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The area was given the name "Flaming Gorge" by John Wesley Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River, due to the spectacular, gorgeous red sandstone cliffs that surround this part of the river. [2] The Flaming Gorge reservoir was created by the 1964 construction of the Flaming Gorge Dam across the Green River.
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Wyoming, on the Green River, impounded behind the Flaming Gorge Dam. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The reservoir stores 3,788,900 acre-feet (4.6735 × 10 9 m 3) of water when measured at an elevation of 6,040 feet (1,841 m) above sea-level (maximum).
Flaming Gorge is a census-designated place in Daggett County, Utah, ... Flaming Gorge has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps ...
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir , which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming , submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River.
The improved sections of Highway 530 have widened shoulders and more passing lanes, but is usually two lanes. WYO 530 intersects no major highways along its 45-mile (72 km) route, however, it is a very scenic road, paralleling Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
The Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway begins at Vernal and follows US-191 to Flaming Gorge. The state has designated the portion from Helper to Duchesne as the Indian Canyon Scenic Byway, a Utah Scenic Byway. US-191 crossing the Flaming Gorge Dam. Three portions of US-191 in Utah have restrictions on trucks and other large vehicles.
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Flaming Gorge can refer to: . Flaming Gorge Dam, the dam in northeastern Utah, United States that forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir; Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, a recreation area surrounding the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northern eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming in the Western United States