Maricopa (County) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland. Scott Fedick.

The Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) constructed three transmission lines along a portion of the Beeline Highway on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). SRP proposed to build a new line that connects the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Buttes substations. At the same time, APS proposed to realign two existing transmission lines and move them out of the Salt River channel and onto the north terrace above the river. Prior to construction,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. E. Rogge. Glenn P. Darrington. Melissa Keane. Sharon K. Bauer.

Survey areas were selected primarily as an opportunity to record and evaluate the historical significance of several auxiliary airfields located between Ajo and Gila Bend on the Goldwater Range. Simultaneously, this provided an opportunity to sample valley floor and lower bajada settings for prehistoric sites. The sensitivity model developed for the Goldwater Range as a result of prior surveys projected few prehistoric sites in these environmental zones. A secondary purpose of the survey was to...

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This report discusses the results of archaeological testing at four cultural resource sites to assess their eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the results of data recovery excavations at one of the four sites to mitigate impacts from construction. Entranco completed this project at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) prior to the proposed construction of the Red Mountain Freeway (RMF) Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment...

IMAGE C.J. Dyer.

Artist aerial of Phoenix facing northeast "Phoenix. The county seat of Maricopa County, is situated in the Salt River Valley, 28 miles north of Maricopa Station, on the Souther Pacific Railroad. The town is embowered in shade trees and shrubbery, has streams of living water though every street, is surrounded by orchards, gardens, and vineyards, and is one of the handsomest in the West. The streets face the cardinal points, are broad and spacious and lined with trees. The County Courthouse, in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Raymond Schell.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Black Rock Loop, along which petroglyphs are found, located on Maricopa County land. The file consists of a site data form. The earliest dated document is from 2015.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kim Adams.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted survey of 200 acres and limited testing of cultural resources on Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community (FMIC) land at the request of Mr. Jon Czaplicki of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The work was performed to define the boundaries of archaeological sites to be avoided by agricultural development. Eight sites were slated for preservation; however, only seven sites were relocated and flagged, and two new sites were...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Odd S. Halseth.

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The Hohokam village was one of the largest pre-Classic settlements in the Phoenix Basin. The recorded site boundary covers more than 80 acres, extending from the edge of the Salt River floodplain northward. Founded during the Vahki phase (A.D. 500-650), when settlement aggregated around two large plazas, the village thrived until the Santa Cruz phase (A.D. 850950), when people began to leave the village, possibly settling in villages further down the canal system. Final abandonment occurred...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Rodgers.

Scientific Archeological Services has just completed an archeological inventory of a parcel of excess county land that is planned to be sold at public auction and, subsequently, developed according to provisions of a Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit. The concerned undertaking will therefore be one of the federal government, for it will necessarily involve activity of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project parcel presently includes absolutely no land of the state of Arizona, however,...

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"Funding for data collection and map production provided by Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 85-33. This map is based on the named USGS 7.5 minute series topographic map. Prehistoric information compiled from various sources by Jerry B. Howard. See Howard and Huckleberry (1991: Chapter 2) for further explanation of data sources and map compilation methods. Some errors and inconsistencies could not be rectified during the production process by Soil Systems, Inc. and GEO-MAP,...

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This report presents the results of the data recovery phase at the Hohokam village site of Guanacos (AZ U:9:116 [ASM]), as part of the proposed expansion of the existing Kyrene Generating Station in Tempe, Arizona, by the Salt River Project (SRP). Prior to construction of the generating station, SRP implemented an archaeological data recovery project within the proposed project area and contracted with SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct the investigations. The project was...

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"Funding for data collection and map production provided by Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 85-33. This map is based on the named USGS 7.5 minute series topographic map. Prehistoric information compiled from various sources by Jerry B. Howard. See Howard and Huckleberry (1991: Chapter 2) for further explanation of data sources and map compilation methods. Some errors and inconsistencies could not be rectified during the production process by Soil Systems, Inc. and GEO-MAP,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peg Davis. Douglas R. Mitchell.

AEI Consultants plans to develop an 11.97-acre parcel of privately owned land for a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development (HUD). New construction is planned in the northwest portion of the Area of Potential Effect. At the request of AEI Consultants, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class I literature review of the project area to provide an inventory and assessment of cultural resources that might be affected by the proposed undertaking. The parcel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Doug Avann.

