Salt River Project Digital Library

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Sullivan.

It is the intent of this document to determine which engineering features along the paved portion of the Apache Trail, State Route 88, between mileposts 201.00 and 220.18 should be considered contributing elements to the historic character of the Apache Trail. This section of the road is informally referred to as the “paved portion” because, not surprisingly, it is that portion of the Apache Trail surfaced with asphalt. An assessment of the features along the unpaved portion will be done in a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen Rice.

This is a report on archaeological field investigations conducted in 1994 and 1995 at a Classic period Hohokam compound located in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of Arizona. The work was performed at the southern locus of site AZ U:9:14 (ASM) under the direction of Glen Rice as part of a course in archaeological field methods taught in the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University (course number ASB 231 for undergraduates and ASB 532 for graduate...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth. Laurene G. Montero.

This report presents the results of a Class III archaeological survey that was conducted as Task 16, Contract No. 7- CS-30-05750, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Arizona Projects Office. The Task 16 survey area consists of a total of 929 acres (376 ha) located along the Lower Verde River in the Tonto National Forest, immediately south and west of Bartlett Dam. The parcel contains undivided lands within UTM Zone 12 between 3740000 and 3745000 m North and 439000 and 442000 East. By projection...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford. Peter J. Pilles, Jr..

As a result of the Salt River Project consultant's meeting on June 18, 1974, additional, more current information on the Arizona Station Project was made available to the Museum of Northern Arizona. Because of this, it was decided that the archaeological recommendations for the project should be reviewed and re-submitted. This report discusses the new developments and presents the basis for conclusions made regarding the archaeological assessments.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard V. Ahlstrom. James E. Bradford.

The initial Phase I investigation for the Salt River Project 1978 Power Plant Study has been completed. This report presents that data which was collected during library research and actual field reconnaissance and is intended to offer a background on the archaeological and ethno-historical resource base of the two proposed areas being considered for plant site and wellfield location. A discussion of the possible impacts with alternatives to these is also included. The report includes...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland. Scott Fedick.

The Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) constructed three transmission lines along a portion of the Beeline Highway on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). SRP proposed to build a new line that connects the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Buttes substations. At the same time, APS proposed to realign two existing transmission lines and move them out of the Salt River channel and onto the north terrace above the river. Prior to construction,...

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This report discusses the results of archaeological testing at four cultural resource sites to assess their eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the results of data recovery excavations at one of the four sites to mitigate impacts from construction. Entranco completed this project at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) prior to the proposed construction of the Red Mountain Freeway (RMF) Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment...

IMAGE C.J. Dyer.

Artist aerial of Phoenix facing northeast "Phoenix. The county seat of Maricopa County, is situated in the Salt River Valley, 28 miles north of Maricopa Station, on the Souther Pacific Railroad. The town is embowered in shade trees and shrubbery, has streams of living water though every street, is surrounded by orchards, gardens, and vineyards, and is one of the handsomest in the West. The streets face the cardinal points, are broad and spacious and lined with trees. The County Courthouse, in...

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This report includes Chapter 13 of the Black Mesa Archaeological Project. This chapter discusses compliance activities, disposition of human remains, unanticipated cultural finds, and religious and ceremonial concerns surrounding the Black Mesa Archaeological Project. Sections of this chapter have been revised on the dates of 02/04/2000, 08/28/2001, and 10/10/2002.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George J. Gumerman. Deborah Westfall. Carol S. Weed.

Black Mesa is large elevated land mass which comprises a part of the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations in the northeast corner of Arizona. This report is the second volume in a series devoted to the archaeology of the region by the Prescott College Archaeological Field School. It is mainly a descriptive account of the survey of 193 Anasazi, Navajo, and Anglo sites and the excavation of nine of the Kayenta Anasazi villages.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George J. Gumerman.

During the month of June and part of July, 1968, the Center for Anthropological Studies operated an archaeological field school on Black Mesa on the Hopi and Navajo Indian reservations under sponsorship of the Peabody Coal Company of St. Louis, Missouri. A total of eight sites was excavated and 56 sites were surveyed. What follows is a descriptive report of these investigations. It should he emphasized that this report is mainly descriptive, and that interpretations, where they occur, are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kim Adams.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted survey of 200 acres and limited testing of cultural resources on Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community (FMIC) land at the request of Mr. Jon Czaplicki of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The work was performed to define the boundaries of archaeological sites to be avoided by agricultural development. Eight sites were slated for preservation; however, only seven sites were relocated and flagged, and two new sites were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. M. Zyniecki.

The Carlota Prehistoric Testing Program, conducted for the Carlota Copper Company near Miami, Arizona, because of proposed mining operations, sought to determine which sites in a previously surveyed area contained data classes that would allow specific Historic Contexts to be addressed. The survey identified 87 sites, 55 of them prehistoric, in thé 2600-acre study area. After study area boundary reductions, 51 prehistoric sites were examined during the testing project. The Apache Tribe...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tammy Stone.

In January of 1988, during construction activities in the parking lot of the Arizona State University football stadium, a number of prehistoric features (cultural surfaces and cremations) were encountered. Construction activities were temporarily halted, and salvage excavation was undertaken by the Office of Cultural Resource Management of Arizona State University under the direction of Glen Rice and Paul Minnis (Laurene Montero and Philip Weiss, crew chiefs). Excavation was carried out during...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas R. Lincoln.

For this project, MNA will analyze and publish materials from the Erich Schmidt collection currently housed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Reclamation sees this research as an opportunity to obtain currently unavailable information about Schmidt's work in the Tonto Basin. This will help us with our mitigation planning for data recovery studies in conjunction with the planned modification of Roosevelt Dam. The papers which will be given are the results of data recovery...

DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

On July 15, 1983, the chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) ratified a programmatic memorandum of agreement among the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs), the Bureau of Reclamation, and the ACHP. The subject of that agreement was the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and its impact upon historic properties. That agreement was negotiated in compliance with Section 2(b) of Executive Order 11593, "Protection and Enhancement...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rich Johnson.

The history of the Central Arizona Project from 1918-1968.

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"Funding for data collection and map production provided by Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 85-33. This map is based on the named USGS 7.5 minute series topographic map. Prehistoric information compiled from various sources by Jerry B. Howard. See Howard and Huckleberry (1991: Chapter 2) for further explanation of data sources and map compilation methods. Some errors and inconsistencies could not be rectified during the production process by Soil Systems, Inc. and GEO-MAP,...

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This report presents the results of the data recovery phase at the Hohokam village site of Guanacos (AZ U:9:116 [ASM]), as part of the proposed expansion of the existing Kyrene Generating Station in Tempe, Arizona, by the Salt River Project (SRP). Prior to construction of the generating station, SRP implemented an archaeological data recovery project within the proposed project area and contracted with SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct the investigations. The project was...

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"Funding for data collection and map production provided by Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 85-33. This map is based on the named USGS 7.5 minute series topographic map. Prehistoric information compiled from various sources by Jerry B. Howard. See Howard and Huckleberry (1991: Chapter 2) for further explanation of data sources and map compilation methods. Some errors and inconsistencies could not be rectified during the production process by Soil Systems, Inc. and GEO-MAP,...

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The Arizona Public Service Cholla-Saguaro Transmission Line Mitigation Project, an undertaking as large as its full title suggests, began in April of 1977. The purpose of the Cholla Project was to mitigate construction impacts on prehistoric sites along that portion of the line extending from the Cholla generating plant, near the Little Colorado River, to the upper drainage of Devore Wash, south of Lake Roosevelt, a distance of 135 transmission-line miles. The results of the Cholla Project are...

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The Arizona Public Service Cholla-Saguaro Transmission Line Mitigation Project, an undertaking as large in scope as its full title suggests, began in April of 1977. It is hereafter referred to as Cholla. The project's obvious purpose was to mitigate construction impact on prehistoric sites along that portion of the line extending from the Cholla generating plant near the Little Colorado River to the upper drainage of Devore Wash south of Lake Roosevelt, a distance of 135 transmission-line miles....

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The Arizona Public Service Cholla-Saguaro Transmission Line Mitigation Project, an undertaking as large in scope as its full title suggests, began in April of 1977. It is hereafter referred to as Cholla. The project's purpose was to mitigate construction impact on prehistoric sites along that portion of the line extending from the Cholla generating plant near the Little Colorado River to the upper drainage of Devore Wash south of Lake Roosevelt, a distance of 135 transmission line miles. This...

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The Arizona Public Service Cholla-Saguaro Transmission Line Mitigation Project, an undertaking as large in scope as its full title suggests, began in April of 1977. It is hereafter referred to as Cholla. The project's obvious purpose was to mitigate construction impacts to prehistoric sites along that portion of the line extending from the Cholla generating plant near the Little Colorado River to the upper drainage of Devore Wash south of Lake Roosevelt, a distance of 135 transmission-line...

DOCUMENT Full-Text W. S. Marmaduke. D. G. Robinson.

Northland Research, Inc. has inspected 3,408 acres of proposed agricultural development land on the Chuichu District of the Sells Papago Indian Reservation. The Bureau of Reclamation sponsored the survey under contract 0-07-30-X0072, for cultural resource services to its Indian Distribution Division of the Central Arizona Project. Within the proposed development area, Northland recorded 50 archaeological sites, most of them being areas of widely scattered cultural debris without evident...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Don W. Jolly.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) contracted with Greystone/An Arcadis Company to compile this Class I Cultural Resources Inventory for the 230kV Power Line Project (Project) as part of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) Application. The Project includes the construction of a new 230kV transmission line from the Desert Basin Generating Station, located near the intersection of Burris and Korsten roads.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Doug Avann.

