Mount Brigham

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Brigham

| photo = Mount Brigham, Utah.jpg

| photo_caption = South aspect

| elevation_ft = 11770.

| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/18084|title=Brigham, Mount - 11,770' UT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-08-11}}

| prominence_ft = 532

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.1

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Delano Peak

| etymology = Robert "Brigham" Yount

| map = Utah#USA

| map_caption = Location in Utah

| label_position = left

| map_size = 240

|part_type = Protected area | part = Fishlake National Forest

| country = United States

| state = Utah

| region = Piute

| region_type = County

| coordinates = {{coord|38.3852054|N|112.3358489|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1439113|name=Mount Brigham|access-date=2024-08-11}}

| range = Tushar Mountains{{cite peakbagger|pid=16860|name=Mount Brigham, Utah|access-date=2024-08-11}}

| topo = USGS Mount Brigham

| first_ascent =

| rock = Tuff

| type =

| age = Miocene to Oligocene

| volcanic_arc/belt =

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Brigham is an {{convert|11770.|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Piute County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Brigham is part of the Tushar Mountains and it is set in Fishlake National Forest. It ranks as the sixth-highest peak in the Tushar Mountains, seventh-highest in the county and 102nd-highest in the state. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Sevier River via Twomile Creek, Pine Creek, and Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|3770.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Pine Creek in 1.75 miles (2.8 km). Mount Brigham is named after Robert Yount, nicknamed "Brigham" or "Brig", who prospected in the vicinity of this peak in the 1880s.John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press, 1990, {{ISBN|9780874803457}}, p. 260. This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1979 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. There are mining claims, a road, and a communications tower on the mountain. The mountain is composed of Miocene Delano Peak Tuff overlaying Oligocene Three Creeks Tuff.[https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/united_states_geological_survey/geologic_maps/i/i-1230.pdf Geologic Map of the Deer Trail Mountain-Alunite Ridge Mining Area, West-Central Utah], Charles G. Cunningham, USGS, 1979.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Brigham is located in a dry summer subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dsc) with cold snowy winters and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }}