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Utah Real
Estate Facts
Distribution of land in Utah
Federal = 79%
State = 7.2%
Private =
21.5%
Utah Counties
Number of
counties = 29
Largest
county by population = Salt Lake County
(898,387 in 2000 census)
Utah Land
Total area =
84,916 square miles or 54,346,240 acres
Land area =
82,377.42 square miles or 52,721,550 acres
Land under
water area = 2538.58 square miles or
1,624,690 acres
-Water
covers 3% of the total area
-There
are approximately 5,300 miles of canals
Vertical
length = 347 miles
Horizontal
width = 272 miles
Bordering
states = South-Arizona, East-Colorado,
North-Idaho, West-Nevada, Southeast-New
Mexico, Northeast-Wyoming,
Highest
elevation – Kings Peak, Uinta Mountains at
13,528 feet
Lowest
elevation – Beaverdam Wash, near St. George
at 2,350 feet
Mean
elevation = 6,092 feet
Largest lakes
= Great Salt Lake at an average of 1,700
square miles, fluctuates between 950 to 3300
square miles
Lake Powell
266 square miles, 1900 miles of shoreline
Geographic Coordinates
Salt Lake
City: (capitol city) 40º 45' N, 111º 53' W
 Moab:
38º 34' N, 109º 32' W
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