The Green Canyon CWMU is southeast of Hyrum, Utah and northeast of Paradise, Utah. The
High-point of the Unit is 8200 feet. This ridge line runs from the 8200 feet towards Hyrum and
6200 feet before it decreases sharply to about 5000 feet. To the north of this ridge the Unit
drops into Blacksmith Fork Canyon, ranging from 4900 feet in the west to 5000 feet in the east.
On the south the main ridge line drops into Green Canyon with elevation ranging from 6000
feet to 8000 feet. The Unit rises out of Green Canyon to an elevation around 8000 feet. The most common elevation is 7600 feet but ranges from 4800 feet to 8200 feet with an elevation difference of 3400 feet. Fifty-one percent (51%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 5600 feet and 7400 feet an elevation difference of 1800 feet.
About a quarter of the land area on the Green Canyon Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit
(CWMU) is Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62). This Sagebrush Steppe
is interspersed and surrounded by four (4) Forest and Woodland types, Rocky Mountain
Montane Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland (32), Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and
Woodland (22), Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland (23), and Rocky Mountain
Montane Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland (30).
One of the Green Canyon Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, LOGAN FARM (425194), is about 8.8 km northwest from the northwest edge of the CWMU. LOGAN FARM has thirty-nine (39) years of records, 1989 - 2008. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 4.28 inches, but it can be as high as 7.98 inches or as low as 0.96 inches. During the 91-day FALL period, 21 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 12 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 2 days of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. There will also be 1 day of greater than or equal to 1.00 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 5.3 inches but can be as high as 15.5 inches. FALL temperature at LOGAN FARM averages 47.0 degrees F. but can be as high as 94.0 degrees F. or as low as -16.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 47 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 1 day above 90 degrees F.
