Uinta lakes designations

[catchinon]

I finally got up the courage to ask this question. I've searched everywhere and can't find the simple explanation. What do those numbers after a lake's name mean? You know, like Hidden Lake GR-7. I know they are coordinates but don't know on what.
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[doggonefishin]

The letters designate which drainage the lake belongs to. For instance, "W" is Weber, "BR" is Bear River, Provo is "A", "G" is Blacks fork.

The system is usually fairly uniform but there are exceptions, The Duchesne drainage has lakes with letters "D", "X", and "Z". (mostly "Z")

Each lake then gets a number that goes after the letter. It is not a coordinate however. The system assigns a number to each lake which starts at 1 and goes to however many lakes are in the drainage.

Hope this helps.
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[LOAH]

doggonefishing is right.

If you search online for "pdf uinta drainage + redrockadventure", you'll be able to download the old DWR pamphlets for each drainage. Some of the info is obsolete, but other info is very handy (names, locations, depth, elevation, route, etc).

Then those alphanumeric designations start to mean something as you see the overview map and locations. Cool stuff.
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[lovetofish]

[quote LOAH]

If you search online for "pdf uinta drainage + redrockadventure", you'll be able to download the old DWR pamphlets for each drainage. Some of the info is obsolete, but other info is very handy (names, locations, depth, elevation, route, etc).
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I have a full set of little booklets on all the drainages in the Uintas that I bought from the DWR many years ago. They do have a lot of info in them.
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[GrillOrFry]

The lakes with no name (only a number) can hold some real surprises. Go hiking.
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[catchinon]

I surmised so.

So many lakes, so little time.
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[Uintaman]

Hi, I would love a photo copy or something of your booklets, are they the first series, the two column per page about 1960 ish, they had the 1980 ish set, and the more recent full color set.

I would love a copy of the original set.
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