Pinal County (Geographic Keyword)
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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.
Eligibility Testing at Ten Sites in the Fannin-McFarland and Tucson Aqueducts, Central Arizona Project Canal, Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima Counties, Arizona (2017)
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.
An Eligibility Testing Plan for Sites in the Fannin-McFarland and Tucson Aqueducts, Central Arizona Project Canal, Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima Counties, Arizona (2017)
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...
An Evaluation of Historic Cultural Resources in Relation to the Central Arizona Water Control Study (1984)
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...
Nonriverine Hohokam Adaptation, Preliminary Results from the Tucson Aqueduct Project (1984)
The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) has been conducting archaeological investigations in the Picacho Mountains area of south central Arizona since late 1983. Under contract to the Bureau of Reclamation, MNA archaeologists have surveyed and partially or completely surface collected, tested and excavated more than 30 Hohokam sites scattered along a 1 mi wide and 42 mile long aqueduct right-of-way (Figure 1).It is important to note that the sample of sites under investigation suffers from all of...
A Regional Archaeological Overview of the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (1975)
This report provides a regional archaeological overview prepared for the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project by the Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, under contract with the Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona. Specifically, it is designed to fulfill the archaeological data requirements for the Phase I Regional Study outlined by Wirth Associates, the consulting firm coordinating all environmental studies connected with the...
Results of the 1984-85 Archaeological Investigations at the Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites (1986)
The Picacho Mountains are host to an amazingly large and complex assemblage of petroglyph sites. Over 4,100 separate designs have now been recorded in the area making it one of only a handful of such concentrations in the state. In January of 1984, the Bureau of Reclamation contracted with the Institute for American Research for a sample survey of the upper bajada and mountain edge zones of the Picacho Mountains and a detailed study of the petroglyph sites within this zone. A final report,...
Silver King to Hayden Transmission Line Study, Socio-Cultural Baseline Report (1976)
This socio-cultural report is focused on the people who live and work in the area likely to be affected by the proposed transmission line. This area is generally those sections of eastern Pinal and western Gila counties which are primarily involved with the copper mining industry. Figure 1, the Socio-cultural study area map, shows this area. The area shown in Figure 1 includes populated areas not included in the specifically designated project study area as shown in Figure 2. This difference...
Tonto National Forest Cultural Resources Assessment Management Plan and Overview (1989)
This document contains the management direction for the cultural resources of the Tonto National Forest during the planning period FY89 through FY92. The objectives of this assessment are to provide a framework for active cultural resources management on the Forest, to schedule specific management activities, and to update, refine, and implement the cultural resources elements of the Forest Land Management Plan. The assessment summarizes the current status and management of the Forest's...