The  COP  intends  to  construct a  10-ft-wide  asphaltic  multi-use  path  (MUP)  and  two grade-separation  structures  between  the  Arizona  Canal  and  the  Arizona  Canal Diversion Channel (ACDC) to segregate pedestrian and bicycle traffic from vehicular traffic  at  the  intersection  of 51st  Avenue  and  Cactus  Road  in  the  west  portion  of Phoenix,  and the east portion of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure  1).  At the  COP’s  request,  EcoPlan  Associates,  Inc....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jodi Strohmayer.

SRP proposes to undertake a maintenance project on the water intake system for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Coconino County, Arizona (Figure 1). The purpose of the project is to ensure the future availability of cooling water for NGS operations due to the continuing decrease of the water surface elevation of Lake Powell associated with the ongoing drought. The full pool elevation of Lake Powell is 3,700 feet above sea level. Current projections indicate the lake surface...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cherie K. Walth.

Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., on behalf of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), has developed this Class I Cultural Resources Inventory for the Pinal West to Southeast Valley/Browning 500 kV Project (Project) as part of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) Application. SRP contracted with Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc. (Greystone) to complete the Class I report. The Project includes the construction of one single circuit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurene Montero. Erin Davis. Michael Stubing. Korri Turner.

This document presents the results of a class I cultural resources inventory and the results of the relocation and evaluation efforts for 14 previously recorded cultural resource sites located within the proposed Merrill Ranch residential community near Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). Vanguard Properties requested that Carter & Burgess, Inc. (C&B) conduct the inventory and relocation as part of the application process to obtain a permit from the United States Army Corp of Engineers...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh. Teresa Rodrigues.

This report presents the results of a Class I cultural resources inventory of nearly 11 miles (mi.) of right-of-way (R/W) owned by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) along Interstate 10 (I-10) in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figures 1 and 2). Entranco completed the cultural resources inventory for DMJM+HARRIS under Contract No. 00-75, as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-10 Corridor Improvement Study. The purpose of the inventory was to determine whether...

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Under contract with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR), has been tasked with the preliminary planning and predesign of a north-south highway corridor in Pinal County, Arizona (Federal Highway Administration Project No. STP-999-A [BBM]; TRACS No. 999 PN H7454 O1L). This highway will link Interstate 10 (I-10), in the vicinity of Picacho, to U.S. Highway 60 (also known as the Superstition Freeway), in the vicinity of Apache Junction. HDR has subcontracted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gina S. Gage.

Under contract to Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed a Class I cultural resources records search for the proposed SRP Copper Crossing Energy Center (CCEC) generating station located in the Town of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The new generating station is intended to meet SRP's projected growth in demand for power. The purpose of this Class I review is to identify and assess any cultural resources located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Kyle Woodson.

At the request of Salt River Project (SRP), the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) Cultural Resource Management Program (CRMP) completed a Class I (records search) cultural resources survey for the proposed renewal of a right-of-way easement along the existing 500kV Palo Verde to Kyrene transmission line in Laveen and adjacent to District 6 of the GRIC, Maricopa County, Arizona. The objective of the review was to assess the potential adverse effect of continued use of the easement on cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Teresa L. Rodrigues. Mary-Ellen Walsh.

On December 15, 2000, Entranco was authorized by Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I Inventory of an approximately 9.61-mile-long, variable width corridor from the Thunderstone Receiving Station to the Verde Substation in Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area includes Bureau of Indian Affairs right-of-way across the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, operated and managed by the Central Arizona Project and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. Andrea Gregory. Tom Jones. Kristin L. David. Zachary Rothwell.

In December 2015, the United States (US) Congress approved the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which authorized a 5-year program to improve the Nation's surface transportation infrastructure. The Act formally designated Interstate 11 (1-11) through Arizona. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) are preparing a Draft Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-11 corridor between Nogales and Wickenburg, Arizona, pursuant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Don W. Ryden. J. Erik Ryden. Jamie Jachowski.

In December 2015, the United States (US) Congress approved the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which authorized a 5-year program to improve the Nation's surface transportation infrastructure. The Act formally designated Interstate 11 (I-11) through Arizona. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) are preparing a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-11 Corridor Study Area (Study Area) between Nogales and Wickenburg,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Damon Burden.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is preparing a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report for the South Mountain Freeway Corridor, south and west of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. As part of that report, this Class I overview provides a detailed inventory of previously recorded archaeological sites and previous archaeological investigations located in the current study area. This document is to be used primarily as a management tool in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Luchetta. Jim Moses.

At the request of Derrik Berg of KP Environmental, Antigua Archaeology, LLC (Antigua) conducted a Class I (previous cultural resources records review) of the Salt River Project Southeast Power Link Project (Figure 1). The Project Study Area (PSA) is located southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. Antigua Archaeology, LLC has conducted a Class I (records search) of the Salt River Project Southeast Power Link project area located southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa and Pinal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cye W. Gossett.

