SRP Generating Stations and Associated Facilities

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 David N. Siegel. James E. Bradford.

Between January 27 and February 15, and February 25 to May 6, 1974, the Museum of Northern Arizona acted as a consultant to Wirth Associates to study a series of alternate transmission line corridors to connect proposed Salt River Project coal-fired power plants at either the Snowflake or St. Johns localities to three substations in the Phoenix area. Then from April 11 to May 3, 1974, the Museum was contracted by Bechtel Power Corporation to complete Phase I survey investigations of the proposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roy D. Hunt.

At the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona has inspected a series of coal exploration drill site locations on state and private lands in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. A total of three archaeological sites was recorded during the course of the investigations. No archaeological materials are present on staked locations and access routes, although one drill site location and one access route were moved to avoid archaeological sites. Archaeological clearance...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana Hartman.

On July 15, 1975, the Museum of Northern Arizona, at the request of the Salt River Project, surveyed a drill site location 4.5 mi. north of Concho, Arizona. Associated with this drill site were two observation sites and an access road. An archaeological site was recorded on one of the proposed observation sites, and it is recommended that this observation site be moved to avoid the archaeological remains. The remainder of the flagged areas are recommended for archaeological clearance.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard A. Brook.

On September 16, 1975, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted clearance investigations of three drill holes and one access road on private land in Apache County, Arizona. No archaeological sites were recorded, and therefore clearance is recommended for the drill sites and access road as now flagged.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

The Museum of Northern Arizona has conducted archaeological investigations in areas selected by Salt River Project for subsurface testing for the proposed Coronado Generating Station Pipeline. A total of 18 such locations were inspected and the results and recommendations of these archaeological investigations are presented in this report. This file includes related correspondence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations in two 200 ft. wide corridors east-northeast of St. Johns, Arizona. Archaeological survey was conducted in order to determine if any archaeological material would be negatively impacted as a result of drilling operations related to tests being conducted for construction of an evaporation pond associated with the Coronado Generating Station plant site. An extensive historic and prehistoric...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

During the period of September 1974 and March 1975, the Museum of Northern Arizona, at the request of Salt River Project, conducted various archaeological surveys on private lands being considered for development in association with the Coronado Generating Station plant site and related facilities. In all, 22 drill hole locations and one tract of land scheduled for construction of a stock watering tank were investigated to determine the presence of any archaeological materials which might be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathleen Gratz.

On December 1-3, 1975, a Museum of Northern Arizona archaeologist conducted clearance investigations at the request of the Salt River Project. The project encompassed four test areas where drill borings are to be taken in anticipation of determining the exact location and dimensions of a proposed ash disposal evaporation pond, retaining dam, and borrow pits. This project is part of the construction program for the Coronado Generating Station. The results of the survey and recommendations for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John R. Stein.

On March 16 and 24, 1976, the Museum of Northern Arizona, at the request of the Salt River Project, conducted a clearance oriented survey of archaeological resources to be affected by the proposed construction of well sites and access roads within the Concho Well Field. Of specific concern at this time were the proposed well sites designated as production and observation well C-18, production and observation well C-24, and approximately two miles of access right-of-way connecting the well sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Stiger.

On February 20, 1976, the Museum of Northern Arizona, at the request of the Salt River Project, conducted an archaeological survey of a proposed access road right-of-way, an observation well and a production well in the Concho Well Field, five miles north of Concho, Arizona. During the survey, one archaeological site was encountered in the proposed access road right-of-way. On March 7, 1976, the site was collected and recorded. This action constitutes mitigation of adverse effects for this site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Keller.

The proposed right-of-way alignment for the Concho Wellfield access road to well C-24 was surveyed for archaeological resources. No sites were found during this survey, and archaeological clearance for the C-24 access road is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott. Gale McPherson.

At the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona has conducted an intensive survey of the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad right-of-way. A total of 55 sites was recorded by the survey, 47 of them located at least partly within the right-of-way. Recommendations concerning each of these sites have been prepared. A cost estimate for additional archaeological investigations, which are recommended in the event of direct impact from the proposed railroad...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gale McPherson.

At the request of Dames & Moore, consultants to Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona, has conducted an archaeological impact study of a proposed railroad in eastern Arizona. The study is designed to characterize the archaeological resources in the project area, providing Dames & Moore with information to evaluate potential impact of the project on the resources. The alignment, designated "D-2", is one of two proposed routes for a coal haul railroad from Coronado Station near St....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant.

On November 11, 1976, at the request of Salt River Project, an archaeological clearance investigation of the Barlett Well location and associated access road was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona on private land in Apache County, Arizona. During the investigations, one archaeological site was observed, recorded and site boundaries flagged off. A brief description of the archaeological investigations, site description, as well as specific clearance recommendation is given.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant.

