Salt River Project Digital Library

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. E. Rogge. Kirsten Winter.

The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department is proposing upgrades along approximately 1 mile of 43rd Avenue between Buckeye Road and Van Buren Street. The upgrades include replacing or overlaying existing pavement; widening the roadbed to a standard width of approximately 65 feet; installing new sidewalks, curbs, and gutters; and replacing or relocating some utilities beneath the street surface. The City of Phoenix retained URS Dames & Moore to conduct a cultural resources survey to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda S. Grafil.

The city of Phoenix proposes to install a 25 million gallons per day (MGD) sewer lift station, gravity sewer routes, and a water line in Maricopa County, Arizona. A gravity sewer will be constructed along Southern Avenue. This sewer will terminate at a proposed 25 million gallons per day (MGD) permanent lift station. The lift station discharge will be carried north, by force mains, through the Salt River Crossing. The waterline will be constructed from the lift station. Logan Simpson Design Inc....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Rainey.

SRP plans to construct a new 69kV transmission line to connect the Humphrey and Turpen substations to provide additional energy to SRP customers and to meet anticipated future needs. The new transmission line will tie into Humphrey Substation, on Riggs Road just west of Lindsay Road, using the existing poles along Riggs Road. From Val Vista Drive, a new line will be constructed from Riggs Road continuing north to Appleby Road and then turn west to meet Turpen Substation at the northeast corner...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a meteorological station with associated overhead electric and buried telephone lines at Zuni Salt Lake to monitor atmospheric conditions south of the Fence Lake Transportation Corridor. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Cruces District, Socorro Resource Area is the lead agency for cultural resources. The buried telephone line will extend from an existing buried line adjacent to NM State Route 32, 33 feet (10 m) to the station and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a meteorological station with an overhead electric line and a buried telephone line to monitor atmospheric conditions east of the SRP Fence Lake Coal Mine. The U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI), Office of Surface Mining is the overall lead agency for the Fence Lake Coal Mine Project and the USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District, Socorro Resource Area is the lead agency for cultural resources. The buried telephone line will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sharon K. Bauer. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

Reliant Energy, Inc. (Reliant) is planning to construct an evaporation pond just to the east of evaporation ponds recently completed for the Desert Basin Power Plant. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) has purview over the "jurisdictional waters of the United States" on the proposed evaporation pond site, and construction of the ponds will require a permit from the COE under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The COE must comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland.

Archaeological Consulting Services, ltd. (ACS) performed a cultural resource inventory and assessment investigation for the proposed AT&T buried fiberoptic communication cable between Apache Junction and Tucson, Arizona. This work was performed at the request of Mr. Kenneth Reinert of Coates Field Services, Inc. The field survey was directed by Dr. Richard Effland and was conducted during the period from May 3 to May 16, 1985. The cable will be buried within the western edge of the right-of-way...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a meteorological station with an overhead electric distribution line to monitor atmospheric conditions east of the SRP Coronado Generating Station along the SRP Fence Lake Coal Mine Transportation Corridor (Figure 1). The U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI), Office of Surface Mining, is the overall lead agency for the Fence Lake Coal Mine Project and the USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District, Socorro Resource Area, is the lead...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Countryman.

On October 27, 1995, Project Archaeologist Judy Brunson-Hadley and Linda Countryman conducted an archaeological survey within the easement for a proposed underground 69kV distribution line. In August 1995, at the request of SRP, Northland Research conducted an archaeological survey for the proposed realignment of the South Branch of the Highline Canal--just west of the current survey area. No cultural resources were encountered during that survey. (See 1995 report entitled Cultural Resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A.E. (Gene) Rogge.. Rachel Davies. Carmen Costner. Cara Lonardo. Sharon K. Bauer.

Reliant Energy, Inc. plans to install water supply and discharge facilities to serve the Desert Basin Power Plant now under construction in Casa Grande, Arizona. A buried water supply pipeline, approximately 9 miles long, would be used to convey Central Arizona Project water to the power plant from the East Main Canal of the Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation District. A buried water discharge pipeline, about 3.5 miles long, would be used to transport wastewater from the cooling towers at the power...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ethan Morton. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix is installing a 48-inch sewer line within Broadway Road between 75th Avenue and 91st Avenue. The street right-of-way is held by the City of Phoenix, and the project must therefore be implemented in compliance with the Arizona Antiquities Act (ARS 41-841 through 41- 847). The Act requires those in charge of activities on lands owned or controlled by the State of Arizona or local governments to notify the director of the Arizona State Museum of the discovery of any...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze. Janet Hagopian.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to reroute the Hubbell Ranch Road to bypass the mining activities at the SRP Fence Lake Coal Mine. SRP contracted with SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA), to conduct a cultural resource survey for the Hubbell Ranch Road Bypass. The lead agency for the cultural resources is the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Cruces District, Socorro Resource Area. The proposed bypass is on New Mexico State Trust Land leased by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Reese A. Cook.

This report presents a brief review of known cultural resources and investigations within one mile of the proposed expansion to the NAUSP, as well as the results of a 23.5-acre survey within the project limits. The proposed project will expand the existing NAUSP and will be constructed by SRP on an approximate 74.7-acre parcel of land owned by Flood Control District in the City of Glendale, Arizona. The proposed project will require the construction of an aquifer recharge facility to store and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

Northland Research, Inc., under Arizona Antiquities Act Permit 94-10, was contracted by Salt River Project to perform a Class III cultural resource survey and records check for the proposed Jones Substation. The survey was conducted on a 2.75 acre parcel, owned by Salt River Project. The work was conducted on 11 November 1994 and involved .5 person days of work.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dawn Muecke. Kris Dobschuetz.

Arizona Public Service Company (APS) retained Environmental Planning Group (EPG) to conduct a cultural resource study of their proposed Pinnacle Peak Substation  project. These studies are intended to assist APS in compliance with the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 8, Section 802.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kris Dobschuetz. Glenn Darrington.

The proposed 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. Also, the proposed 500kV transmission line will be double circuited with a 230kV transmission line for approximately 10 miles. The double­ circuit 500/230kV transmission line will extend between the proposed Southwest Valley Substation to the existing Liberty ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Anduze. Janet Hagopian.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to realign County Road 191 in Catron County, New Mexico, in order to build a coal haul railroad within the SRP Fence Lake Coal Mine Transportation Corridor. The proposed railroad will intersect the existing alignment of the road, therefore, the road must be realigned. SRP contracted with SWCA Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA), to conduct a cultural resource survey for two proposed realignment segments. The lead agency for the cultural resources is the U.S....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matt McDermott. Jason Ramsey.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) maintains a 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line between the Glenbrook substation in Fountain Hills and the Rio Verde substation in the community of Rio Verde in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). The transmission line is currently supported by 30-year-old wooden poles and generally follows the alignment of McDowell Mountain Drive. In order to improve the overall safety and durability of the Glenbrook to Rio Verde 69-kV...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

Salt River Project (SRP) maintains the 500-kilovolt (kV) Coronado to Silverking transmission line that traverses the Tonto National Forest (TNF), Gila County, Arizona. To control encroaching vegetation, SRP plans to employ the use of a Slashbuster® - a brush cutting and mulching device mounted onto heavy excavating equipment. The proposed action, which has the potential to impose adverse impacts upon cultural resources, requires permitting from TNF and, as such, is an undertaking subject to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Toni Gentilli.

Salt River Project (SRP) plans to build a fish barrier in Lime Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, on the Tonto National Forest (TNF), Cave Creek Ranger District, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figures 1 and 2). The fish barrier is required by the Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) permit and Habitat Conservation Plan for operation of Horseshoe and Bartlett dams on the Verde River. The proposed action, which has the potential to impose adverse impacts upon cultural resources, requires...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Johna Hutira.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) was contracted by Salt River Project (SRP) to perform a Class III cultural resources survey (Arizona Antiquities Act Permit 96-61-BL) of a portion of the Hayden to Coolidge Power Line which crosses through the known boundaries of the prehistoric Hohokam Grewe site (AZ AA:2:2[ASM]). The survey was conducted on a 500 ft (152 m) long by 66 ft (20 m) wide stretch of land, covering .23 acres, located north of Coolidge, Arizona. The work was conducted on 23 May...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Brodbeck.

Northland Research, Inc. was contracted by Salt River Project to perform a Class III cultural resources survey of a proposed substation site as a prelude to providing archaeological clearance for its construction. The project site covered an area of 1.86 acres.

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On March 8, 1989, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey of the proposed 34E-1S Salt River Project substation site. Prior to the field survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, and Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. No sites were recorded within the project area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On September 21, 1988, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey of a proposed Salt River Project substation site. Prior to the field survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Archives in Phoenix. No archaeological sites were recorded for the substation location, although a number of sites exist in the surrounding area. This report describes the results of the survey.

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On September 28, 1988, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey of a proposed Salt River Project substation site in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed substation site is located within a parcel of land on the south side of Ocotillo Road, .25 miles east of Arizona Avenue. Prior to the field survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, Phoenix, Arizona, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On March 2, 1989, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey on the proposed Seaton Substation Exchange Site for the Salt River Project. Prior to the survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, and Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. No sites were recorded within the study area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Laurene Montero.

