Recharge to ground‐water from floods in a typical desert wash, Pinal County, Arizona

Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
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Abstract

Queen Creek, considered in this paper, is a typical large desert wash. It rises in the Pinal Mountains near the mining town of Superior and enters the outwash‐plain at Black Point about three miles north of Florence Junction (see Fig. 1). Thence it passes over the desert in a southwesterly direction toward Chandler, spreads over the lowlands, and disappears. The flow of the stream consists almost entirely of storm‐water and is of the quick, flashy type common to the deserts of the Southwest. In ordinary years the stream is dry most of the time. Formerly the flood‐waters spread over the floor of the desert and did no harm. Now, however, they invade highly cultivated lands that are irrigated with water from Salt River or from wells, and cause serious damage to both crops and canals. The damage could be prevented by storing the stormwaters in a reservoir formed by a dam at or above Black Point.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Recharge to ground‐water from floods in a typical desert wash, Pinal County, Arizona
Series title Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
DOI 10.1029/TR023i001p00049
Volume 23
Issue 1
Year Published 1942
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 8 p.
First page 49
Last page 56
Country United States
State Arizona
City Pinal
Other Geospatial Queens Creek Area
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