Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Causey Dam Head of the tailwater | Dam / hazard | 41.29831, -111.58777 | Weber Basin Water Conservancy District dam at the top of the reach; National Inventory of Dams UT10116, crest about 1,736 m. Everything on this sheet is downstream of it. |
| 2 | Man-made drop below Causey Dam Unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Dam / hazard | 41.29632, -111.59005 | OpenStreetMap maps a man-made drop about 0.4 km below the dam, inside Weber County Memorial Park. It carries no name in OSM, so it is printed by position only. |
| 3 | USGS 10137300 - South Fork Ogden River below Causey Reservoir Streamgage the water page reads | USGS gauge | 41.29615, -111.59142 | The gauge this river's conditions are read from. OpenStreetMap carries the same station about 0.5 km below the dam, which is the cross-check that put it on this reach. |
| 4 | Weber County Memorial Park 14374 Causey Road | Park / conservation area | 41.29635, -111.59810 | Weber County day-use park and campground on the South Fork immediately below Causey Dam, the first public river frontage on the reach. The campground loop sits at its upstream end. |
| 5 | Willows Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.29175, -111.63340 | Uppermost of the seven, about two miles below Causey Reservoir. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 6 | Upper Meadows Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.29083, -111.63562 | Sites set well apart; the camp host is down at Lower Meadows. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 7 | Perception Park Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.28915, -111.63994 | The Forest Service calls this the Perception Park FAMILY campground; its three group units are not printed. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 8 | Lower Meadows Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.28731, -111.64417 | Individual sites set quite far apart; the complex camp host is here. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 9 | South Fork Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.28025, -111.65476 | Host in site 21; Causey Reservoir is about four miles upstream by road. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 10 | Botts Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.27752, -111.65795 | A small campground with no on-site host. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 11 | Magpie Campground Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | Campsite | 41.27086, -111.66577 | Lowest of the seven, about five miles below Causey Reservoir. One of seven Forest Service campgrounds along SR-39 in the South Fork complex; river fishing is an on-site amenity. |
| 12 | USGS 10137500 - South Fork Ogden River near Huntsville Second streamgage, lower river | Point of interest | 41.26849, -111.67404 | A second USGS streamgage about four miles above the Pineview inflow. The water page reads the upper gauge; this one is printed as a landmark, not as this river's conditions gauge. |
| 13 | 10450 East bridge Huntsville Hollow crossing | Bridge crossing | 41.25916, -111.69748 | Road crossing at the Huntsville end of the reach. OpenStreetMap maps a diversion weir immediately at the crossing, so treat it as a hazard marker as well as a landmark. |
| 14 | Diversion weir above Pineview Unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Dam / hazard | 41.25892, -111.70098 | Second mapped weir, roughly 0.3 km below the 10450 East crossing and about a kilometre above the Pineview inflow. Unnamed in OSM, printed by position only. |
Gauge: USGS 10137300 — SOUTH FK OGDEN R BL CAUSEY RES NR HUNTSVILLE, UTAH. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Regulations: wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks.html
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Huntsville - the valley town nearby, with food, fuel and lodging.
Ogden - the city west, under an hour away, with full services, fly shops and guides.
Causey Reservoir - the impoundment at the top, the source of the tailwater releases.
Highway 39 corridor - the road following the river with numerous pullouts and access.
Forest Service campgrounds - several developed sites along the river canyon.
Pineview Reservoir - the larger reservoir downstream, with warmwater and trout fishing.
Ogden River - the mainstem below Pineview, including a restored reach through the city.
Spring: releases increase with runoff management and the river can run high and cold.
Summer: cold tailwater keeps trout active through the heat, and pressure is heaviest on weekends.
Fall: brown trout spawn and colour up, and the fishing is at its best as crowds thin.
Winter: the tailwater stays open below the dam, with midge and whitefish fishing on milder days.