The Escalante Desert is found northwest of Cedar City, Utah, in the United States. It lies mostly between Highway 56 and Highway 21 and north and west of Interstate 15 in Iron County. Cedar City is a city located in Iron County, Utah, 250 miles South of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15. ... Interstate 15 (abbreviated I-15) is the fourth longest north-south transcontinental interstate highway in the United States, traveling through the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. ... Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. ...

In 2005 three fissures were discovered to have formed near Beryl Junction. The likely cause of the fissuring is believed to the extraction of groundwater for irrigation. Fissure (Latin fissura, Plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, or cleft found in the brain, spinal cord, and liver; or a tear in the anus. ... Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of geologic formations. ...

References

• Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas. Benchmark Maps, p. 7 The West. ISBN 0-929591-80-1.
• {{web reference|url=http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/hazards/fissures.htm|author=William R. Lund, Southern Utah Office|date=21 December]] [[2005|title=Earth Fissures near Beryl Junction in the Escalante Desert}}