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- All Subjects: Pima County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Arizona. Governor's Drought Task Force
- Creators: Sheridan, Thomas E.
- Resource Type: Text
This Technical Data Notebook has been prepared in support of a Letter of Map Revision application for a portion of the Friendly Village Wash. It includes detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed to determine proposed regulatory discharge rates at key locations along the Wash, and to determine floodplain limits.
Flooding and erosion within the Ranch Estates subdivision during the 2007 summer monsoon season raised the concerns of homeowners. This study addresses the impact of recent improvements in the drainage area upstream; provides updated flood-hazard mapping for the area, and identifies mitigation measures that could be implemented by the affected homeowners to address their flood/erosion hazards.
Ranching was and is a distinct American culture with a distinct set of knowledge, values and beliefs. Many of those communities have been weakened by the relentless urbanization of Arizona, but now is the time to create new communities where environmentalists, hunters, birdwatchers, and hikers partner with ranchers to preserve and restore the open spaces we all cherish.