In May 1976, at the request of the Salt River Project, an archaeological clearance investigation of 16 20-acre mining claims on Bureau of Land Management land and a quarter section of state land south of St. Johns, Arizona, was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona. 18 archaeological sites were located and recorded. A brief description of the investigations, the project area, and the archaeological situation encountered is given.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

On January 14, 1976, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed primary construction locations in the Coronado Generating Station Ash Disposal area. Nine archaeological sites were located during this reconnaissance.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr..

This appendix contains cost estimates for mitigation of 47 archaeological sites within the Coronado Generating Station plant site coal haul railroad right-of-way. It consists primarily of tables of costs, broken down by category, personnel, equipment, and other variables. Major sections include a cost schedule for archaeological investigations; project development costs; time, labor, and equipment estimates for archaeological excavations; cost estimate sums for excavation; project analysis and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott.

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona has prepared a proposal and cost estimate for Phase III investigations along the proposed Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. These Phase III investigations will consist of an impact mitigation program designed to recover that portion of the archaeological manifestations located within the right-of-way of the proposed Coal Haul Railroad. A total of 47 archaeological sites are recorded within the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott. Gale M. McPherson.

During the months of April and May, 1976, Salt River Project requested that the Museum of Northern Arizona inspect a number of test pit and bore hole locations along the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. Proposed test locations were examined along three alternative alignments, Realignment 1, Realignment 2, and the Western Alignment. A total of 19 archaeological sites were found during these investigations. Based on the data collected during this time, numerical evaluations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott.

At the request of Salt River Project, an evaluation of Realignments 1 and 2 of the proposed D-2 alignment of the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad has been prepared. Archaeological investigations of both realignments were conducted on two occasions. On April 13, 1976, an aerial reconnaissance of the realignments was conducted and on May 3-7, 1976, the proposed locations of 24 bore holes and 19 test pits, located along the realignment were surveyed. Based on information collected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant. Kathleen E. Gratz.

On February 24, 1977, an archaeological clearance investigation was conducted at the proposed Coronado Pipeline Construction Yard. During the field investigation no cultural materials were observed or recorded. Archaeological clearance is therefore recommended for the proposed project area. A brief description of the archaeological investigations and recommendation is provided.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Keller.

The Concho Wellfield C24-C18 collector pipeline alignment was surveyed for cultural resources in November and December, 1976 by the Museum of Northern Arizona archaeological staff. No previously unrecorded sites were found. Archaeological clearance for the pipeline alignment is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. Stanley Granger.

On August 22, 1977, the proposed Patterson Wellfield Transmission Pipeline right-of-way was surveyed by the Museum of Northern Arizona. One site, NA15,313 was located during the survey; it is a small sherd and lithic scatter of the Cibola Anasazi culture dating from the Pueblo II or Pueblo III periods situated on a small knoll top in a juniper-sage covered area near the southern end of the right-of-way. It is recommended that the routing of either the proposed right-of-way or the easement...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant.

In September 1977, at the request of Salt River Project (SRP), an archaeological clearance investigation of three sub-ballast borrow areas along the SRP-Coronado Railroad Line, was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona. During the course of investigations 12 archaeological sites were recorded. A brief description of the investigations, the project area, and archaeological sitaution encountered is given. In addition, as a consequence of the preliminary results of the survey, archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant.

On December 22, 1976, an archaeological clearance investigation was conducted at five locations in the Patterson Well Fields. During the field investigations four archaeological sites were observed, recorded, and specific in field recommendations given. All proposed well locations were located or relocated away from cultural deposits and can therefore be recommended for archaeological clearance. A brief description of the archaeological investigations, site descriptions, as well as specific...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Claudia Nissley.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an intensive survey for cultural resources at the proposed site of the Concho Pipeline Booster Station and an adjacent access road located north of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. Although the area is overlain by abundant pebbles from the Shinarump conglomerate member of the Chinle Formation which would provide lithic resources, no artifacts or sites were found. Archaeological clearance is recommended for the area of proposed action.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Claudia Nissley.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an intensive survey of the proposed Coronado-Concho Wellfield Distribution transmission line in two phases: 1) a preliminary survey of the entire line (0.75 mi.), and 2) a specific inspection of over 18 pole locations. Three sites have been recorded within the project area. The direct impact of the proposed construction is insignificant; however, the indirect impact of vehicular traffic is considerable. Provisional clearance is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. Stanley Granger.

