Sevier River

Sevier River (Seve'uu (Paiute))
"Rio Severo" (wild river) 1776: El Río de Santa Isabel c1826: Ashley River
river
The Sevier River in Leamington, Utah
Country	United States
State	Utah
Part of	Escalante-Sevier subregion
Tributaries
- left	Beaver River
- right	East Fork, San Pitch
Length	279 mi (449 km)
Basin	11,574 sq mi (29,977 km2)
Discharge	for Gunnison, UT
- average	257 cu ft/s (7 m3/s)
- max	5,400 cu ft/s (153 m3/s)
- min	6 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
The Sevier River upstream of the San Pitch confluence, along with the San Pitch, is to the east of the Great Basin section but within the Great Basin (west of the Great Basin Divide).

The Sevier River /sɛˈvɪər/, extending 279 miles (449 km), is the longest Utah river entirely in the state and drains an extended chain of mountain farming valleys to the intermittent Sevier Lake. The Upper Sevier is used extensively for irrigation, and consequently Sevier Lake is now essentially dry.

The Sevier River Water Users Association subdivides the river into four mainstream sections: Upper, Central, Gunnison and Lower.

Upper: The Sevier headwaters are in northwestern Kane County along the western side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, and it flows northward into Garfield County through an extended valley beside the plateau past Hatch and Panguitch. Along the Garfield-Piute county line, the Sevier descends through the narrow 5 mi (8 km) Circleville Canyon, emerging into Circle Valley at Circleville. It then flows northeast towards Junction, where it receives the East Fork from the east and passes through the Piute Reservoir.

Central: It flows north across Piute County to Marysvale then descends through 8 mi (13 km) Sevier Canyon, emerging south of Sevier. It then flows northeast past Richfield and Salina.