Information sources used to digitize the “Irrigated and Dormant Agricultural Lands in Eastern Pima County” .

 

 

 

Report

Source of Information

Agriculture type

Study Boundaries

maps produced

 

Avra Valley Water Quality and Pollution

Source Assessment, 1993

Agricultural Experiment Station  -1943, 1954 and 1963

Arizona Crop and Livestock Report in  Service 1974

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service -1967

ADWR- 1989

Irrigated agriculture,

animal impound, and

sludge application.

Pinal county- north

Tucson and Tortolita mountain- east

southern edge of township 16- south

surface water drainage divide along Silverbell, Waterman, Roskruge and Coyote Mountains-west

Three maps:

Irrigated agricultural areas  1943-1982, north and south.

Areas of irrigated agriculture 1988

 

 

Metropolitan Tucson Basin Water Quality

and Pollution Source Assessment, 1989

Historic irrigated acreage maps - 1947,1963, 1973 and 1974. 

Agricultural Experiment Station - 1947, 1963, and 1973

Arizona Crop and Livestock Reporting Service - 1980

These maps were based on aerial photos and field investigations. PAG verified the location of some of this areas using Pima County Planning Department’s aerial photos collection.

A map current irrigated land larger than 2 acres in production since 1984 provided by ADWR

 

Irrigated agriculture and

animal impoundments.

Pinal county and Santa Catalina mountain- north

Tanque Verde and Rincon mountain -east

Santa Rita mountain- south

and Santa Cruz river-west

one map: Irrigated Lands and Animal Impoundments. 

Cartographed from the different sources

between 1937- 1983

 

Rincon and pantano creak to digitize

 


Santa Cruz River Alignment Recharge

Study, 1985

Cortaro Area Pollution Source Assessment-

Task 1, Preliminary Evaluation

 

 

Los Reals Rd. to Prince Rd.- north

Shannon Rd. And Cardinal Ave - west

6th Ave -east

 

 

Impacts of the Green Valley Wastewater

Treatment Facility upon Groundwater Quality, 1986

 “Assessment of Nitrate in Groundwater of

the Upper Santa Cruz Basin, 1983" 

 

North edge of Green Valley -southwest,

I-19-west,

Farmer Investment Company FICO, pecan orchards-east,

retired irrigated land owned by Anamax Mining Company -south

 

 

Cortaro Area Pollution Source Assessment, 1983

Aerial photos interpreted by the office of Arid Lands Studies, The University Of Arizona. Mapped for 10 acres accuracy

Literature review, field trips

 

Active and dormant agriculture

Grant Rd- south

piedmont of Tucson Mountain- west

Avra Valley Rd.-north

Arthur Pack Park extends to Grant Rd.- east.

Land Use Maps for 1936, 1949, 1959, 1969, 1980.  Legend for effluent irrigation, active agriculture and dormant ag.

 

Assessment of Nitrate in Groundwater of

the Upper Santa Cruz Basin, 1983

Aerial used:

1981- Exploration Photography Company

1967- SCS

1958-SCS

1949-SCS

1937-SCS held by USGS

Active agriculture- Include -feedlots, irrigation facilities, feed and silage storage

Dormant agriculture- ag land that has not been used in the recent past, indicated by presence of wild shrubs

Santa Rita Mountains -southeast,

Tucson and Sierrita Mountains- west. 

The study area include Green Valley, Sahuarita, Continental and Arivaca junctions-south

Land use maps: 1936, 1949, 1958, 1967, and 1981

 


Cortaro Area Pollution Source Assessment-

Task 1, Preliminary Evaluation, 1981

 Preliminary list was drawn from previous studies, sites were confirmed in field trip and by aircraft flight.

A questionnaire was formed and distributed

Feedlots, dairies and irrigated agriculture.

Grant Rd- south

piedmont of Tucson Mountain- west

Avra Valley Rd.-north

Arthur Pack Park extends to Grant Rd.- east.`

Waste Sources and Disposal Sites in the Cortaro Study Area.

Include: Irrigated fields, fertilized fields, and animal impounds.

 

 

All the Reports were written by Pima Association of Governments (PAG)