Final Report of Class III Cultural Resource Survey for the SCIDD-Florence Canal, Phase I

Summary

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) to conduct survey of 22 miles (498 acres) of the preferred alternative alignment in 2011.

Archaeological survey resulted in the identification of 24 cultural resources. Nine archaeological sites were recommended eligible for inclusion on the National Register, 10 were recommended not eligible, and 3 required additional investigations to evaluate their eligibility. ACS also documented two standing historic structures on private property. Two sites listed on the State of Arizona Inventory (Arizona State Prison Captain of the Guards House [131-I] and 1920s farmstead [IHCRS 82-3]) were not relocated during survey.

Following development of a treatment plan, Reclamation directed ACS to survey an additional 63.1 acres of the project area, during which two additional sites were recorded and recommended as eligible for inclusion in the National Register. This project presents the results of these surveys.

Cite this Record

Final Report of Class III Cultural Resource Survey for the SCIDD-Florence Canal, Phase I. ( tDAR id: 393777) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8PG1TMK

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1870 to 1950

Calendar Date: 300 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 32.549 ; max long: -111.194; max lat: 33.135 ;

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Reclamation BPA No.(s): R11PB32061

Bureau of Reclamation Delivery Order No.(s): R11PB32061

ACS Project No.(s): 11-304-CSUR

General Services Administration Contract No.(s): GS-10F-0224P

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-4 of 4)

Documents

  1. Addendum Report to the Class III Survey Along Reaches 1 and 2 of the San Carlos Irrigation Project Rehabilitation: Report (2014)
  2. Final Report of Class III Cultural Resource Survey for the SCIDD Florence Canal, Phase I: Station 45+00 to 1224+00, Pinal County, Arizona: Photo Log (2012)
  3. Final Report of Class III Cultural Resource Survey for the SCIDD Florence Canal, Phase I: Station 45+00 to 1224+00, Pinal County, Arizona: Report (2012)

Images

  1. Final Report of Class III Cultural Resource Survey for the SCIDD Florence Canal, Phase I: Station 45+00 to 1224+00, Pinal County, Arizona: Photos (2011)