Rush Valley
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| Rush Valley | |
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 (east & southeast)-Rush Valley (at photo left) | |
  Rush Valley Rush Valley (at Faust, UT) in Utah | |
| Geography | |
| Location | United States, Utah, Tooele County |
| Coordinates | 40°11′03″N 112°23′31″W / 40.18417°N 112.39194°W |
Rush Valley is a 30-mile (48 km) long[1] north-trending valley in the southeast of Tooele County, Utah.[2] It lies adjacent to and attached to the south of Tooele Valley; the separation point is the low point of the valley at Rush Lake, and lies at the southeast of the small mountain massif causing the separation, South Mountain at 6,541 feet (1,994 m). The region of Rush Lake is a marsh region, fed by various streams from the mountain regions east and west.
A southern section of the Tooele Army Depot lies in the valley's center-northeast, at the southwest foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains.
Rush Valley narrows to about 7 miles (11 km) wide[3] in the north, between the Stansbury Mountains west, and the Oquirrh Mountains east. The valley widens in the south, making two sections, a due-south section, and a region to the southeast. The southern section contains the communities of Vernon and Faust, with Faust north, closer to the valley's center-south. Vernon is in flatlands fed by the Sheeprock Mountains or foothills, southwest, south, and southeast.
The southeast valley section is 16 miles (26 km) long[4] from the Rush Valley center and lies at the northwest of the East Tintic Mountains. A ridge north separates Rush Valley from Cedar Valley to the east. Lofgreen is in mountain foothills southwest, and Pehrson with Topliff are in lower elevation regions.
The two southern sections cover a width of about 15 miles (24 km), south of the valley center. The Rush Valley Centerpoint is north of Faust, and the small James Walter Fitzgerald Wildlife Management Area.