This report presents the results of a Class III non-collection cultural resource survey of approximately 5.2 miles (mi.) of existing SRP right-of-way and 10 associated wire pulling stations for the SRP 69 kV subtransmission line reconductoring project near Fountain Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was conducted by Entranco at the request of SRP prior to the replacement of existing power poles and power transmission line within the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (FMYN) and the Salt River...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin Davis. Michael Stubing. Mary-Ellen Walsh.

This report presents the results of a Class III non-collection cultural resource survey of approximately 640 acres of land for the Salt River Project (SRP) Coronado Generating Station (CGS) Land Addition II project near St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona (Figures 1 and 2). Entranco conducted the survey at the request of SRP as Bid No. II 98999 IDC prior to the proposed land acquisition to determine whether significant cultural resources exist within the project area. For purposes of this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald Irwin. Jennifer Bowden.

This report presents the results of a cultural resource inventory performed by Lone Mountain Archaeological Services, Inc. under contract with Salt River Project for the Concho West Well Field Addition in southern Apache County, Arizona. The Concho West Well Field Addition consists of an expansion of the existing Concho Well Field, which serves Salt River Project’s Coronado Generating Station. The expansion will involve the construction of three well sites and the installation of a water...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jodi Strohmayer.

Salt River Project (SRP) maintains a 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line between the Glenbrook substation in Fountain Hills and the Rio Verde substation in the community of Rio Verde in Maricopa County, Arizona. The transmission line is currently supported by 30-year-old wooden poles, which generally follow the alignment of McDowell Mountain Road. In order to improve the overall safety and durability of the transmission line, SRP intends to replace all of the wooden poles with sturdier steel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle E. Stone.

On July 9, 1985, Lyle M. Stone of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a cultural resource survey of a 5777 ft long by 10 ft wide right-of-way for a proposed distribution line located about two miles north-northwest of Florence Junction in Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was requested by Salt River Project in order to determine if cultural resources (prehistoric or historic archaeological sites, historically or architecturally significant structures or build­ings) were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Hill. Kimberly R. Kennedy. Edgar K. Huber.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) proposes to construct and operate the 56-mile-long Palo Verde-Pinal West 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, which will deliver power from the Hassayampa Switchyard south of Wintersberg to the proposed Pinal West Substation in northwestern Pinal County about 24 miles south of Phoenix, in order to provide additional transmission capacity to support future growth in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties. The SRI survey, conducted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Brodbeck.

Northland Research, Inc. was contracted by Salt River Project to perform a Class III cultural resource survey of a land acquisition as a prelude to providing archaeological clearance for future development. The project area measures approximately 2 acres in size.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sharon K. Bauer. David E. Doyel. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

Reliant Energy has acquired an option to purchase a 40-acre parcel known as the Alvarado property. Reliant is conducting “due diligence” studies that will be considered in deciding whether to purchase the property as a potential industrial development site. Reliant retained URS Corporation to assist in those studies by conducting a Phase 1 environmental site assessment, determining whether there are jurisdictional waters of the United States on the property, evaluating whether special status...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Cable. Frank Ritz.

This report describes the results of archaeological surveys conducted at four Salt River Project substation sites. These include the Cashion, Conovaloff, Wasser, and Glenn Substations, all located on the west side of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Descriptions of the project areas are initially presented below, followed by a discussion of survey methodology and results and recommendations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margerie Green. Richard W. Effland, Jr..

At the request of Ramon Fierros of the Environmental Management Department, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) initiated a cultural resource survey for the proposed relocation of the 230 kV transmission line which links the Lincoln and Ocotillo substations (Figure 1). The Lincoln substation is located on Lincoln Street and Third Avenue in Phoenix, and the Ocotillo substation is on University and McClintock in Tempe . Relocation of the line is necessary...

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On December 28, 1988, RECON conducted an archaeological survey on the proposed Beeline Substation Addition in Scottsdale, Arizona. The proposed substation is located north of the existing Beeline Substation on the northwest corner of Hayden Road and Oak Street. Prior to the survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, Phoenix, Arizona, Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Zyniecki. Thomas N. Motsinger. David H. Greenwald.

An archaeological survey of a portion of the Salt River Indian Reservation was completed for the Salt River Project (SRP) by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, during July and August, 1990. Work was performed under special use permit Number 440 issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix District, and a letter of authorization from the Salt River Indian Community. The project was undertaken for a proposed ground water recharge system located north of Mesa, Arizona, along the north side...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Zyniecki. Thomas N. Motsinger. David H. Greenwald.