The  COP  intends  to  construct a  10-ft-wide  asphaltic  multi-use  path  (MUP)  and  two grade-separation  structures  between  the  Arizona  Canal  and  the  Arizona  Canal Diversion Channel (ACDC) to segregate pedestrian and bicycle traffic from vehicular traffic  at  the  intersection  of 51st  Avenue  and  Cactus  Road  in  the  west  portion  of Phoenix,  and the east portion of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure  1).  At the  COP’s  request,  EcoPlan  Associates,  Inc....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cherie K. Walth.

Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., on behalf of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), has developed this Class I Cultural Resources Inventory for the Pinal West to Southeast Valley/Browning 500 kV Project (Project) as part of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) Application. SRP contracted with Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc. (Greystone) to complete the Class I report. The Project includes the construction of one single circuit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Kyle Woodson.

At the request of Salt River Project (SRP), the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) Cultural Resource Management Program (CRMP) completed a Class I (records search) cultural resources survey for the proposed renewal of a right-of-way easement along the existing 500kV Palo Verde to Kyrene transmission line in Laveen and adjacent to District 6 of the GRIC, Maricopa County, Arizona. The objective of the review was to assess the potential adverse effect of continued use of the easement on cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh.

The proposed Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Complex is located within the historic Original Phoenix Townsite (OPT); three historic buildings constructed between 1908 and 1944 were once present. The proposed office building is within, or near, a 250 ft buffer around two known prehistoric archaeological sites: La Villa—AZ T:12:148(ASM), and AZ T:12:95(ASM). Both sites have ill-defined site boundaries because of urban development that obscures evidence of prehistoric archaeological sites. A...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Teresa L. Rodrigues. Mary-Ellen Walsh.

On December 15, 2000, Entranco was authorized by Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I Inventory of an approximately 9.61-mile-long, variable width corridor from the Thunderstone Receiving Station to the Verde Substation in Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area includes Bureau of Indian Affairs right-of-way across the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, operated and managed by the Central Arizona Project and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. Andrea Gregory. Tom Jones. Kristin L. David. Zachary Rothwell.

In December 2015, the United States (US) Congress approved the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which authorized a 5-year program to improve the Nation's surface transportation infrastructure. The Act formally designated Interstate 11 (1-11) through Arizona. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) are preparing a Draft Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-11 corridor between Nogales and Wickenburg, Arizona, pursuant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Don W. Ryden. J. Erik Ryden. Jamie Jachowski.

In December 2015, the United States (US) Congress approved the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which authorized a 5-year program to improve the Nation's surface transportation infrastructure. The Act formally designated Interstate 11 (I-11) through Arizona. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) are preparing a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-11 Corridor Study Area (Study Area) between Nogales and Wickenburg,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Luchetta. Jim Moses.

At the request of Derrik Berg of KP Environmental, Antigua Archaeology, LLC (Antigua) conducted a Class I (previous cultural resources records review) of the Salt River Project Southeast Power Link Project (Figure 1). The Project Study Area (PSA) is located southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. Antigua Archaeology, LLC has conducted a Class I (records search) of the Salt River Project Southeast Power Link project area located southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa and Pinal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The project consists of the demolition and reconstruction of the Echo Canyon Trailhead and Trail, and will include grading, parking lot revisions, trail revisions, underground utility work, and landscaping. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project in an October 31, 2012 Archaeological Assessment Form, and recommended that all undeveloped portions o f the APE undergo an archaeological survey. Archaeological survey of areas that will be impacted by proposed improvements. No significant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

Prior to the proposed sale of a portion of Little Canyon Park, the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) recommended that it be subjected to a Class III archaeological survey. No prehistoric or historic sites or features were identified as a result of a literature review of site records and a field survey of the APE.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Oslynn Benjamin.

An archaeological survey of the exposed ground surface that will be potentially impacted by the planned demolition of the existing structures of the Verde Water Treatment Plant (VWTP) to allow the landscape to revert to its natural condition. The Class III survey does not include existing buildings, which are being examined in a separate investigation. A Class III archaeological survey conducted of the exposed ground surface within the area of potential effects (APE) found no significant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David S. Boloyan Archaeological Services.

Between June 1 and August 13, 2005, Bailey Creighton and David S Boloyan of David S. Boloyan Archaeological Services performed a cultural resources survey of 160 acres of privately-owned land in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was initiated at the request of Lennar Communities Development, Inc. in order to provide an inventory and assessment of potential cultural resources that might be affected by the proposed development.