RISTRA 1.5 Field Sites


Station Name Lat (deg and min) Lat (dec) Lon (deg and min) lon (dec)Notes:
UT53 37 20.760 37.346 110 19.848 110.3308 Contact: Doug Powell (GSENM 435-644-4323) / Maxine Deeter (Monticello field office 435-587-1522) Vault and Station installed on 6/9/04. CMG3T with Guralp recording system.
UT55 37 36.614 37.610 110 41.896 110.698 Vault installed 5/9/04. Station installed on 6/10/04. CMG3T with Guralp recording system. Directions: Travelling SW on Hwy 276 from Ticaboo, go 1 mile SW of Phillips 66 gas station and turn left (SE). Travel 1 mile, then left at Y intersection, cross dry creek bed, travel .5 mile, station will be on left, just over the hill top. Park at 37 36.614 N 110 41.896 W, look for orange flag at parking spot, and on top of hill. The dry creek bed crossing may require 4WD or high clearance. Good road, but nasty if wet. Contact: Doug Powell (GSENM 435-644-4323) / Buzz Rankow (Hanksville field office 435-542-3461)
UT57 37 44.667 37.744 110 55.092 110.918 Vault installed 5/9/04. Station installed on 6/10/04. CMG3T with Guralp recording system. Directions: From UT55 turnoff on Hwy 276, go 2 mi. SW to Burr Trail, turn right and travel ~18 mi. to Halls Creek Overlook (there is a sign). Turn left and go .5 mi., look for orange flag by the road. Station is just over the hill on the right. Good road, but nasty if wet. Contact: Doug Powell (GSENM 435-644-4323) / Buzz Rankow (Hanksville field office 435-542-3461)
UT58 37 54.540 37.909 111 7.0200 111.117 Not using this site.
UT59 37 58.753 37.979 111 11.893 111.1982 Vault installed 5/9/04. Station installed on 6/10/04. CMG3T with Guralp recording system. Directions: Follow signs for Burr Trail/Boulder north from UT57. Go 6.1 mi. past Grand Staircase Escalante NM sign and turn right on dirt road, from there stick with the road most traveled (see map), veering right toward Lampstand (there is a sign), then back left toward the flats. You will travel a total of ~7.5 mi. from Burr Trail on a road that is good, but nasty if wet. The station is on your left, there is an orange flag tied to a tree near the road. The section of Burr Trail that is in Capitol Reef NP is clay/dirt and looks like it gets bad when wet. Contact: Doug Powell/Sage Sorenson 435-644-4323/435-826-5602
UT6038 14.115 38.235 111 36.450 111.608 Station installed 9/30/04. CMG3T (T3447) with RefTek 07 (7079) recording system. Directions: Take the main street south from Loa. As the road curves east to go to the airport, there will be a dirt road to the right (south). Follow signs toward escalante until a sign for the aquarius ranger station which will be a left turn. Immediately after crossing into National Forest, the station is on the small hill on your right. Contact: Dixie National Forest, Loa ranger district, Rob Hamilton 435-836-2800.
UT61 38 15.305 38.255 111 24.805 111.413 BLM Richfield office, permit being processed.
UT62 38 21.983 38.366 111 42.862 111.714 BLM Richfield office, permit being processed.
UT63 38 21.130 38.352 111 57.362 111.956 BLM Richfield office, permit being processed.
UT64 38 27.439 38.457 112 10.987 112.183 BLM Richfield office, permit being processed.
UT65 38 35.131 38.585 112 25.529 112.425 Fishlake national forest: site installed 6/28/04, CMG ESP with reftek DAS.
UT66 38 40.915 38.681 112 33.129 112.552 Fishlake national forest: site installed 6/28/04, CMG 3T with reftek DAS.
UT67 38 45.425 38.757 112 44.609 112.743 Station installed 10/02/04. CMG-ESP (T3707) with RefTek 07 (7077) recording system.
UT68 38 49.974 38.833 112 52.400 112.873 Station installed 10/02/04. CMG3T (T3513) with RefTek 07 recording system.
UT69 38 54.485 38.908 112 59.435 112.991 BLM Fillmore office: site visited with Archaeologist on 6/28/04.
UT70 39 01.013 39.017 113 15.643 113.261 Station installed 9/30/04. CMG3T (T3299) with RefTek 07 (7106) recording system.
UT71 39 05.635 39.094 113 25.772 113.430 BLM Fillmore office: site visited with Archaeologist on 6/28/04
UT72 39 08.806 39.147 113 33.319 113.555 Station installed 10/01/04. CMG3T (T3466) with RefTek 07 (7062) recording system.



Map with station locationsUT53-59 in PDF format.
Map with station locations for UT67-72 in PDF format.



Sunset fence installation at UT72, with notch peak in the background.