Keywords

Utah Lake, archeological data, regulation

Abstract

Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah, has been a wealth of resources for generations of people over thousands of years. The lake’s waters also have regularly breached its banks and adversely affected the lives of many people. Using both historical and archaeological data, I provide evidence for successive flooding events that are likely to persist into the future. This same information is used to suggest that Provo City is making poor decisions in their current development of this area next to the lake.

Original Publication Citation

Searcy, Michael T. 2020 Historical and Archaeological Evidence for Flooding in West Provo, Utah. Paper presented at the 2020 Utah Professional Archaeological Council Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.