The Upper Gila class II survey inventoried 45.9 km2 (17.7 mi2) of landscape in eight project areas and identified 157 site locations reflecting prehistoric and historic occupation. The objectives of this chapter are to summarize the frequencies of occurrence and physical variations among those sites to enable evaluation of the relative magnitude of potential impacts upon different project areas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard C. Chapman. Cye W. Gossett. William J. Gossett.

This appendix contains basic descriptive information for all archaeological and historical site locations encountered during the Upper Gila Project survey. For each site location a brief narrative emphasizing setting, site content, and spatial arrangement of features is provided. Accompanying the narrative is a computer generated format which summarizes all other categories of information documented for each site. An explanation of the variables, variable titles, and variable codes is given...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard C. Chapman. Cye W. Gossett. William J. Gossett.

This volume presents the results of a class II cultural resource survey carried out as part of the Bureau of Reclamation Upper Gila Water Supply Study for the Central Arizona Project. The study includes four projects along the upper Gila River in the vicinity of Cliff, New Mexico and three projects along the lower San Francisco river northeast of Clifton, Arizona. A multistage sample survey resulted in inventory of 15 percent of the total land area encompassed by the seven projects, on about...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Oslynn Benjamin. Glennda Gene Luhnow.

ADOT, in cooperation with FHW A, is planning a bridge scour retrofit project on Interstate 17 (1-17) at the Verde River, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona. The project is located on ADOT right-of-way (ROW) and ADOT easements across Town of Camp Verde, Salt River Project (SRP), and private land. Within the project limits, 1-17 consists of two 12-foot travel lanes in each direction, divided by a 60-foot-wide median. The Verde River Bridges are both 7-span steel continuous girder bridges and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David S. Boloyan Archaeological Services.

Between June 1 and August 13, 2005, Bailey Creighton and David S Boloyan of David S. Boloyan Archaeological Services performed a cultural resources survey of 160 acres of privately-owned land in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was initiated at the request of Lennar Communities Development, Inc. in order to provide an inventory and assessment of potential cultural resources that might be affected by the proposed development.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer K. Deats. Ximena Lemoine. Thomas Grew. Matthew Steber. Joshua Steinbeck.

To meet increased demand for electricity due to growth, SRP plans to construct an approximately 20-mile (mi), double-circuit, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line including associated tubular steel pole structures that average 110–140 feet (ft) tall (Project). The Project would connect three 230/69kV receiving stations, including the Ball Substation in Gilbert, the Pfister Substation in southeastern Queen Creek, and the Abel Substation east of San Tan Valley. This Project was approved by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Steber. Jennifer Deats.

PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) is under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I literature review for 203.5 acres of private and ASLD land (Project area), and a Class III cultural resource inventory of 191.7 acres of private land (Survey area) in the Cities of Mesa and Queen Creek, within Maricopa County, Arizona (Project). The remaining Project acreage consists of ASLD land, which was previously surveyed by Northland Research, Inc. in 2019. Of the 191.7-acre Survey area, a total...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peg Davis. Joanne C. Tactikos.

The proposal includes the installation of a new 65‐foot tall self‐support tower, 12 - 20 ft Motorola Standard Building (MSB) with an ADA compliant ramp, 45kW generator with overhead ice canopy, and 1,000‐gallon propane tank with overhead ice canopy. The existing tower, shelter, generator, and propane tank are proposed to be decommissioned and removed following the installation of the new equipment. The existing ±8‐ft-tall chain‐link fence is proposed to be replaced with a new 8‐ft-tall...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ximena Lemoine. Ashley D'Elia. Ralph Burrillo. David Schroeder.

Reclamation and SRP are planning ground disturbing geotechnical investigations in support of a feasibility study and engineering design of modifications to Bartlett Dam (Undertaking). A Class III cultural resource inventory (Project) was requested by SRP to assist Reclamation and TNF in the identification of cultural resources for avoidance during geotechnical investigations and in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA prior to commencement of these investigations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Andrew Darling.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) initiated preparation of a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report in 2001 to consider alternatives to the findings of the 1988 South Mountain Freeway concept (SMCT 2001). In the summer of 2001, HDR Engineering, Inc. was contracted to provide services in connection with this project. The GRIC-CRMP was subcontracted to provide a Class I cultural resource overview of the study area (Burden 2002) and subsequently to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Jerome Hesse.

On September 25, 2000, SWCA, Inc. completed a Class ID cultural resources survey for an approximately 7-mile long gas pipeline alignment near Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona. The purpose of the survey was to determine if any cultural resources existed that may be adversely impacted by the installation and maintenance of a proposed gas pipeline from Reliant Energy's Desert Basin Generating Facility on Burris Road south approximately seven miles to an existing El Paso Natural Gas pipeline. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Emily Higgins Keppler. Lourdes Aguila.

