GCA3B9 1983 Desert Lake (Traditional Cache) in Utah, United States created by Mr. Sprite

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GCA3B9 ▼

A cache by Mr. Sprite Message this owner

Hidden : 11/2/2002

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Desert Lake area west of Hinckley flooded by the over flow of the Sevier River during 1983.

During the fall & winter of 1982 and spring & summer of 1983 it was a really wet year in Utah. The Sevier River was running over its banks in many parts of western Utah. The were many bridges in the Delta area that were washed out or were not usable. The river was over flowing the channel and filling the whole river bed as it traveled from Leamington through Delta and then out to the Sevier Lake. It was one of the few times in the last hundred years that there has been water in all of the Sevier Lake to the southwest.

As the river over flowed its banks below Deseret it filled all the low spots in the desert. It made a huge lake in the desert where highway US 6 & 50 travels west to Nevada. The lake was deep enough that it covered part of the highway. The highway had to be closed for several weeks. The highway bed was raised so travel could resume through the middle of the lake.

Any area flooded by the lake started to grow tamarisk bushes. (Salt water cedars or "tamaracks" as the local people call them.) The tamarisk is very drouth and salt tolerant. Most of the tamarisks are still alive 20 years later and they haven't been "watered" since. The bush has a pretty purple flower in the early summer and a nice yellow color in the fall.

Don't bring your fishing pole the lake has dried up.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx va gur ohfurf haqre na byq obneq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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