Class III Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 4.3 Miles of the Horse Mesa Dam Road (FR 80), from the Apache Trail to Horse Mesa, Tonto National Forest, Mesa and Tonto Basin Ranger Districts, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Branden R. Fjerstad; Annie Lutes; Jerome Hesse

Year: 2020

Summary

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 resources survey along a 4.3-mile-long stretch of FR 80, between SR 88 and the point where the road enters lands withdrawn from the TNF for use by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (i.e., Reclamation-withdrawn lands). 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 minimize impacts to them during future operations and maintenance activities on or along FR 80, and to assist the TNF in its management of cultural resources on the lands that it administers.

Cite this Record

Class III Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 4.3 Miles of the Horse Mesa Dam Road (FR 80), from the Apache Trail to Horse Mesa, Tonto National Forest, Mesa and Tonto Basin Ranger Districts, Maricopa County, Arizona. Branden R. Fjerstad, Annie Lutes, Jerome Hesse. 2020 ( tDAR id: 475247) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8475247

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic • Unspecified Prehistoric Component

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Glass • Metal

Site Name
Apache Trail • AR-03-12-03-1006 • AR-03-12-03-1007 • AR-03-12-03-1008 • AR-03-12-03-447 • AR-03-12-03-555 • AR-03-12-03-588 • AR-03-12-03-590 • AR-03-12-03-603 • AR-03-12-03-658 • AR-03-12-03-689 • AR-03-12-03-737 • AR-03-12-06-1095 • AR-03-12-06-218 • AZ U:10:72(ASM) • AZ U:11:60(ASM) • AZ U:7:2(ASM) • AZ U:7:30(ASM) • AZ U:7:32(ASM) • AZ U:7:4(ASM) • AZ U:7:44(ASM) • AZ U:7:6 (ASM) • AZ U:7:7(ASM) • AZ V:5:197(ASM)

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Encampment • Historic Structure • Road • Rock Shelter

Investigation Types
Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Apache Trail • Forest Road 80 • Horse Mesa Dam • Maricopa (County) • Mesa Ranger District • Tonto Basin Ranger District • Tonto National Forest

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Daniel Garcia

Contributor(s): Hunter Crosby; Chris Query; Clay Donaldson

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

Record Identifiers

U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Permit No.(s): TON1112

TNF Project No.(s): 20-86

SWCA Project No.(s): 49524.04

SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. (s): 20-555

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