Siete Solar, LLC (Siete Solar), is planning to develop a large scale solar photovoltaic electric generating facility on approximately 160 acres of private land located on the northeast comer of Crismon and Queen Creek roads in the Town of Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project will consist of photovoltaic modules aligned in arrays and affixed to a fixed tilt racking system. The racking system uses a rammed or screwed post as a foundation for the solar arrays. With this foundation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael L. Terlep.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class 111 cultural resources inventory of 275 miles (7,200 acres) of the existing Western Transmission System (WTS) right-of-way (ROW) in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. The project area is a linear easement of 200 or 330 ft in width for the existing extra-high WTS voltage transmission line. The transmission line is part of the NGS transmission system and extends from the NGS near Page,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tina Hart. Michael Terlep. Michael Ligman. Jay Meyer.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class Ill cultural resources inventory of 275 miles (7,200 acres) of the existing Western Transmission System (WTS) right-of-way (ROW) in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. The project area is a linear easement of 200 or 330 ft in width for the existing extra-high WTS voltage transmission line. The transmission line is part of the NGS transmission system and extends from the NGS near Page,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Craig M. Fertelmes.

This document presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey with management recommendations for the Salt River Project’s (SRP) 115kV Coolidge to Hayden electrical transmission line right-of-way (ROW) in District 1 of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was completed by the GRIC Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP; Project No. 2015.16sl), at the request of SRP, and in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Rainey. Michael Stubing.

Revised November 2022. UP is seeking authority from the Board to construct and operate approximately 6.0 miles of new rail line in Maricopa County, Arizona (Docket No. FD 36501). The proposed rail line would connect UP’s Phoenix Subdivision main line track to industrial properties southeast of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport via a single-track rail line accompanied by segments of support track. UP also proposes to construct and operate approximately 4.0 miles of new support track along the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Zimmerman.

North Wind conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 10.15 acres for a Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) pole replacement, and for previously unsurveyed SRP distribution lines in the vicinity of Roosevelt Resort Park/Roosevelt Estates, Gila County, Arizona. The project is located within the Tonto National Forest (TNF) Tonto Basin Ranger District. SRP has identified one pole (Number 104404) that requires replacement. Since distribution lines associated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Zimmerman.

At the request of SRP, North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 12.49 acres for two distribution lines and access routes on land managed by TNF the in the Mesa and Globe Ranger Districts in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. The surveys were requested to address areas where SRP lacks surveys of its facilities and access routes. As a result of routine line inspections, SRP has identified three poles (Numbers 11879, near Apache...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erick Laurila. Lesley Rodriguez.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) are planning a spot improvement and pavement preservation project along State Route (SR) 88, also known as the Apache Trail between Milepost (MP) 203.40 and MP 220.20, northeast of the town of Apache Junction, Maricopa County, Arizona. The construction project would involve milling the existing pavement and replacing it with new pavement; stabilizing shoulders, paving existing and new turnouts and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew D. Peters.

A portion of a Salt River Project (SRP) buried utility line and associated equipment cabinets were constructed on the northern boundary of the Community without approval from SRP-MIC. As a result of the trespass, SRP contracted with North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey of approximately 40.0 acres of undeveloped land. The survey was conducted to determine if significant cultural resources are within the trespass area. Important...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Peters.

The project is being done in anticipation of the construction and maintenance of two parallel transmission lines by SRP. As proposed, one is a double circuit 230 kV line with two circuits of 69kV lines underbuilt on the same pole and optical ground wire (OPGW) line running on top of the poles and the second is a double circuit 69kV line with an OPGW running across the top (Grew 2021). In total, the lines will span 8.364 acres of Arizona State Trust lands, near the City of Mesa, Maricopa County,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Zimmerman.

North Wind conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 9.3 acres SRP distribution lines within an ASLD parcel leased to Nammo Talley Defense Systems in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was requested to address the replacement of 15 distribution line poles and to provide a cultural resource inventory for ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the lines by SRP. The survey resulted in re-locating one previously recorded site (AZ U:10:313[ASM]) within the survey area. Of the 9.3 acres...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Allison Carlton. Greta Rayle.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) conduct a Class III cultural resources resurvey of an approximately 8-mile-long transmission right-of-way along State Route (SR) 87 on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC) land in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). Emergency repairs and replacements were made to transmission poles within the survey area following a severe monsoon storm, which caused...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Branden R. Fjerstad. Annie Lutes. Jerome Hesse.

