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The cornerstone of the park is the 10,000-acre (16 sq mi; 40 km 2), Lake Pleasant, one of the important artificial reservoirs surrounding the Phoenix metropolitan area. Created by the Maricopa Water District's Carl Pleasant Dam, which was finished in 1927, and upon completion, was the largest multi-arch dam in the world.
The town never did develop, but remained a post office and place name for the area. [4] The dam on the Agua Fria River that creates Lake Pleasant (once called Frog Tanks Dam then, Pleasant Dam) was renamed for Donald W. Waddell in 1963, shortly after his death, in recognition of his contributions to the Maricopa Water District.
Indian Mesa is located in the Lake Pleasant Regional Park area which has an area of 10,000 acres (40 km 2 or 15.6 mi 2).The lake is one of the most important artificial reservoirs surrounding the Phoenix metropolitan area and is filled by the Agua Fria River.
It serves Lake Pleasant Regional Park and serves as a northern bypass around the often congested stretches of US 60 through the northwest suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area. From end to end, it is 30.4 miles (48.9 km) long. The Carefree Highway is the inspiration for the 1974 Gordon Lightfoot song of the same name. [2]
List of places in the U.S. state of Arizona.. The current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the state. It also includes information on the number and names of counties in which a place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds when applicable.
Included in the southern part of Black Canyon City is the community of Rock Springs. [4] It is served by Interstate 17, which bisects the city. I-17 is the main north-south freeway between Phoenix and Flagstaff. The Agua Fria river runs right through the center of Black Canyon City and the river empties into Lake Pleasant to the southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 179.2 square miles (464 km 2), of which 176.1 square miles (456 km 2) are land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km 2), or 1.77%, are water. [1] The water area is due to Lake Pleasant, a reservoir on the Agua Fria River in the northern part of the city, annexed by Peoria in 1996 ...
The Old Waddell Dam approximately halfway submerged under rising waters of the new reservoir, circa 1992. First referred to as the Frogs Tank Dam, the original Waddell Dam was the ambition of local businessmen who wanted to develop a project that used the Agua Fria for the irrigation of around 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land.