An archaeological survey of a portion of the Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) was completed for the Salt River Project (SRP) by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, during July and August, 1990. Work was performed under special use permit Number 440 issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix District, and a letter of authorization from the Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Community. The project was undertaken for a proposed ground water recharge system located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On December 6, 1988, RECON conducted an archaeological survey on the proposed Lacy Substation site in Gilbert, Arizona. Prior to the field survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, Phoenix, Arizona, and Pueblo Grande Museum. No sites were recorded within the study area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On February 9, 1989, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey on the proposed McCoy Substation site in Mesa, Arizona. Prior to the survey, an archaeological background files search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, Phoenix, Arizona. No sites were recorded within the study area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text RECON-Regional Environmental Consultants.

On December 30, 1988, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted an archaeological survey on the proposed Sun Lakes Substation in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Prior to the survey, an archaeological background file search was conducted at the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks and Recreation Department, Phoenix, Arizona, and Pueblo Grande Museum. No sites were recorded within the study area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cameron S. Griffith.

Northland Research, Inc. was contracted by Salt River Project to perform a Class III records search and cultural resources survey for two proposed substation sites. The survey was conducted on two separate parcels (Areas 1 and 2) located south of Siphon Draw, on state trust lands administered by the Arizona State Land Department. In addition to the parcels to be purchased, Northland examined a 50 ft. buffer zone on all four sides of each parcel (Areas 1B and 2B, respectively). Area 1 and 1B...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Gilpin. Richard Anduze. Jean Ballagh.

On August 16, 17, and 18, 1994, Dennis Gilpin, Richard A. Anduze, and Lex Palmer of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted an archaeological survey of the proposed Fence Lake Transportation Corridor Reroute 3 in Catron County, New Mexico. The project was located on New Mexico State Trust Land; the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District, is the lead federal agency for cultural resources. The survey was conducted under New Mexico State Blanket Survey Permit No. 94/055. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

This report summarizes the results of a Class III records search and cultural resources survey of the right-of-way for the realignment of a 12 kV distribution line on the west side of Saguaro Lake, beginning at the marina.

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Cable. Frank Ritz.

On December 14, 1987, Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) conducted archaeological surveys of two proposed Salt River Project substation sites, the Seaton/Farnsworth and Spurlock Substations. The Seaton/Farnsworth site is located along Southern Avenue just west of Signal Butte Road in Mesa, Arizona, and the Spurlock site is situated in an undeveloped area about 0.25 mile north and east of U.S. Highway 89, approximately 6.5 miles east-southeast of Apache Junction, Arizona. This report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald.

An archaeological survey of the Sheely Substation was completed for Salt River Project on November 11, 1990. An area measuring 1280 ft by 320 ft (9.4 acres) was systematically surveyed by an archaeologist from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants. No cultural resources were identified and clearance is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margerie Green. Richard W. Effland, Jr..

Archaeological Consulting Services was contracted to perform a Class III cultural resource survey of 235 acres around Coolidge Dam. This report provides information about the environment, the study methodology, previous regional research, Coolidge Dam construction history, and survey results. The only cultural resources located by the survey and/or known prior to the survey, date to the historic period. These include the dam itself and remains of the construction and maintenance facilities...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jodi Strohmayer.

Salt River Project (SRP) maintains a 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line between the Glenbrook substation in  Fountain  Hills  and  the  Rio  Verde  substation  in  the  community  of Rio  Verde  in  Maricopa  County, Arizona  (Figure  1).  The  transmission  line  is  currently  supported  by  30-year-old  wooden  poles,  which generally follow the alignment of McDowell Mountain Road.  In order to improve the overall  safety and durability of the transmission line, SRP intends to replace all of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Webb.

Using Federal Highway funds administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), the Town of Gilbert plans to construct two additional phases of the Western Powerline Trail between Lindsay and Cooper roads. Improvements will include a new segment of sidewalk along the west side of Neely Street between the SRP Lateral 9.5 (Wallace Feeder No. 3) right-of-way and Aviary Way. In conjunction with the new trail segments, the town plans to develop park facilities adjacent to the trail in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Brodbeck.

In coordination with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHW A), the City of Tempe is planning to construct a six-mile-long multi-use path along alternating banks of the Western Canal. The multi-use path alignment, identified in the Tempe Multi-use Path System Detailed Plan (Plan) prepared in August 2000, will start on the west side of the Loop 101 Freeway halfway between Elliot and Guadalupe Roads and will extend west to the intersection of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher P. Garraty.