SRP uses FR 80 to access Horse Mesa Dam and associated facilities in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona. Also known as Horse Mesa Dam Road, FR 80 traverses rugged terrain between its point of origin at SR 88 and its terminus at the dam on the Salt River. The road requires periodic maintenance for its sustainable and safe use, and SRP intends to implement future road improvement projects in coordination with TNF. SRP contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a Class III cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) perform a Class III cultural resources survey related to a proposed well and pipeline construction project associated with the SRP Coronado Generating Station in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. The project area is located east of US 191 and southwest of the SRP Coronado Generating Station. Most of the pipeline corridor is on SRP-owned land; however, it also includes a small...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh.

LSD surveyed approximately 84 acres of SRP-owned land to identify, document, and evaluate cultural resources for their National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility; however, this project is not a Federal undertaking and no consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act is required at this time. Recommendations for the treatment or avoidance of sites are offered for future management considerations. The survey resulted in the discovery of 1 previously recorded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Branden R. Fjerstad. Paul Rawson. Jerome Hesse. Christopher Papalas. Eric Petersen. Caitlin Hayden.

SRP contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey along a 15.1-mile-long stretch of the Goldfield-Silver King 230-kilovolt (kV) and Browning to Silver King 500-kV electrical transmission line right-of-way (ROW) in Pinal County, Arizona. The purpose of the survey was to identify cultural resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) so that SRP can take the necessary measures to avoid or...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beau J. Goldstein.

On October 20, 2004, Transcon Infrastructure, Inc. (Transcon) conducted a Class III (Intensive Field Inventory) cultural resources survey of approximately 28 acres for the proposed construction of an electrical distribution substation and transmission line interconnection in the vicinity of Apache Junction, Pinal County, Arizona. Four transmission line alternatives, each with a 200 foot wide right-of-way (ROW), are being considered for interconnection with an existing 115kV transmission line....

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Zimmerman.

SRP proposes to install a new intercept power pole along an existing power distribution line that connects the Arizona Public Service (APS) system with SRP customers located in the project vicinity. The new wood pole would be located 80 feet to the south southeast of existing APS pole 694585. The new pole would be outfitted with an “intelleruptor” smart switch enabling SRP to remotely control the power circuit. SRP requested that in addition to the pole location, North Wind Resource Consulting,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David L. Lewandowski.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class Ill cultural resources inventory of 7,200 acres (275 miles) of the existing Western Transmission System (WTS) right-of- way (ROW) in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. The project area is a linear easement for the existing extra-high voltage 500-kV transmission line, the WTS. The transmission line is part of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) transmission system and extends from the NGS...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Cox. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Tempe is building the Tempe Transportation Center adjacent to the Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit Project that Valley Metro is constructing. The transportation center project includes construction of a “green” three-story building in the western part of the site and a bus plaza in the eastern part of the site adjacent to a transit station. Planning studies concluded that the construction of the transportation center could adversely affect a large Hohokam archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh. T.J. Ferguson. Roger Anyon.

At various times in the past, the San Pedro Valley of southeastern Arizona was home to the ancestors of four contemporary American Indian tribes: Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Zuni, and Western Apache. Collaborative ethnohistoric research with these four tribes was conducted to explore multiple tribal histories drawing on concepts of cultural landscapes as memory. Members of each tribe use archaeological sites in the San Pedro Valley as monuments to substantiate their unique community history and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. SRP Research Archives Department.

The Chandler Power Plant was constructed by the Consolidated Canal Company as a power source for supplemental groundwater production in the Southeast Salt River Valley. It also provided power to Tempe, Arizona and Mesa, Arizona. By World War I, the plant was incorporated into the SRP power system. The plant operations ceased in 1950. The Consolidated Canal was a relative latecomer to the southside canal system, and the water-rights claims made by earlier settlers took precedence over any...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. SRP Research Archives Department.

Portions of the power plant and waterway features remain at the site and have been incorporated into the Arizona Primate Institute. The Old South Consolidated Power Plant was the first of three low-head hydroelectric generating stations constructed in the Salt River Valley after operation of the SRP were taken over by the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. In the early part of the 20th century, the surface water to the Salt River Valley was not adequate enough to respond to the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine L. May. Shawn L. England. Stephen Sloan. SRP Research Archives.

The Consolidated Canal conveys water for agricultural, municipal and industrial uses south of the Salt River. In addition, the canal right-of-way is utilized for three separate and distinct city recreation thoroughfares. The Consolidated Canal played a crucial role in the development of agriculture in the Salt River Valley, the early evolution of the city of Chandler, and the unification of the Salt River Project’s consolidated southside canal system. Historic portions of the canal featured...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations for the Salt River Project near St. Johns, Arizona. The excavation of 18 sites yielded architectural, ceramic, and lithic evidence in support of a general Anasazi cultural pattern. Nine sites showed definite ceramic affiliation with the Cibola Anasazi. The entire data base provides much additional information about the prehistory of east-central Arizona, specifically the Upper Little Colorado River Valley.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Gasser.

