LANDSCAPE INVENTORY & ANALYSIS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY MAP ATLAS 2009 Prepared by Landscape Architecture Branch Flood Control District of Maricopa County April 20, 2009 LANDSCAPE INVENTORY & ANALYSIS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY MAP ATLAS 2009 Prepared by Landscape Architecture Branch Flood Control District of Maricopa County April 20, 2009 CONTENTS Context Sensitive Diagram Flood Hazard Mitigation Planning & Design Model Landscape Inventory & Analysis Process Landscape Inventory Scenery Resouces Inventory Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Landscape Character Types Landscape Character Types and Subtypes Landscape Character Physical Settings Existing Landscape Character Cultural Settings Future Landscape Character Cultural Settings Existing Landscape Character Units Future Landscape Character Units Landscape Variety Classes Primary Travelways Visual Sensitivity Levels Parks & Recreation Resources Inventory Figure 10 Parks & Recreation Resources Open Space Resources Inventory Figure 11 Open Space Resources Landscape Analysis Structure Type Compatibility Analysis Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Existing Landscape Charcture Units Structure Type Compatibility Future Landscape Character Units Structure Type Compatibility Parks & Recreation Resources Structure Type Compatibility Open Space Resources Structure Type Compatibility Existing Combined Resources Structure Type Compatibility Future Combined Resources Structure Type Compatibility Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Analysis Figure 18 Existing Landscape Charcture Units Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Figure 19 Future Landscape Character Units Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Figure 20 Parks & Recreation Resources Flood Protection Structural Methdos Compatibility Figure 21 Open Space Resources Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Figure 22 Existing Combined Resources Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Figure 23 Future Combined Resources Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Analysis Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Analysis (Reserved) Appendix Detailed Landscape Inventory & Analysis Process Maricopa Association of Government Land Use Codes Conversion Table Context Senstive Flood Hazard Mitigation Planning & Design Model Community Inventory and Analysis (CIA) Land & Resource Context Community Context Land & Resouce Inventory and Analysis (LIA) Flooding Context Flooding Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Context Sensitive Flood Hazard Mitigation Solution Space Landscape Inventory & Analysis Process (LIA) Land and Resource Direction Landscape Inventory Landscape Analysis Federal & State Laws and Executive Orders Scenery Resources Valued Resources to Protect in Place Maricopa County Floodplain Regulations and Drainage Policies & Standards Parks and Recreation Resources Implementation Guides for Sensitive Resources Open Space Resources Compatible Floodplain Management Strategies Biological Resources Compatible Structure Types Cultural Resources Compatible Structural Methods Flood Control District of Maricopa County Mission Vision Pledge District Land and Resource Goals and Objectives Compatible Landscape Design Theme Currently Available Under Development Land & Resource Context Landscape Inventory Scenery Resources Parks and Recreation Resources Open Space Resources Biological Resources (Reserved) Cultural Resources (Reserved) Scenery Resource Inventory Landscape Invetory Scenery Resource Travelways Inventory (MCDOT) Visual Sensitivity Levels for Travelways Landscape Variety Classes Landscape Character Types (USDA Forest Service) Landscape Character SubTypes Landscape Character Physical Settings MAG Land Use Data Landscape Character Cultural Settings Existing Future Landscape Character Units Existing Future Existing Future Existing Parks and Recreation Resources Maricopa Regional Trail Parks and Recreation Resources MAG Desert Spaces Plan Updated Information Open Space Resources Biological Resources Cultural Resources GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY R on ati tell ns Co GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Hunt Hwy Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Broadway Ave Pecos Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA MARICOPA COUNTY DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA Salton Trough RAY AREA Sonoran Desert SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Datil PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS 78 85 Tonto WHITLOW CANYON AREA Patterson Rd " ÿ Flagstaff GLOBE-MIAMI AREA VINEYARD FRS Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd Riggs Rd Mohave Superstition Blvd Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Germann Rd Sossaman Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd d Chandler Heights Rd Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Pecos Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd Scottsdale Rd Pk wy 56th St Priest Dr Priest Dr Ga lvin Rural Rd Priest Dr Elliot Rd Navajo APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd 40th St " ÿ Baseline Rd Maric opa Rd 48th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd Mill Ave t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S 7th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Cre Ca ve 32nd St 7th St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave Broadway Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 40th St Estrella Pkwy University Dr Southern Ave Grand Canyon l Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd ect Cana Be ltli ne R McDowell Rd Lehi Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo Pecos Rd Rd A al ntr Ce RAINBOW VALLEY Pecos Rd hi