Mt. Olympus Cove Environmental Geology Study: An Alluvial Fan Case History

Abstract

This environmental geology study of the Mt. Olympus Cove area is largely the result of concerns of Salt Lake County as expressed by the chairman of the County Commission and reiterated by the County Planning Commission, County Intergovernmental Relations Office, and the County Offices of Planning and Zoning, Surveyor, BUilding Inspection, and Flood Control. These concerns were shared by an ad hoc body constituted by the County Office of Intergovernmental Relations and consisting of technical representatives from the various county offices, Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Utah Division of Forestry, Utah State Water Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, U. S. Soil Conservation Service, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Meetings of the ad hoc committee led to the awarding of two contracts: the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey was to study all aspects of the terrain that might have some bearing upon the future course of development of the study area, and the Utah State Water Laboratory was to evaluate the surface water hydrology of the study area. The two contractors were charged with acquiring all available data before development of original information relevant to their responsibilities. It was intended that the report of each contractor should complement the report of the other for the purpose of establishing an overall development plan for the Mt. Olympus Cove area.