This report presents the results of a Cultural Resources Assessment (Class I Records Search, with limited supplemental fieldwork) by the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) Cultural Resource Management Program (CRMP) for the proposed construction of a 230 kV electric transmission line in District 4 of the GRIC, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (CRMP Project No. 2012.36x0). Implementation of the proposed undertaking will require approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pima Agency....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christian B. Nightengale.

In order to insure that no cultural resource sites or materials are affected by the construction of an aerial utility line by the Navopache Electric Cooperative, an archeological survey was made on approximately 43.4 acres of land. Of the total acreage figure approximately 28.4 acres is Arizona State land, 13.2 acres is administered by the Salt River Project, and 1.8 acres is private property. The utility line is proposed in order to provide electric service to an AT&T installation. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cara Lonardo.

The City of Mesa, in conjunction with ADOT and FHWA, is preparing an Environmental Determination Report for the improvement of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) infrastructure. The project will be located within the City of Mesa's right-of-way (ROW) along Broadway Road. Because the project is federally funded, ITS Engineers and Constructors, Inc. on behalf of the City of Mesa, requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) perform a cultural resources evaluation of the project area and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone.

On August 28, 1985, Lyle M. Stone and Douglas R. Mitchell of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed an archaeological survey at the proposed locations of four small materials sources located near the historic Power Canal on Roosevelt Lake, Gila County, Arizona. It has been proposed by Salt River Project that borrow materials (silt, sand and gravel, soil) from each of these sources be used to cover four individual structural features on the Power Canal which are in disrepair and may be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text EnviroSystems Management, Inc.. Anne Raney.

The project consists of a Class III cultural resources inventory for three possible access routes to the proposed Second Knolls  Substation. Two of the proposed access routes leave State Route (SR) 77 in a westerly direction and follow  section lines  for 2.35 miles, where they split, one heading north under or adjacent to an existing APS  sub-transmission line and one heading north-northwest along the existing Reidhead Road. The third proposed access route follows the northernmost 25 feet of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Cable. Frank Ritz. Thomas Hulen.

This report describes the results of a cultural resource mitigation project (Project No. R-1760) undertaken on the proposed Spurlock Substation property (3.23 acres) by Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) for Salt River Project (SRP). A portion of a prehistoric Hohokam site, AZ U:11:1(RECON), was identified within the project area during an earlier survey conducted by RECON (Project Number R-1760) and it was recommended that further mitigative action be taken within this portion of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text DMG Four Corners Research, Inc..

This project was sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP) on lands owned by SRP, New Mexico State Trust lands, and private lands. The lead agency in the project was the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Socorro Field Office, New Mexico. The project was assigned Four Comers Research Archaeological Project Number 03-52, under SRP P.O. No. 0000115970. The project consisted of cultural resources monitoring of eight borrow test pits and four bore holes, dug for the purpose...

DOCUMENT Full-Text DMG Four Corners Research, Inc..

In preparation for construction of the Salt River Project (SRP) Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor in eastern Apache County, Arizona, sediment and rock core samples were collected using a drill/ coring rig and backhoe to test possible borrow and gravel materials to construct the railroad bed. Eleven test pits and one bore hole location were monitored for cultural resources. Additionally, eight access routes leading to test pits were surveyed; the other test pits and single bore hole...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Nicole Webb.

FHWA and ADOT completed a roadway improvement project along Historic SR-88, also known as the Apache Trail, between MP 203.40 and MP 220.20, northeast of the town of Apache Junction, Maricopa County, Arizona. The undertaking included milling existing pavement and laying new pavement along SR-88 between MP 203.40 and 213.35; applying a double application of chip seal coat on the existing roadway between MP 213.35 and MP 220.20; removing the pavement at 5 existing pullouts; constructing new...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Soil Systems, Inc..

Cella Barr Associates contracted with Soil Systems, Inc. to prepare an overview of the cultural resources in the Papago Park planning area. A survey of pertinent literature and site record files was conducted and the results were summarized in this report. Recommendations for documentation and assessment of cultural resources within the park area conclude this report. A review of the archaeological and historical material encompassing the Papago Park planning area has revealed 20 archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Hart.

Under contract to the Salt River Project (SRP) Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed a Class I. cultural resources overview of 240 acres and an associated 10-mile easement across land administered by Coconino and Tonto National Forests. The purpose of the overview was to identify known cultural resources in and around a portion of the Blue Ridge Reservoir, as well as a related pipeline and transmission line. The overview resulted in the identification of 18 archaeological sites,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text New Mexico State University.