In the mid-1970s, the Salt River Project, a public utility in Arizona, contracted with the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to provide archaeological clearance for 148 miles of railroad and transmission line right-of-way in northeastern Arizona prior to actual construction. The project area is roughly bounded by St. Johns and Springerville to the south, and Holbrook and Navajo to the north. Those settlements also help define the western and eastern boundaries of the project area. MNA...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeanne Swarthout. Alan R. Dulaney.

During 1974-1978, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an extensive archaeological mitigation program for the Salt River Project prior to the construction of the Coronado Generating Plant near St. Johns, Arizona, and its energy corridors, the Coronado-Silver King Transmission Line and the Coronado Coal-Haul Railroad. Ceramic material from those corridors was separated from remaining project data and reported on herein. Over 148 ceramic-bearing sites produced a wide range of decorated and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Claudia Berry.

During 1974-1978, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an extensive archaeological mitigation program for the Salt River Project prior to the construction of the Coronado Generating Plant near St. Johns, Arizona, and its energy corridors, the Coronado-Silver King Transmission Line and the Coronado Coal Haul Railroad. Lithic material from those corridors was separated from remaining project data and is reported herein. Objectives of this study are identification and description of all lithic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara T. Stebbins. Dana Hartman. Steven G. Dosh.

The results of investigations at 47 archaeological sites along the Coronado railroad corridor from St. Johns, Arizona, to Navajo, Arizona, are presented. Of the 47 sites, 14 were surface collected and recorded, 9 were tested, and 24 were excavated as fully as possible given the constraints of the impact corridor. Data contributing to the study of the Anasazi-Mogollon (Cibola) culture area are discussed in chapters on environment, architecture, ground stone, shell, and human skeletal remains. An...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana Hartman.

Intensive archaeological field investigations along the Coronado-Silver King Transmission Line (North End) began in September, 1976. These investigations were conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona under contract with the Salt River Project. Forty-six sites along the transmission line route required mitigation procedures; site recording, collection, testing, and excavation were conducted as appropriate. Subsequent laboratory analysis confirmed a number of impressions resulting from the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eileen Camilli.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological investigation and mitigation program near St. Johns, Arizona, in an area proposed as the site for ash disposal and evaporation pond facilities associated with the Coronado generating station, then under construction. The archaeological survey located 33 sites, including Archaic and Pueblo period camps and residences, stone quarry locations, and several historic period sites. An attempt is made to place all sites within a broad temporal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara Stebbins.

The Concho Well Field Water Transmission Pipeline, constructed by the Salt River Project, originates in the Concho Well Fields just north of Concho, Arizona, and extends to the Coronado Generating Station Power Plant three miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. The pipeline route either impinges upon or crosses 15 prehistoric and historic sites, including two possible Archaic or Basketmaker lithic sites and two Spanish-American homesteads. These four sites provide the basis for most of the analysis...

DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Bruce B. Hronek. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District.

A portion of the transmission system for the Coronado Project and the Eastern Mining Area will be constructed by Salt River Project on the Tonto National Forest. The transmission system will consist of 14 miles of 500 kV transmission line, 20 miles of 230 kV transmission line, one mile of 115 kV transmission line, two miles of permanent access road, a large substation covering 32 acres of land, and a passive repeater site. The major impacts will be the disruption of the natural landscape as...

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The three volumes of The Coronado Project present a wealth of information on the archaeology of the Puerco Valley of east-central Arizona. Volume 2 presents the analytical data for each artifact category and for the biological resources. Project authors examine the available resources, their acquisition, and the paleoeconomy in relation to the physical setting of the project area sites. They also present results of the human remains analyses, including a review of the remains recovered from...

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The three volumes of The Coronado Project present a wealth of information on the archaeology of the Puerco Valley of east-central Arizona. The Coronado Project provided a rare opportunity to revisit and further explore previously investigated sites, thus generating modifications to some previous interpretations and perceptions. In Volume 3, a synthesis of the project data, project authors examine architecture and chronology, review ceramics in a regional context, and assess settlement data....

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The three volumes of The Coronado Project present a wealth of information on the archaeology of the Puerco Valley of east-central Arizona. Excavations were performed at four prehistoric sites along the existing Salt River Project Coronado Coal Haul Railroad. All four sites were located on privately owned lands, and Salt River Project proceeded with this project in voluntary compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as revised. Two of the sites, Cottonwood Seep and...

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Results of large-scale excavations conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel in 2000, at the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), are reported in two volumes. Data recovery focused on portions of the site that were to be directly impacted by construction of the new highway interchange, while portions of the site not impacted were set aside as preserves later incorporated into a regional park. Excavations focused on four areas with concentrations of prehistoric cultural features. The...

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Results of large-scale excavations conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel in 2000, at the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), are reported in two volumes. Data recovery focused on portions of the site that were to be directly impacted by construction of the new highway interchange, while portions of the site not impacted were set aside as preserves later incorporated into a regional park. Excavations focused on four areas with concentrations of prehistoric cultural features. The...

