Availability of Additional Water for Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona
Water Supply Paper
1475-H
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service
By: Phillip W. Johnson
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Abstract
The Chiricahua National Monument is in the eastern part of Cochise County, Ariz. The monument is about 35 miles southeast of Wilicox in the north end of the Chiricahua Mountains which border Sulphur Springs Valley on the west. The area is drained by two intermittent washes, one in Bonita and the other in Rhyolite Canyons.
Shake Spring is the present source of water for the monument. It ranges in rate of flow from 2 to 12 gpm (gallons per minute) and during dry periods It is not adequate to support the requirements of the monument.
Ample water to meet the present and future needs of the Chiricahua National Monument is available from a combination of several sources - undeveloped springs or seeps, capture of runoff out of the canyons, and wells drilled in the alluvium.
Suggested Citation
Johnson, P.W., 1962, Availability of Additional Water for Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1475, 209-216 p. & 1 map in pocket., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1475H.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Availability of Additional Water for Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1475 |
| Chapter | H |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1475H |
| Year Published | 1962 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 209-216 p. & 1 map in pocket. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Hydrology of the Public Domain |