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Forage report for 37.6360, -113.0428

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in summer (71st percentile) and lowest in fall (50th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.4 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.2 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 19th percentile (spring 19th, summer 55th, fall 62nd)
  • Utah: 67th percentile (spring 59th, summer 71st, fall 50th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 33rd percentile (spring 55th, summer 32nd, fall 29th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Utah, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Willows
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Snowberry, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.