Chapter 22 of the report titled "Cultural Resource Report for the All American Pipeline Project: Santa Barbara, California to McCamey, Texas and Additional Areas to the East Along the Central Pipeline Route in Texas." Includes a site sampler for historic and prehistoric sites along the Central Pipeline route.

DOCUMENT Full-Text New Mexico State University.

Title page and table contents of Chapters 22-25 for the report of "Cultural Resources Project for the All American Pipeline Project: Santa Barbara, California to McCamey, Texas and Additional Areas to the East Along the Central Pipeline Route in Texas." The report was prepared by New Mexico State University under contract to Continuum Corporation and was submitted by All American Pipeline Company to the Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District. Chapter 22 of the full report found...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Grant Fahrni.

Salt River Project (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) conduct cultural resources site avoidance flagging within the Coronado to Silver King 500-kV transmission line corridor crossing Tonto National Forest (TNF) lands in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona (Figure 1). The project corridor is located within the TNF Globe and Tonto Basin Ranger Districts. The site flagging was conducted prior to the commencement of vegetation maintenance within the 225-ft-wide SRP corridor. A...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel R. Bontrager. Lyle M. Stone.

In late August, 1988, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed a cultural resources survey of an approximately 4700 ft long by 67 ft wide (7.23 acres) corridor of highway easement along the northwest side of State Route 87 (between Center Street and Mesa Drive) for the Arizona Department of Transportation. This study area is located north of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona on lands of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Six prehistoric archaeological sites were observed and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara S. Macnider. Holly DeMaagd. Karolyn Jackman Jenson. Shereen Lerner. Jerryll Moreno. Gerald A. Doyle.

In conjunction with an Environmental Impact Statement analysis being conducted for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Red Mountain Freeway by Entranco Engineers, Inc., Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed cultural resource investigations of proposed alternative alignments. A Class I survey, or literature review, was first prepared for a 55-square-mile area to assist the initial alternative selection process. A Class III survey of all...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerry B. Howard.

On March 24, 1988 a cultural resources survey was completed by Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) for the City of Mesa, Department of Parks and Recreation and Department of Engineering, within Park of the Canals, a National Register Property administered by the City of Mesa. The four areas examined within the park have been proposed as possible sites for the construction of a Desert Botanical Garden. This report is organized into six sections. Section one presents the background of Park of the Canals...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone.

On March 3 and 4, 1986, Lyle M. Stone and Daniel R. Bontrager of Archaeological Research Service, Inc. (ARS), performed archaeological survey and monitoring for a sanitary sewer line construction project at the Salt River Project Kyrene Steam Plant in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The construction project on Salt River Project-owned land involved excavation of an approximately 1150 ft long by 2 ft wide trench within a 10 ft wide right-of-way parallel. The purpose of this survey, requested...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Cox.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed a Class III cultural resources survey for the proposed Salt River Project (SRP) Vinyard Road Rehabilitation Project located on State Trust Lands administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD), in Pinal County, Arizona. The proposed project area consists of both an electrical line easement and a temporary construction easement to be used for the installation of both overhead and underground electrical lines. The survey was initiated as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel R. Bontrager.

On January 20 and 21, 1988, Daniel R. Bontrager of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a cultural resources survey of an approximately 130 acre parcel at the proposed location of the Interstate 10 - Outer Loop Freeway Interchange in west Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was requested and authorized by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for Project RAM-600-0-311 under Contract 86-39 with ARS for Statewide Archaeological Investigations (Project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn A. Neal.

On April 29, 1994, Lynn Neal of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted an archaeological survey of 25.6 acres (10.4 ha) along State Route 98 near Page, Arizona, at the request of Dr. Judy Brunson-Hadley, SRP Archaeologist. SRP is the contact and funding agency. No cultural resources were identified.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Northland Research, Inc..

Northland Research, Inc. was contracted by the Salt River Project to perform a Class III cultural resource clearance for proposed impacts associated with the exchange of canal rights-of-way. Examined for this purpose were two transects that covered an area of 2.02 acres.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kimberly Spurr.

On November 13, 1991, SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, conducted an archaeological survey of 17.2 acres to assess possible impacts due to construction of P.E.R.A. Club recreation facilities by Salt River Project. The project area is located on the south edge of Page, Arizona, on land owned by Salt River Project. No sites or isolated occurrences were located, and none have been previously recorded in the project area. Based on these findings, archaeological clearance can be recommended for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Tiffany C. Clark. Connie A. Darby.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of Arizona State Land right-of-way easements for a new extra-high voltage transmission line to be built between the Santa Rosa Substation, located south of the Ak Chin Indian Community, and the Dinosaur Substation, located east of the Town of Queen Creek, in Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). The proposed transmission line is part of the larger Pinal West to Abel/Browning (PW-ABL/BRG) 500 kV Transmission Line Project. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Michael W. Lindeman. Tiffany C. Clark.