Between July 10 and July 15, 1977, 3.88 miles of right-of-way expansion was surveyed along the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad approximately 18 miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. One prehistoric site was found, a large sherd and lithic scatter of the Cibola Anasazi culture. It is recommended that the portion of the site within the expanded right-of-way be mapped and recorded.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Keller.

Two alternate alignments for the Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station Concho wellfield C7 collector pipeline were surveyed for archaeological resources by the Museum of Northern Arizona in September, 1976. One previously unrecorded archaeological site was discovered. A project description, a site description, and archaeological clearance recommendations are given.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Don Keller.

Six wellsite sets in the Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station Patterson Wellfield were surveyed for archaeological resources by the Museum of Northern Arizona in October, 1976. One archaeological site, NA14,608, was found, requiring the relocation of one wellsite, P-1M. Archaeological clearance is recommended for wellsite sets P-1, P-1M, P-3, P-5, P-11, and P-12.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke.

On September 22, 1977 and October 12, 1977, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted clearance surveys in the Patterson Wellfield adjacent to the main plant site of the Coronado Station. Well sites P-10 and P-3, and an access road between them, were inspected thoroughly. A proposed well site P-9 and an access road from it to well site P-10 were partially covered in reconnaissance. The Museum recommends clearance only for well sites P-10 and P-3 and their access road.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Neal Lopinot. Hugh C. Cutler.

A large collection of plant materials from various sites excavated along the Navajo Power Project Coal Haul Railroad was studied over a period of two years by Neal Lopinot. Most of the collections were examined before he left the St. Louis region to continue his graduate studies. Summaries of his data and comparisons with materials from other sites have been prepared by Hugh Cutler. The file includes related correspondence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill J. Gossett.

On December 17-18, 1976, at the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of the proposed Coal Haul Railroad Wye and an area selected as a Repair and Welding Workshop, both areas on private land. The area was surveyed from west to east beginning at surveyors stake No. 1, to a point 150 meters east and parallel to the railroad right-of-way base line. The area chosen as a repair and welding workshop includes an 800 ft. x 3000 ft. tract of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Claudia Nissley. Donald E. Weaver, Jr..

An archaeological clearance survey was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona on December 14, 1977, of the Salt River Project Coronado Station Patterson Wellfield P-6 proposed collector pipeline and an associated use area. Field investigations and file searches demonstrated there are no cultural resources within the proposed project area and archaeological clearance is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bettina H. Rosenberg.

On June 1, 1978, a field inspection was made of the Patterson-9 wellfield, access road and collector pipeline. The SRP archaeologist was accompanied by Chet Andrews, Dennis Erickson and Gary Small, who selected the well site and other features, and identified them in the field and on maps.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven G. Dosh.

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological surveys for proposed test drilling locations in the proposed ash disposal area of the Coronado Generating Station. Since no archaeological sites were recorded at these drilling locations, archaeological clearance can be recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan Dulaney.

At the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological clearance investigation of a proposed additional access road to the Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns, Arizona. Bettina H. Rosenberg, Archaeological Administrator for the Salt River Project, requested this survey in telephone conversation on March 2, 1978. This file includes related correspondence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward M. Fortier.

Between January 22 and February 9, 1979, Edward M. Fortier of Archaeological Research Services completed six days of archaeological monitoring of a fuel dike construction project at the Salt River Project Kyrene Generating Station. The construction area consists of a parcel of land 1080 ft. east-west by 480 ft. north-south in size. Two fuel oil tanks are located within this fenced parcel. This monitoring project was performed on behalf of Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona, in order to...

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 Northland Research, Inc..

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) prepared this research proposal in response to a request from Judy Brunson of Salt River Project (SRP) for archaeological investigations of a portion of AZ U:9:116(ASM), also known as Los Guanacos (other designations include AZ U:9:41[ASU], AZ U:9:71[ASU], and Alta Vista). The project area consists of the proposed site of the SRP Central Support Complex in Tempe, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services (ARS) conducted archaeological testing of this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald.

Early settlement of the Cottonwood Seep Site consisted of small, informal pit structures and large jacal surface structures that were used on a seasonal basis for a period from approximately A.D. 500 until about A.D. 800. This paper examines the structure and organization of the Basketmaker III settlement, focusing on group organization, site function, resource availability, and environmental considerations. Unlike many of the surrounding Basketmaker III field house sites, the Cottonwood Seep...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ellen C. Ruble.

This document presents an archaeological testing plan for the Salt River Project's Kyrene Expansion located in Tempe, Arizona. Prior to the construction a new generating station, Salt River Project has requested that archaeological testing be conducted. The purpose of testing is to determine if buried cultural resources are present, and, if they are found, to evaluate them in terms of their preservation, extent, and potential to yield information that can contribute to existing knowledge of the...