Cultural Resource Analysis of the Changes to the Proposed Mead-Phoenix Transmission Project

Author(s): A.E. Rogge; Patrick M. O'Brien

Year: 1990

Summary

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 substation, located north of Phoenix, Arizona, with an expanded McCullough substation, located approximately 14 miles west of Boulder City, Nevada.This project is a modification of the Mead-Phoenix ±500kV DC project that was approved in February 1986 (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 1986), but never constructed. The original project would have connected a proposed Eastwing terminal north of Phoenix and the Mead substation near Boulder City, Nevada. The right-of-way for the revised project will be identical to the original proposed route with the exception that the terminal points have been shifted. The revised project will extend from the existing Westwing substation, located along the transmission corridor about one mile west of the proposed Eastwing terminal, to the McCullough II substation about 13.5 miles beyond and southwest of the Mead substation. This 13.5-mile extension is along another approved, but unbuilt, 500kV line known as the Mead/McCullough-Victorville/Adeianto project.The purpose of this analysis is to review the cultural resource studies undertaken for the original Mead-Phoenix project and assess the adequacy of those studies for the revised project. The relevant studies are first identified and briefly described. The affected cultural resources are then characterized by briefly summarizing the regional culture history and the survey results. Projected impacts are then identified, and the analysis concludes with a discussion of the status of compliance with historic preservation regulations and identification of additional study requirements.

Cite this Record

Cultural Resource Analysis of the Changes to the Proposed Mead-Phoenix Transmission Project. A.E. Rogge, Patrick M. O'Brien. 1990 ( tDAR id: 407056) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8407056

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Euroamerican • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains

Site Name
26CK3411 • 26CK3412 • 26CK3413 • 26CK3416 • 26CK3417 • NA15,139 • NA17,313 • NA17,314 • NA17,315 • NA18,122 • NA18,123 • NA18,124 • NA18,125 • NA18,126 • NA18,127 • NA18,128 • NA18,129 • NA18,130 • NA18,131 • NA18,132 • NA18,133 • NA18,134 • NA18,135 • NA18,136 • NA18,137 • NA18,138 • NA18,139 • NA18,140 • NA18,141 • NA18,142 • NA18,143 • NA18,144 • NA18,145 • NA18,146 • NA18,147 • NA18,148 • NA18,150 • NA18,151 • NA18,152 • NA18,153 • NA18,154 • NA18,155 • NA18,156 • NA18,157 • NA18,158 • NA18,159 • NA18,160 • NA18,161 • NA18,162 • NA18,163 • NA18,164 • NA18,165 • NA18,166 • NA18,167 • NA18,168 • NA18,169 • NA18,170 • NA18,171 • NA18,172 • NA18,173 • NA18,174 • NA18,179 • NA9,088 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Mine • Pit • Quarry • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Storage Pit • Water Control Feature

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Boulder City • Clark (County) • Maricopa County • McCullough Substation • Nevada • Phoenix • Westwing Substation

Spatial Coverage

min long: -114.884; min lat: 33.413 ; max long: -112.006; max lat: 36.156 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Repository(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Dames & Moore

Submitted To(s): U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Adminstration

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Call No.(s): E78.M34R64 1990

Salt River Project Barcode No.(s): 00090916

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