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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arizona. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The 2021 Arizona wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of Arizona, United States. Wildfires across the state burned 524,428 acres (212,228 ha) of land in at least 1,773 fires throughout the state, [ 2 ] fueled in part by a drought, hot temperatures, and thunderstorms producing dry lightning .
The dam was opened by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 18, 1911. [6] Roosevelt Dam, as originally conceived and built, was a symbol of success and a showpiece for the new Reclamation agency. The dam contributed more than any other dam in Arizona to the settlement of Central Arizona and to the development of large-scale irrigation there.
In the city of Phoenix, Arizona, they got approximately 0.46 inches of rain during the monsoon season, which gives wildfires the advantage to spread quickly due to dry fuel. [10] These components of having the absence of rainfall, high winds, and drought led the way for 2020 being one of Arizona's worst fire seasons ever recorded. [11]
Fire 25 miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. Lightning Desert Scrub Apache 680 0 0 0 1999 Harcuvar Fire [52] Lightning caused fire near Welden, Arizona in the Harcuvar Wilderness Area. Lightning Desert La Paz: 15,980 0 0 0 1999 N/A Lightning caused fire in the Arizona Strip country, 40 miles southwest of St. George, Utah. Lightning Desert ...
Houses below Tiger Fire, 2021 Sign thanking fire crews, Mangum Fire, 2020. Climate change contributes to increased frequency of fire in the western United States. From 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the amount of land area burned by wildfire in the western United States. [5] Climate change makes wildfires more likely by drying forests. [5]
The dam is designed to be overtopped by major releases, which can occur every 10 to 40 years. The dam is 1,128 feet (344 m) long, 29 feet (8.8 m) high. Its volume is 35,000 cubic yards (27,000 m 3). [1] The United States Bureau of Reclamation built the dam between 1906 and 1908 to replace Arizona Dam washed out in 1905. [2]
The Horse Mesa Dam is a concrete thin arch dam located in the Superstition Mountains, northeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona.. The dam is 660 feet (200 m) long, 300 feet (91 m) high and was built between 1924 and 1927.