 101 (38) | 99 (37) | 94 (34) | 87 (31) | 72 (22) | 65 (18) | 101 (38) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 49.1 (9.5) | 53.2 (11.8) | 65.3 (18.5) | 74.9 (23.8) | 82.9 (28.3) | 91.0 (32.8) | 96.1 (35.6) | 94.0 (34.4) | 89.0 (31.7) | 78.9 (26.1) | 65.0 (18.3) | 52.5 (11.4) | 96.4 (35.8) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.4 (1.9) | 39.3 (4.1) | 49.1 (9.5) | 57.1 (13.9) | 67.2 (19.6) | 78.6 (25.9) | 87.4 (30.8) | 85.6 (29.8) | 76.4 (24.7) | 62.1 (16.7) | 46.9 (8.3) | 35.5 (1.9) | 60.0 (15.6) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.2 (−4.3) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 36.6 (2.6) | 43.5 (6.4) | 51.7 (10.9) | 60.4 (15.8) | 68.3 (20.2) | 66.6 (19.2) | 58.1 (14.5) | 46.2 (7.9) | 34.3 (1.3) | 24.9 (−3.9) | 45.2 (7.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 13.0 (−10.6) | 16.4 (−8.7) | 24.2 (−4.3) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 36.3 (2.4) | 42.3 (5.7) | 49.2 (9.6) | 47.7 (8.7) | 39.8 (4.3) | 30.3 (−0.9) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 14.3 (−9.8) | 30.4 (−0.9) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −9.0 (−22.8) | −5.8 (−21.0) | 6.3 (−14.3) | 15.8 (−9.0) | 22.7 (−5.2) | 30.1 (−1.1) | 37.6 (3.1) | 36.1 (2.3) | 25.4 (−3.7) | 14.8 (−9.6) | 1.6 (−16.9) | −6.3 (−21.3) | −14.4 (−25.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −35 (−37) | −37 (−38) | −25 (−32) | 1 (−17) | 15 (−9) | 21 (−6) | 26 (−3) | 22 (−6) | 12 (−11) | −7 (−22) | −16 (−27) | −28 (−33) | −37 (−38) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.21 (31) | 1.09 (28) | 1.41 (36) | 1.93 (49) | 2.01 (51) | 1.05 (27) | 0.86 (22) | 1.08 (27) | 1.50 (38) | 1.63 (41) | 1.35 (34) | 1.24 (31) | 16.36 (415) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 14.90 (37.8) | 13.10 (33.3) | 10.00 (25.4) | 6.20 (15.7) | 1.10 (2.8) | 0.10 (0.25) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.30 (0.76) | 2.70 (6.9) | 10.50 (26.7) | 13.30 (33.8) | 72.2 (183.41) |
Source 1: NOAA [4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins) [5] |
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