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Crismon Ruin is a large Hohokam settlement located on the lower terraces of the Salt River, near the head of the prehistoric Lehi Canal System. Data recovery excavations at the site were conducted in the spring and early summer of 2001. Over 500 archaeological features were documented during the fieldwork, including prehistoric pithouses, adobe rooms, borrow pits, pits, homos, roasting pits, inhumation and cremation burials, canals, and other miscellaneous features. Most of these features...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karolyn Jackman Jenson. Barbara Macnider. Gerald A. Doyle.

Evaluation of over 300 properties to define a historic district in the Lehi area of Mesa. This report discusses historic canals, historic buildings, historic orchards, and the Lehi District.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alfred E. Dittert, Jr.. Paul R. Fish. Don E. Simonis.

One of several construction programs proposed for inclusion in the Central Arizona Project was a system of aqueducts to link Parker Dam on the Colorado River in western Arizona and the Charleston Damsite on the San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. Since the possibility existed that archaeological remains might be destroyed by necessary subjugation of lands for the aqueduct, the Southwest Archaeological Center of the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, made arrangements...

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This document consists of site descriptions for sites located on the Salt River Indian Reservation Lands. Those contributing content to the report include Gerald Bair, Susan B. Belt, Dav Buge, Thomas Cartledge, William G. Holiday, Susanne LaFollette, Minnabell E. Laughlin, Chad Phinney, Erwin R. Ray, Linda Richards, Helen P. Wells, Regge N. Wiseman, Robert York, and Betsy R. Zeligs.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christina G. Allen.

In September of 1980, the Office of Contract Archeology conducted a Phase I archeological overview and 10% sample survey of the 21,440 acre Salt River Project located in two parcels some 10 miles (6.2 kms.) north of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The purpose of the study was to obtain information which would help the Salt River Project to formulate long-range plans concerning the development of a subsurface coal mine in that region. Part of this investigation was an archival search which uncovered...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A.E. Rogge. Patrick M. O'Brien.

The Western Area Power Administration (Western), Salt River Project (SRP), Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), and M-S-R Public Power Agency (Modesto- Santa Clara-Redding) (collectively referred to as the project sponsors) propose to construct a 500 kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) transmission line with the capability to be upgraded later to 500kV direct current (DC). This transmission line will connect the Westwing ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone.

On December 22, 1977, Lyle M. Stone of Archaeological Research Services performed a cultural resource evaluation of a 1.2 mile long road and an approximate 10 acre area. The road will be used for access to a 660 foot square temporary construction use area (Site 3) which is adjacent to the Kyrene to Silver King link of the Kyrene to Coronado 500 kV transmission line being constructed by Salt River Project. This evaluation was conducted on behalf of Salt River Project in order to determine if...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Gilpin. Richard Anduze.

On August 15 and 16, 1994, Dennis Gilpin and Richard A. Anduze, archaeologists, and Lex Palmer, historical specialist, of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, evaluated seven previously recorded archaeological sites and attempted to relocate an eighth in the proposed Fence Lake Mine and Railroad Transporation Corridor in Catron County, New Mexico. The project was sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP); the lead federal agency for cultural resources is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd W. Bostwick. Glen E. Rice.

The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Route 218) in the Phoenix metropolitan area which would extend around the western and southern sides of South Mountain. This is a report on the historic and prehistoric cultural resources of the area. The construction of State Route 218 will be funded by the State of Arizona, and this work has been conducted under the State Historic ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Rafferty.

On June 14-16, 1991 Archaeological research of Southern Nevada (ARSN) conducted a cultural resource inventory on BLM lands in the Eldorado Valley, Clark County, Nevada (Map 1) . The purpose of the survey was to inventory a right-of-way for Mead-Phoenix 500 kV corridor proposed by Salt River Project of Phoenix, Arizona. The line is on the west side of already existing power lines that dissect the Eldorado Valley. The project area is approximately 14 miles long and is contained within a 200 foot...

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

SWCA, Inc. conducted a cultural resource inventory of two sections of private land totaling 1314 acres. SRP is purchasing the land to provide a buffer for the Coronado Generating Station from a planned sub-division of other parcels in the area. Currently there is no planned development of the two sections by SRP. The project area is located in Sections 27 and 29, T14N, R29E, Apache County, Arizona. The survey recorded 11 prehistoric sites and 140 isolated occurrences in the project area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly. Douglas R. Mitchell. Cynthia Keller.

The project involves an archaeological survey conducted along a proposed 36-mile natural gas pipeline corridor and associated facilities. The proposed gas line is part of the Salt River Project Santan Expansion Project. The corridor includes lands under the jurisdiction of the Arizona State Land Department (state-owned and leased), Maricopa and Pinal Counties, private land, Municipalities, and SRP-owned land.