Class III cultural resources survey for an extra-high voltage transmission line connecting the Pinal West, Santa Rosa, Pinal Central, Abel, and Dinosaur Substations in Pinal County, Arizona.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann.

At the request of Cari Kreshak Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) Archaeologist, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of approximately 47.40 acres for the proposed Indian School Road Sewerline on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The 80-ft right-of-way corridor crosses Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) land. The survey was performed under a non-collection survey archaeological permit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

Northland has completed a Class III cultural resources survey and records check of 11 areas within the NGS and ADA totaling 246.36 acres. In addition, the Ash Haul Road between the NGS and ADA was surveyed. This road is 1.13 miles long and includes 24.75 acres. The total survey area is 271.11 acres. The project area is comprised of land on the Navajo Nation that is administered by SRP in Coconino County, Arizona. The survey was undertaken for SRP prior to planned decommissioning of the NGS....

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson.

This  report presents  the  results  of a Class  III  cultural resources  survey  of the  right-of-way corridor and associated work areas for a new double circuit 500kV/230kV transmission line to  be  built  between  the  existing  Salt  River  Project  (SRP)  Browning  Substation  in  Mesa, Maricopa  County,  Arizona  and  the  proposed  SRP  Dinosaur  Substation  located  on unincorporated,  state-owned  land  east  of  Queen  Creek  in  Pinal  County,  Arizona.  The survey was requested by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie A. Darby.

Class III cultural resources survey of the proposed site of a new SRP generation facility. This report presents the results of a Class 3 cultural resources survey of approximately 221 acres of privately owned land located southwest of Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona. SRP is currently acquiring the land and plans to construct a peaking plant on the property. The work was requested by SRP as part of its internal Phase 1 Environmental Assessment prior to purchasing the two parcels. The purpose of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of 32 acres of land located east of Queen Creek, Arizona and west of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal in Pinal County, Arizona. The surveyed property is on Arizona State Trust Land administered by the Arizona State Land Department. The work was requested by the Salt River Project (SRP) to determine if significant cultural resources were present within the project area. Tiffany Clark and Greg Schachner of Desert...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark.

Class III cultural resources survey for 12kV/69kV electric lines connecting the Dinosaur Substation and the Hunt Substation southeast of Queen Creek, Pinal County, Arizona.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew D. Lack.

SRP is working with the City of Chandler and Intel on the High-Tech Interconnect Project (HIP), a proposed transmission project that is required to provide reliable power to the expansion of Intel’s Chandler campus.  SRP is working with the City of Chandler to meet the city’s preference to underground a significant portion of the transmission line, address conflicts with existing underground utilities, and ensure technical feasibility of the underground segments. The remaining overhead segments...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

SRP is in the process of constructing a new irrigation pipeline along Lehi Road and Mesa Drive, which will require the relocation of water and gas service lines to private and public entities by the City of Mesa. These services will be installed in open trenches, some of which will cross an existing historical irrigation lateral. Desert Archaeology, Inc. has completed a Class III cultural resources survey for proposed water and gas service line replacements along Lehi Road and Mesa Drive to be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark. T. Kathleen Henderson.

This report presents the results of Class III cultural resources surveys conducted for the Palo Verde to Pinal West Transmission Line Project. The work was sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP) in support of two proposed 500 kV transmission lines that will connect the existing Hassayampa Switchyard, west of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the proposed Pinal West Substation, western Pinal County, Arizona. The cultural resources studies described here include three previous archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of approximately 120 acres of privately owned land southwest of Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona. The work was requested  by  Salt  River  Project  Agricultural  Improvement  and  Power  District  (SRP)  to determine if significant cultural  resources were  present within the  surveyed property.  SRP is currently  acquiring the parcel and is planning to construct an electrical substation (Pinal South)  on  the property....

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of 60 acres of privately owned land on the flats north of Haley Hills, Pinal County, Arizona. The work was requested by Salt River Project (SRP) to determine if significant cultural resources were present within the surveyed property. SRP recently purchased the land and is planning to construct an electrical substation (Pinal West) on the property. The Pinal West Substation will be part of the proposed Palo Verde to Pinal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of 64 acres of privately owned land southeast of the Town of Queen Creek, Pinal County, Arizona. The work was requested by Salt River Project (SRP) to determine if significant cultural resources were present within the surveyed property. SRP is currently acquiring the parcel and is planning to construct an electrical substation (Southeast Valley) on the property. The Southeast Valley (SEV) Substation will be part of 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 Scott Kwiatkowski.

