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IMAGE Walter R. Punzmann. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

In compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) began cultural resource surveys along the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem alignment shortly after the CAP was authorized. For the next 25 years, various cultural resource management contractors conducted inventories of the CAP, recording several hundred archaeological sites. From the 1970s to the 1980s, some of these sites were tested and/or excavated as mitigation for the...

GEOSPATIAL Brad Dilli. Zachary Rothwell. Matthew Gill. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

In compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) began cultural resource surveys along the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem alignment shortly after the CAP was authorized. For the next 25 years, various cultural resource management contractors conducted inventories of the CAP, recording several hundred archaeological sites. From the 1970s to the 1980s, some of these sites were tested and/or excavated as mitigation for the...

GEOSPATIAL Brad Dilli. Zachary Rothwell. Matthew Gill. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

In compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) began cultural resource surveys along the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem alignment shortly after the CAP was authorized. For the next 25 years, various cultural resource management contractors conducted inventories of the CAP, recording several hundred archaeological sites. From the 1970s to the 1980s, some of these sites were tested and/or excavated as mitigation for the...

DATASET Jennifer Rich. Walter R. Punzmann. Brad Dilli. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

ACS conducted testing at 10 sites within Reclamation’s CAP ROW seeking to resolve the National Register of Historic Places (Register) eligibility status of sites within the CAP ROW. This document presents the results of that testing. This file includes the units summary collected during this project.

GEOSPATIAL Andrew Vorsanger.

Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department (MCPRD) contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a cultural resources inventory of the area of potential effects (APE) for the project area within Lake Pleasant Park, managed by the MCPRD on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The project is located near Peoria, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona and consists of a combined 0.2 acres. A Class III Survey was conducted on April 7th, 2023, and no archaeological sites or resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Caitlin Hayden.

Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department (MCPRD) contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a cultural resources inventory of the area of potential effects (APE) for the project area within Lake Pleasant Park, managed by the MCPRD on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The project is located near Peoria, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona and consists of a combined 0.2 acres. A Class III Survey was conducted on April 7th, 2023, and no archaeological sites or resources...

PROJECT Andrew Vorsanger. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department (MCPRD) contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a cultural resources inventory of the area of potential effects (APE) for the project area within Lake Pleasant Park, managed by the MCPRD on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The project is located near Peoria, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona and consists of a combined 0.2 acres. A Class III Survey was conducted on April 7th, 2023, and no archaeological sites or resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Mitchell. Peg Davis. Emily Higgins Keppler. Jennifer Rich. Walter R. Punzmann. Zachary Rothwell. Kristen David. Thomas Jones. Gary Huckleberry. Andrea Gregory. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

In compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) began cultural resource surveys along the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem alignment shortly after the CAP was authorized. For the next 25 years, various cultural resource management contractors conducted inventories of the CAP, recording several hundred archaeological sites. From the 1970s to the 1980s, some of these sites were tested and/or excavated as mitigation for the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

A cultural resources survey for a cell tower collocation site near 47th Avenue and Southern Avenue in Phoenix (Paleo West No. 10-45). This project is for the collocation of AT&T panels onto an existing SRP tower, with associated utility trenching. Site AZ T:12:114(ASM) is reported as being within the Area of Potential Effects (APE) for direct effects. However, the tower site has been extensively disturbed, and Paleo West recommends that this project proceed with a finding of "no adverse effect...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Bild.

The Salt River Project (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) perform a Class III cultural resources survey of 155 acres in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1), for the planned New River-Agua Fria River Underground Storage Project (NAUSP). The project area is ca. 0.75 mile west of State Route 101 Loop, and is bounded by Bethany Home Road to the south, the New River to the west, the Grand Canal drain to the east, and an irrigation lateral of the Grand Canal to the north....

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Hart.

The Class III cultural resources survey was requested by the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District in order to assess the nature and extent of possible cultural resources present within the proposed project area. The project area is the intended location of a satellite switchyard for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. This parcel of land encompasses 240 acres south of Elliot Road, between the 500,000 volt North Gila and Kyrene transmission lines [Figure 1], The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael M. Gregory.

During July 28 through August 2, 1991, Archaeological Research Services, Inc., performed a cultural resources survey within the State Route 87 right-of-way between mileposts 177.86 and 188.78. This 10.92 mile long by 200 ft wide survey corridor crosses Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land between McDowell Road and Shea Boulevard north of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (U.S.G.S. Mesa, Ariz. 7.5' 1967/1972/1973; U.S.G.S. Sawik Mountain, Ariz. 7.5' 1964/1982; U.S.G.S. Granite Reef Dam,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joshua Watts. T. Kathleen Henderson.

