Lake Pleasant and New Waddell Dam

Part of: Central Arizona Project Regulatory Storage Division

New Waddell Dam is located on the Agua Fria River about 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Arizona, and impounds Lake Pleasant. The primary purpose of this facility is to store Colorado River water for CAP use. The dam also stores Agua Fria River runoff and provides flood protection by controlling the river flows. New Waddell Dam is located one-half mile downstream of the original Waddell Dam, which is now covered in the enlarged Lake Pleasant. The original Waddell Dam was built by the Maricopa Water District (MWD) to provide water for MWD lands on the west side of Phoenix. MWD continues to receive its water supply from Lake Pleasant.

This collection contains the results of cultural resource investigations and records of cultural resource management for the Lake Pleasant area.

Site Name Keywords
AZ T:4:150(ASM) • AZ T:4:156(ASM) • AZ T:4:157(ASM) • AZ T:4:154(ASM) • AZ T:4:58(ASM) • AZ T:4:54(ASM) • AZ T:4:159(ASM) • AZ T:4:56(ASM) • AZ T:3:110(ASM) • AZ T:3:39(ASM)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Rock Art • Petroglyph • Settlements • Field House • Rock Shelter

Other Keywords
Central Arizona Project • Historic Ranching • Damage Assessment • Core • Mano • Hammerstone • Flake • Andesite Core • Knife • Debitage

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Historic • Euroamerican • Historic Native American • Yavapai • Archaic • N/A • Patayan

Investigation Types
Site Stewardship Monitoring • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey • Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Historic Background Research

Material Types
Ground Stone • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Building Materials • Metal • Glass • Macrobotanical • Fauna • Pollen • Fire Cracked Rock

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Protohistoric Period • Prehistoric • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Early Classic period • Gila Butte Phase • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Historic • 20th Century • Hohokam Sedentary period

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Yavapai County (County) • USA (Country) • Lake Pleasant Regional Park • Maricopa County (County) • Agua Fria River • Tule Creek • Maricopa (County)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-53 of 53)

Archaeological Assessment of 16 Sites at Lake Pleasant Regional Park
  1. Archaeological Assessment of 16 Sites at Lake Pleasant Regional Park
  2. Archaeological Assessment of 16 Sites at Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Photo Log (2008)
  3. Archaeological Assessment of 16 Sites at Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Select Photos (2008)
Archaeological Testing at AZ T:3:79(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  1. Archaeological Testing at AZ T:3:79(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. Archaeological Testing at AZ T:3:79(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (1993)
Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Sites in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  1. Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Sites in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Archaeological Sites Located in Lake Pleasant Regional Park (2006)
  3. Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Archaeological Sites Located in Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Photo Log (2006)
  4. Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Archaeological Sites Located in Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Select Photos (2006)
Cultural Resources Assessment of 39 Sites in the Agua Fria Conservation Area
  1. Cultural Resources Assessment of 39 Sites in the Agua Fria Conservation Area
  2. Cultural Resources Assessment of 39 Archaeological Sites in the Agua Fria Conservation Area: Photo Log (2007)
  3. Cultural Resources Assessment of 39 Archaeological Sites in the Agua Fria Conservation Area: Select Photos (2007)
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Proposed Lake Pleasant Regional Park Wind Hazard Project, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  1. Cultural Resources Inventory for the Proposed Lake Pleasant Regional Park Wind Hazard Project, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  2. Cultural Resources Inventory for the Proposed Lake Pleasant Regional Park Wind Hazard Project, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2023)
Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  1. Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona: Letter Report (2003)
  3. Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona: Photo Log (2003)
  4. Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona: Select Photos (2003)
Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  1. Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  2. Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2008)
  3. Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: Select Photos (2007)
  4. Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona:Photo Log (2007)
Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  1. Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
  2. Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2002)
Lake Pleasant 52 Sites Relocation
  1. Lake Pleasant 52 Sites Relocation
  2. Lake Pleasant 52 Sites Relocation: Photo Log (2010)
  3. Lake Pleasant 52 Sites Relocation: Select Photos (2010)
Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation
  1. Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation
  2. Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation: Photo Log (2012)
  3. Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation: Select Photos (2012)
Lake Pleasant Condition Assessments for 41 Sites
  1. Lake Pleasant Condition Assessments for 41 Sites
  2. Lake Pleasant Condition Assessments for 41 Sites: Photo Log (2009)
  3. Lake Pleasant Condition Assessments for 41 Sites: Select Photos (2009)
Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan
  1. Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan
  2. Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resource Management Plan: Selected Photos (2002)
  3. Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2004)
  4. Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan: Photo Log (2002)
Individual Resources
  1. Archaeological Test Excavations at Two Sites In the Vicinity of the Lake Pleasant Regional Park (1990)
  2. The Archaeological Test Excavations of Five Sites in the Lake Pleasant Regional Park (1989)
  3. Historic American Engineering Record: Waddell Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona (1988)
  4. Lake Pleasant Section 110 Condition Assessment and Evaluation of NRHP Eligibility for the Bureau of Reclamation in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2022)
  5. Poster: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Long-Term Section 106 and 110 Survey and Public Outreach Efforts at Lake Pleasant Regional Park near Phoenix, Arizona: 26 Years of Research By Archaeological Consulting Services (2010)
  6. Settlement, Subsistence, and Specialization In the Northern Periphery: The Waddell Project. Vols. 1 and 2 (1989)
Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a Multicomponent Rockshelter at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  1. Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a Multicomponent Rockshelter at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. Mapping, Surface Collection, and Soil Coring Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter Site at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (2009)
  3. Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Photo Log for Coring and Testing Images (2009)
  4. Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Photo Log for Surface Collection Images (2009)
  5. Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Select Photos of Coring and Testing (2009)
  6. Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Select Photos of Surface Collection (2009)
Phase 2 Data Recovery at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a Multicomponent Rockshelter at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  1. Phase 2 Data Recovery at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a Multicomponent Rockshelter at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
  2. Phase 2 Data Recovery Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a Multicomponent Hohokam, Yavapai, and Euroamerican Rockshelter Site at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (2011)
  3. Phase 2 Data Recovery Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Photo Log (2010)
  4. Phase 2 Data Recovery Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Select Photos (2010)