Mesa (Geographic Keyword)

PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

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Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

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Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karolyn Jackman Jensen.

Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

This report describes an archaeological data recovery effort conducted by Northland Research, Inc, for the City of Mesa. The project area was located within the construction site of a sound barrier wall along the north and south sides of McKellips Road in Sections 2 and 11, T1N, R5E. The purpose of the investigation was to locate and record historic and prehistoric features, specifically canals, that crossed the McKellips Road Sound Barrier project area. Northland recorded four canals and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael M. Gregory.

During late 1991 through mid-1992, Archaeological Research Services, Inc., performed archaeological evaluation and limited test excavation activities at seven Hohokam sites. These sites are located partially within four intersection improvement areas along State Route 87 north of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (USGS Mesa, Ariz. 7.5' 1952/1982; USGS Sawik Mountain, Ariz. 7.5' 1964/1982). The Arizona Department of Transportation requested that Archaeological Research Services perform the work in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Simon Bruder. Sharon K. Bauer. Melissa Keane.

The Williams Gateway Airport Authority (WGAA) is planning to reconstruct and extend Runway 12L-30R at the Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona. This report describes the proposed action and archaeological sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are in or near the area of potential effect. The report then outlines proposed mitigation of the anticipated adverse effect. Finally, implementation of the mitigation plan is discussed with ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

SRP plans construction of a new irrigation pipeline along the south side of Lehi Road, necessitating the relocation of water and gas service lines by the City of Mesa. A Class III cultural resources survey of the project area was conducted prior to ground-disturbing activities associated with the service line relocations (Marshall 2020). Despite the negative results of the pedestrian survey, the previous records review demonstrated the potential for significant buried deposits in the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed an archaeological monitoring effort for the Salt River Project (SRP) in Mesa, Arizona. Monitoring of construction work was conducted over the course of three partial days, from March 31 to April 2, 1997 by one archaeologist. Roughly nine person-hours were expended during the fieldwork.The proposed SRP project area was the location for a new well site, which replaced an abandoned well located within the newly expanded ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Haynes-Peterson.

This report details the results of a cultural resources assessment of approximately 0.75 miles of trenchline and adjacent above ground powerlines, constructed for access to the NEXRAD facility. The survey was conducted at the request of SRI International to assess the impact construction had on previously recorded sites in the area, as recommended by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Evidence of a previously recorded site - AZ U:10:21 (ASU) - and eight isolated occurrences...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze. David H. Greenwald. Robert Haynes-Peterson. Douglas R. Mitchell. Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze.

In consultation with the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), HALLIBURTON NUS conducted a preliminary data collection effort and "Class I Overview" of the Williams AFB property and surrounding area. This consisted of a literature search and review of files at the SHPO. The Class I Overview identified three archaeological sites on the Williams AFB property. The Midvale Site (AZ U:10:24, ASU) consists of a large prehistoric Hohokam village considered to be of cultural importance....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report details the results of a cultural resources assessment of a 200 acre parcel of private land at the request of The Pollack/Ramras Companies. The parcel was examined for the presence of cultural resources by archaeologists Douglas R. Mitchell and Robert G. Haynes-Peterson, between August 24 and 31, 1993. The project was conducted in compliance with City of Mesa planning and zoning, which stipulates that a cultural resources inventory and assessment be implemented on land which is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Swanson. Ryan Arp. Christopher A. Papalas.

The City of Mesa selected Dibble Engineering to provide engineering, design, and project management services for their South Canal Shared-Use Path project. This project will create a new 1.25-mile long and 10-foot wide shared use pathway for pedestrian, cyclist, and equestrian use along the east bank of the SRP South Canal. The new segment of shared use path will extend from just north of the Consolidated and Tempe Canals at the south end to McKellips Road at the north end (Figure 1). Dibble...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report details the results of a cultural resources assessment of a parcel of land in southern Mesa, Maricopa County, to be used by the Salt River Project (SRP) for an electrical substation. SWCA, Inc. was requested to survey this parcel by SRP. The area surveyed is located in the southwest corner of Section 1, T2S, R7E. The parcel is located three miles south of the General Motors Desert Proving Grounds, adjacent to the intersection of Signal Butte and Germann Roads (Figure 1). The parcel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Garcia.