This report presents the results of the archaeological survey of a 2.445-acre parcel of land on the northern side of Warner Road, west of Ellsworth Road, in southeastern Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The work was requested by the Salt River Project (SRP) to determine whether activities associated with the construction of an electrical substation will have an effect on significant cultural remains that might be present in the area. The substation site is located on Arizona State Trust Land, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Hart.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed four Class III cultural resources surveys as part of the Santan pipeline expansion project. The surveys were conducted at the request of the Salt River Project (SRP). The surveyed areas represent changes or additions to the original pipeline alignment (see Lindly et al. 2002). The additions consist of a temporary construction easement (TCE), a block survey for possible realignments, and two additional realignments of segments of the pipeline...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey D. Owens.

On 12 May and 14 July 1995 personnel from Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI), conducted a cultural resources survey of Hayden Road between McKellips Road and the Red Mountain Freeway in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. Approximately 23 ac were surveyed for the presence of cultural resources. The project area is approximately 1.0 mi long, and a corridor 29 m (95 ft) wide was surveyed on either side of the pavement of Hayden Road. The Maricopa County Department of Transportation proposes to widen this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann. Holly S. DeMaagd.

As part of the Red Mountain Freeway project, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is adding supplementary right-of-way and temporary construction easements between Gilbert and Higley Roads in Mesa. Much of the new land was previously surveyed during examination of various proposed alignments for the road (Macnider et al. 1999). However, nine new parcels located on private land and Arizona state trust land administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

In the spring of 1984, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. was contracted by the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community to conduct data recovery at historic sites which would be impacted by Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project. The sites are located on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona. Nine sites were studied. Two of them were canals: the Government Ditch, dating from 1866 to ca 1940, and the Jones Ditch, dating from 1896 to present....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh. Michael Stubing. Laurene Montero.

This document presents a data recovery plan to mitigate adverse effects to cultural resources within AZ U:10:123 (ASM) that will result from construction of the proposed Red Mountain Freeway (RMF), Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). The data recovery will be completed by Entranco, and was requested by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The project is to be completed as part of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Gasser.

This paper will synthesize the macrobotanical findings from the Tucson Aqueduct Project, Phase A (TAP), conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona and will highlight some of the pollen and flotation results from the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Project (SGA), completed by the Arizona State Museum. Both projects were segments of the Central Arizona Project, a huge canal bringing water from the Colorado River to the farms and towns of southern Arizona. The ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kris Dobschuetz. Matthew E. Hill, Jr.. Sharon K. Bauer.

APS and SRP were issued a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) by the Arizona Corporation Commission for their Southwest Valley 500kV Transmission Line Project (Southwest Valley Project). The project consists of approximately 37 miles of 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line to interconnect electric generation resources in the west valley with the existing 230kV system in the metropolitan Phoenix area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Mitchell. Walter R. Punzmann. Gary Huckleberry. Peg Davis. Emily Higgins Keppler. Jennifer Rich. Lesley Hudson. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

ACS conducted testing at 10 sites within Reclamation’s CAP ROW seeking to resolve the National Register of Historic Places (Register) eligibility status of sites within the CAP ROW. This document presents the results of that testing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Mitchell. Peg Davis. Gary Huckleberry. Andrea Gregory.

In an effort to better manage cultural resources on Reclamation land, PXAO has developed an archaeological site database for the CAP canal. The database was developed using all the previous main stem survey data; however, the Register eligibility status of the majority of these sites was unknown following completion of the CAP. Additionally, an unknown number of sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer within Reclamation’s CAP right-of-way (ROW). PXAO...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone. James E. Ayres.

This is a final, summary report on historic cultural resources in relation to the Central Arizona Water Control Study (CAWCS). The objectives of the CAWCS were to identify and evaluate alternative measures for flood control and regulatory water storage in Central Arizona in conjunction with construction of the Central Arizona Project. Having considered numerous alternative plans to meet these objectives, the Bureau of Reclamation defined a preferred alternative (Plan...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard. Rebecca J. Hill. Cory Dale Breternitz.

Archaeological testing was conducted on a portion of Crismon Pueblo (AZ U:9:173 [ASM]), the Denmark School site, and a segment of additional property between Gilbert Road and Thomas Road in the right-of-way of the Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area was originally covered with in-use citrus orchards. Therefore, prior to the initiation of fieldwork, tree removal was conducted within and adjacent to the right-of-way, which required monitoring....

DOCUMENT Full-Text C. Randall Morrison.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, proposes to construct a 230 kV transmission line to connect the Pinnacle Peak Receiving Station (located northwest of Pinnacle Peak and Scottsdale Roads, Phoenix, Arizona) and the Papago Buttes Receiving Station (located near 64th Street and Thomas Road, Scottsdale, Arizona). Two of the identified alternatives cross federal land within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs constituting a major federal action.