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:4:156(ASM) •
AZ T:4:157(ASM) •
AZ T:4:150(ASM) •
AZ T:4:154(ASM) •
AZ T:4:58(ASM) •
AZ T:4:54(ASM) •
AZ T:4:159(ASM) •
AZ T:3:110(ASM) •
AZ T:3:39(ASM) •
AZ T:3:99(ASM)
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Rock Art •
Settlements •
Agricultural or Herding •
Petroglyph •
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Other Keywords
Central Arizona Project •
Core •
Mano •
Hammerstone •
Flake •
Andesite Core •
Knife •
Debitage •
Metate •
Chipped Stone Debitage
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Yavapai •
Archaic •
Patayan •
N/A
Investigation Types
Site Stewardship Monitoring •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Archaeological Overview •
Systematic Survey •
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) •
USA (Country) •
Yavapai County (County) •
Lake Pleasant Regional Park •
Maricopa County (County) •
Agua Fria River •
Maricopa (County) •
Tule Creek
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-27 of 27)
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- Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Archaeological Sites Located in Lake Pleasant Regional Park (2006)
- Cultural Resource Assessment of 13 Archaeological Sites Located in Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Photo Log (2006)
- 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)
- 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)
- Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2008)
- Homesteading and Ranching in the Vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona:Photo Log (2007)
- Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2004)
- Lake Pleasant Regional Park Cultural Resources Management Plan: Photo Log (2002)
- Archaeological Test Excavations at Two Sites In the Vicinity of the Lake Pleasant Regional Park (1990)
- The Archaeological Test Excavations of Five Sites in the Lake Pleasant Regional Park (1989)
- Historic American Engineering Record: Waddell Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona (1988)
- Lake Pleasant Section 110 Condition Assessment and Evaluation of NRHP Eligibility for the Bureau of Reclamation in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2022)
- 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)
- Settlement, Subsistence, and Specialization In the Northern Periphery: The Waddell Project. Vols. 1 and 2 (1989)
- 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)
- Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Photo Log for Coring and Testing Images (2009)
- Phase 1 Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter: Photo Log for Surface Collection Images (2009)