Salt River Project (SRP) intends to stabilize the west embankment along the South Canal between its intersections with McKellips Road and Gilbert Road, in Mesa (Figure 1). The stabilization project is a Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) mandated project and would involve vegetation removal and the placement of riprap materials along the canal embankment. The project area was previously surveyed for cultural resources (Aguila 1998; Jensen 1998), however the surveys are more than 20 years old...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sharon K. Bauer. A.E. Rogge. Melissa Keane. Jerry B. Howard. Kristopher S. Shepard.

To accommodate increased traffic, MCDOT (Maricopa County Department of Transportation) is proposing to upgrade the intersection of McDowell and Gilbert roads by constructing turning lanes and installing traffic lights. The project requires widening each road as it approaches the intersection. In addition, temporary construction easements beyond the expanded rights-of-way will be needed in some areas for relocating fences, utilities, and irrigation and drainage ditches. MCDOT...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Simon Bruder. Victoria D. Vargas.

Kimley-Horn and Associates are under contract with the WGAA to provide services for design of the reconstruction and extension of Runway 12L-30R. A number of archaeological sites that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) extend within the construction zone. Therefore, WGAA is required to take into account the potential for its undertakings to affect those archaeological sites under the terms of its lease agreement with the Air Force, and also...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland. Margerie Green.

Arizona Public Service Company (APS) proposes to rebuild an existing 230 kV transmission line which connects the Pinnacle Peak and Ocotillo substations. The portion of the line which currently lies within the Salt River channel north of Mesa and south of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) needs to be relocated due to the extensive damage caused by severe flooding over the past ten years. APS proposes to move the right-of-way out of the channel and onto the north terrace...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer K. Deats. Ximena Lemoine. Thomas Grew. Matthew Steber. Joshua Steinbeck.

To meet increased demand for electricity due to growth, SRP plans to construct an approximately 20-mile (mi), double-circuit, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line including associated tubular steel pole structures that average 110–140 feet (ft) tall (Project). The Project would connect three 230/69kV receiving stations, including the Ball Substation in Gilbert, the Pfister Substation in southeastern Queen Creek, and the Abel Substation east of San Tan Valley. This Project was approved by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Rainey. Michael Stubing.

Revised November 2022. UP is seeking authority from the Board to construct and operate approximately 6.0 miles of new rail line in Maricopa County, Arizona (Docket No. FD 36501). The proposed rail line would connect UP’s Phoenix Subdivision main line track to industrial properties southeast of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport via a single-track rail line accompanied by segments of support track. UP also proposes to construct and operate approximately 4.0 miles of new support track along the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Peters.

The project is being done in anticipation of the construction and maintenance of two parallel transmission lines by SRP. As proposed, one is a double circuit 230 kV line with two circuits of 69kV lines underbuilt on the same pole and optical ground wire (OPGW) line running on top of the poles and the second is a double circuit 69kV line with an OPGW running across the top (Grew 2021). In total, the lines will span 8.364 acres of Arizona State Trust lands, near the City of Mesa, Maricopa County,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Zimmerman.

North Wind conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 9.3 acres SRP distribution lines within an ASLD parcel leased to Nammo Talley Defense Systems in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was requested to address the replacement of 15 distribution line poles and to provide a cultural resource inventory for ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the lines by SRP. The survey resulted in re-locating one previously recorded site (AZ U:10:313[ASM]) within the survey area. Of the 9.3 acres...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. SRP Research Archives Department.

The Chandler Power Plant was constructed by the Consolidated Canal Company as a power source for supplemental groundwater production in the Southeast Salt River Valley. It also provided power to Tempe, Arizona and Mesa, Arizona. By World War I, the plant was incorporated into the SRP power system. The plant operations ceased in 1950. The Consolidated Canal was a relative latecomer to the southside canal system, and the water-rights claims made by earlier settlers took precedence over any...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. SRP Research Archives Department.

Portions of the power plant and waterway features remain at the site and have been incorporated into the Arizona Primate Institute. The Old South Consolidated Power Plant was the first of three low-head hydroelectric generating stations constructed in the Salt River Valley after operation of the SRP were taken over by the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. In the early part of the 20th century, the surface water to the Salt River Valley was not adequate enough to respond to the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. Shawn L. England. Stephen Sloan. SRP Research Archives.

The Consolidated Canal conveys water for agricultural, municipal and industrial uses south of the Salt River. In addition, the canal right-of-way is utilized for three separate and distinct city recreation thoroughfares. The Consolidated Canal played a crucial role in the development of agriculture in the Salt River Valley, the early evolution of the city of Chandler, and the unification of the Salt River Project’s consolidated southside canal system. Historic portions of the canal featured...