page_title: Beaver County, Utah
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Beaver County, Utah / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Beaver County (UT),Detail, selfmade graphic by R.Blauert Dk4hb
context_page_description: Beaver County is a county in west central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,629. Its county seat and largest city is Beaver. The county was named for the abundance of beavers in the area.
context_section_description: Beaver County lies on the west side of Utah. Its west border abuts the east border of the state of Nevada. The west part of the county consists of low rolling hills, punctuated by isolated mountains. The east edge of the county runs to the crest of a north-south-running mountain ridge. The terrain slopes to the west and north; its highest point is a mountain crest on its east border, at 12,011' (3661m) ASL. The county has a total area of 2,592 square miles (6,710 km²), of which 2,590 square miles (6,700 km²) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) (0.08%) is water.
  The Tushar Mountains lie on the eastern boundary of the county, reaching to 12,000 feet (3,700 m) in elevation, and providing water for the farming communities of Beaver and Manderfield. To the west, barren desert valleys typify the scenery, separated by mountains lightly forested with junipers.
caption: Beaver County (UT) Details
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