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:4:56(ASM) •
AZ T:4:21(ASU) •
AZ T:3:214(ASM)
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Settlements •
Rock Art •
Petroglyph •
Field House •
Hamlet / Village
Other Keywords
Historic Ranching •
Damage Assessment
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Yavapai •
Archaic
Investigation Types
Site Stewardship Monitoring •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Archaeological Overview •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Heritage Management
Material Types
Ground Stone •
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Building Materials •
Metal •
Fauna •
Glass •
Macrobotanical •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Pollen
Temporal Keywords
Historic Period •
Protohistoric Period •
Prehistoric •
Hohokam pre-Classic period •
Hohokam Colonial period •
Hohokam Early Classic period •
Gila Butte Phase •
Hohokam Sedentary period •
Hohokam Classic period •
Early Ceramic
Geographic Keywords
Yavapai County (County) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Lake Pleasant Regional Park •
USA (Country) •
Maricopa County (County) •
Agua Fria River •
Tule Creek •
US (ISO Country Code)