At the request of the Salt River Project (SRP), Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS), completed a Class III cultural resources survey at two small parcels that are the planned locations of two 230-kV power poles in downtown Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. SRP plans to lease these parcels from their current landowners/administrators: the Union Pacific Railroad, the City of Tempe, and the Arizona State Land Department. The state land part of the survey was completed under the authority of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael L. Terlep. David L. Lewandowski.

SRP requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class 111 cultural resources inventory of 1,946 acres within Mine Areas J-19, J-21, and N-11 Extension South in Peabody Western Coal Company's, Kayenta Mine Complex (KMC). This is part of a larger environmental impact study (EIS) for the continued operation of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the KMC from December 23, 2019 to December 22, 2044. Reclamation is the lead federal agency, and the BIA and OSMRE are cooperating agencies. Re-permitting...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael L. Terlep. Ted Tsouras. David Lewandowski.

SRP requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class 111 cultural resources inventory of 1,971 acres within Mine Area J-21 West (J-21-W) in Peabody Western Coal Company's proposed Kayenta Mine Complex (KMC). This is part of a larger environmental impact study (EIS) for the continued operation of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the KMC from December 23, 2019 to December 22, 2044. Reclamation is the lead federal agency, and the BIA and OSMRE are key cooperating agencies. Re-permitting of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew H. Bilsbarrow.

Between June 12 and 15, 1995, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed a cultural resources survey within the 300-to-400-foot (92-122 m) wide right-of-way along U.S. 60/70/80/89, between milepost 198.4 in Apache Junction and milepost 212.0 in Florence Junction, northern Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was undertaken at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in order to determine if there were important cultural resources present within the highway corridor that...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald F. Ryden. Julie Solometo. Douglas R. Mitchell.

SWCA, Inc. conducted a cultural resource survey at the request of Salt River Project (SRP) north of Concho, Apache County, Arizona (Figures 1 and 2). The survey involved a 10,613 foot long, 100 foot wide corridor and a total of 110 acres in four parcels adjacent to the corridor. The total number of acres surveyed is 134.4. SRP is proposing to construct two new wells and approximately 10,700 feet of new pipeline, which will connect to the existing water delivery system to the Coronado Generating...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Q. Bustoz.

Logan Simpson completed a Class III cultural resources survey for the Meridian Road Improvements Project located in the Town of Queen Creek along the boundary between Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona. The Town of Queen Creek is planning to construct the half-street improvements (west side) along two noncontiguous segments of Meridian Road. The North Segment is a 1.0-mile road alignment between Queen Creek Road and Germann Road. As part of the North Segment construction, Queen Creek Road will...

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 Elizabeth A. Bagwell.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of 160.3 acres of privately owned land (Parcel 210-38-001A) located southeast of the Town of Queen Creek in Pinal County, Arizona. The work was requested by Salt River Project (SRP) as part of its internal Phase 1 Environmental Assessment prior to purchasing the two parcels. The purpose of the survey was to determine if significant cultural resources were present within the property. The field survey was conducted on 1...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew I. Duff.

Between April 15 and June 14, 1993, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed a cultural resources survey of State Route 88 (the Apache Trail). The right-of-way varies from 66 to 200 feet, but construction as-builts were not available. Therefore, the Arizona Department of Transportation requested that a 200 foot wide right-of-way be surveyed for the entire project length unless clearly marked property boundaries or other right-of-way indications were present. The 17.5 mile long survey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph A. Ezzo.

Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) contracted with URS, Grenier Woodward Clyde to undertake a cultural resources survey of a 20-acre parcel of land in the city of Casa Grande, Arizona. The land is the projected future site of a privately owned power plant. On February 10, 1999, Joseph Ezzo of SRI met John Egan of URS Grenier Woodward Clyde in Tucson and the two drove out to the subject property. Mr. Egan determined the boundaries of the subject property for Dr. Ezzo, who then conducted the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Bild.

The Salt River Project (SRP) is planning to upgrade the current carrying capacity of 18.3 miles of the existing Silver King to Goldfield 230kV line north of Queen Valley and Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. In order to accomplish this, SRP plans to “bundle” the existing 230kV conductors by adding a second conductor to each of the three existing single-conductor phases. This 230kV line was originally intended for two circuits of bundled conductors and permitted for such on Forest Service lands by...