Le Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 SOUTH MTS. Rd Thomas Rd l Desert Rose Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal al Canyon Lands High Plateaus of Utah Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA ana CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Estrella Dr St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd Ca n McDonald Dr nservation Distr r Co ict C SIERRA ESTRELLA 75th Ave Elliot Rd " ÿ na LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake ate Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd iz Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Grand Canal tio n D istrict Cana l eV lvd d rig a Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Pa lisa de sB ke R o La lt Ir Via Linda Shea Blvd ar Sagu ev e Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF ARIZONA Gra nd e W Beloat Rd Ray Rd Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Indian School Rd t Can al Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Peoria Ave Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c elt nal Broadway Rd Canal 17 Peoria Ave Olive Ave 51 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ev os Ro Ar Ca lington Buckeye Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 w CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd H ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd on a 87 Usery Pass Rd S FR Baseline Rd #1 Litchfield Rd kwy ay P Deer Valle y al Ar iz o Blvd K PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Thomas Rd enw Gre nt r Jomax Rd d C BA LE BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Indian School Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd Greenway Rd Peoria Ave Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv DD SA Courthouse Rd Camelback Rd " ÿ 101 Blvd Thunderbird 303 Glendale Ave vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisma n Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave lvd Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ar Sagu Waddell Rd Cactus Rd tB " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. MCDOWELL AREA W y Dixileta Dr CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave easa nt Rd Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr H 107th Ave R 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM HARQUAHALA FRS av ita Lone Mountain Rd Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Beardsley Rd 10 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd 107th Ave n izo UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA PLAIN Sonoran Desert 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Tonto Horseshoe Reservoir d Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA Mexican Highland NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Source: USDA Forest Service FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA "Landscape Character Types of the National Forests Arizona, and New Mexico," USDA Forest Service AVRAinVALLEY Aerial photography and topographic mapping, Flood Control District of Maricopa County SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY Perennial Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams Major Roads SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Flood Control Structures SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 1 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES AND SUBTYPES CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY R on ati tell ns Co GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Hunt Hwy Pecos Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA MARICOPA COUNTY DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA Salton Trough RAY AREA Sonoran Desert SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Datil PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS 78 85 Tonto WHITLOW CANYON AREA Patterson Rd " ÿ Flagstaff GLOBE-MIAMI AREA VINEYARD FRS Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd Riggs Rd Broadway Ave POWERLINE FRS Germann Rd Sossaman Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Mohave Superstition Blvd Southern Ave Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd d Chandler Heights Rd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Warner Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd 40th St Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 HIGLEY BASIN Maric opa Rd 48th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S 7th Ave 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd 56th St 24th St 7th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Cre Ca ve Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 27th Ave 24th St 51st Ave 43rd Ave " ÿ Baseline Rd Elliot Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 16th St 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 40th St Estrella Pkwy Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave Central Ave 7th St 59th Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd Bullard Ave 83rd Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave 331st Ave Broadway Rd Navajo l Be ltli ne R University Dr Southern Ave Grand Canyon SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS ect Cana KOMATKE GAP McDowell Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj Pecos Rd Thomas Rd SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo RAINBOW VALLEY Pecos Rd Rd Lehi Rd Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Rd hi Le McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd A al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs r Dobbins Rd Estrella Dr MT. MCDOWELL AREA Canyon Lands High Plateaus of Utah Apache Lake Canyon Lake l Desert Rose Rd Elliot Rd Western Canal Thomas Rd McDonald Dr ana CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd al d SIERRA ESTRELLA 75th Ave St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd Ca n LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C Elliot Rd Narramore Rd " ÿ na Blv d ate Beloat Rd Private Rd iz lvd entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Grand Canal tio n D istrict Cana l eV Pa lisa de sB ke R o La rig a Via Linda Shea Blvd ar Sagu lt Ir Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Ray Rd ev e Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF ARIZONA Gra nd e W nal Broadway Rd Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Ar Ca lington Buckeye Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd t Can al elt Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Van Buren St Peoria Ave Rd Pr o je c ev os Ro Lower River Rd H ARLINGTON VALLEY CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd #1 Litchfield Rd 17 Peoria Ave Olive Ave 51 Sonoran Mountain Lands Subtype Usery Pass Rd S FR Baseline Rd FR S Indian School Rd Thomas Rd Cactus Rd on a o Blvd K BUCK EYE Camelback Rd § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave al Ar iz " ÿ Bell Rd d C BA LE PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Glendale Ave enw Gre Greenway Rd kwy ay P Sonoran Valley Lands Subtype GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Roosevelt Lake Blv DD SA Courthouse Rd 303 WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd Happy Valley Rd Deer Valle y o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave lvd nt r Jomax Rd ar Sagu Waddell Rd Cactus Rd tB lvd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB 51st Ave easa nt Rd H Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd 87 Dixileta Dr CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM Sonoran River Lands Subtype " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go BELMOST MTS. MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us 107th Ave R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM HARQUAHALA FRS av ita Lone Mountain Rd Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Lake Pl Happy Valley Rd HASSAYAMPA PLAIN 10 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd 107th Ave na izo UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd ct oje Pr SONORAN DESERT CHARACTER TYPE Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Tonto Riverlands SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Upper Tonto Subtype MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Sonoran Arizona Uplands Subtype 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct TONTO CHARACTER TYPE Horseshoe Reservoir d Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA Mexican Highland NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Source: USDA Forest Service FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY Perennial Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams Major Roads SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Flood Control Structures SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Landscape Character Types Map, 2008 "Landscape Character Types of the National Forests in Arizona, and New Mexico," USDA Forest Service Aerial photography and topographic mapping, Flood Control District of Maricopa County CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 2 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY LANDSCAPE CHARACTER PHYSICAL SETTINGS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant Rd ek Cre Ca ve Pima Rd d Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Riggs Rd GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Arroyo Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 Wood Rd " ÿ Mountains DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA Volcanic Field RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Foothills Empire Blvd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Upper Bajada PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS Patterson Rd PALOMAS PLAIN Lower Bajada WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd d Chandler Heights Rd Broadway Ave Baseline Ave Sossaman Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Pecos Rd Germann Rd Sonoran Mountain Lands Subtype Superstition Blvd Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Val Vista Dr Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr 60 Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd 40th St 48th St " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Maric opa Rd 40th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr t 48th St 32 nd S 40th St 48th St Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St 7th Ave 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 24th St 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St Estrella Pkwy Southern Ave Valley Plains SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS l Be ltli ne R Broadway Rd Valley Wash PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS ect Cana Rainbow Valley Rd Pecos Rd Brown Rd University Dr GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj Pecos Rd McDowell Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd Sonoran Valley Lands Subtype TWO BAR RIDGE n rizo RAINBOW VALLEY Rd KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd l CLANTON HILLS School House Rd 32nd St 7th St 16th St 24th St Cre 51st Ave easa nt Rd Bullard Ave 83rd Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave Arling ton Cs r SOUTH MTS. hi Le Rd Lehi Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Thomas Rd ana Desert Rose Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal al SALT RIVER MTS. Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA A al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA Ray Rd Buckeye Rd Ca n McDonald Dr Apache Lake Saguaro Lake entu ra " ÿ na River Terrace LOWER SALT RIVER AREA d Narramore Rd 75th Ave Elliot Rd iz lvd ke R o La Vineyard Rd Elliot Rd Private Rd McDowell Rd tio n D istrict Cana l eV Pa lisa de sB Blv d nservation Distr r Co ict C nal rig a Via D Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Ar Sonoran River Lands Subtype River Channel Gra nd e ate on Ca lt Ir Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd Canal ev e Thunderbird Rd W w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 Buckeye Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd t Can al elt Lower River Rd H CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd CEMETARY RIDGE WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Dunlap Ave 17 Pr o je c ev os Ro Baseline Rd Elliot Rd #1 Litchfield Rd Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave Peoria Ave on a SONORAN DESERT CHARACTER TYPE Roosevelt Lake Rd ar Sagu S FR PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Thomas Rd Cactus Rd Olive Ave 51 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave " ÿ Bell Rd *Note: The physical units within the Tonto Character Type have not been delineated beyond the subtype level. GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd K BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Camelback Rd Indian School Rd kwy ay P Deer Valle y al Ar iz o Blvd C BA LE Courthouse Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Blvd Thunderbird 303 " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd nt r Jomax Rd d DD SA 10 vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o § ¦ ¨ lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Beardsley Rd 87 Dixileta Dr Jomax Rd Jomax Rd Blv Cactus Rd lvd Tonto Riverlands " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA ar Sagu HARQUAHALA FRS MCDOWELL AREA W y le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd tB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM H 107th Ave R HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. av ita Lone Mountain Rd Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Lake Pl Happy Valley Rd Beardsley Rd TONOPAH DESERT 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd 107th Ave na izo UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd ct oje Pr Upper Tonto Streams Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Upper Tonto SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Upland Wash MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Sonoran Arizona Uplands 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct TONTO CHARACTER TYPE Horseshoe Reservoir d Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES OF ARIZONA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. Grand Canyon Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Mohave Flagstaff SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 Tonto PINAL COUNTY Datil CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD MARICOPA COUNTY " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS Salton Trough " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY Sonoran Desert 89 Mexican Highland CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. Source: USDA Forest Service BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Perennial Streams Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON PEAK LITTLE AJO MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Flood Control Structures Major Roads SLATE MTS. GRANITE MTS. Navajo TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Canyon Lands High Plateaus of Utah SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Landscape Character Types and Subtypes Map, 2008 Aerial photography and topographic mapping, Flood Control District of Maricopa County Land Cover Types Map, Arizona Land and Resource Inventory System, State of Arizona WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 3 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER CULTURAL SETTINGS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Rural Landscape Cultural Setting 60 NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Rd ek Cre Ca ve Pima Rd d Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Riggs Rd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd Germann Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho us eR d Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS l Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Natural (80.48%) Rural (9.86%) Superstition Blvd POWERLINE FRS Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd d Sossaman Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Pecos Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Val Vista Dr Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Warner Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd Guadalupe Rd Industrial (1.07%) Suburban (7.00%) PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd 40th St 48th St d Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave Maric opa Rd 40th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr t 48th St 32 nd S 40th St 48th St TEMPE BUTTES Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd KOMATKE GAP Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 56th St 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave 27th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST Brown Rd University Dr GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr R hi Le McKellips Rd ect Cana Estrella Pkwy 35th Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Urban (1.59%) TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd Elliot Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave 75th Ave Thomas Rd McKellips Rd SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo RAINBOW VALLEY Buckeye Rd al MT. MCDOWELL AREA l CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd Ca n McDonald Dr EXISTING CULTURAL SETTINGS Apache Lake Canyon Lake A al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA Grand Canal tio n D istrict Cana l St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS School House Rd 32nd St 7th St 16th St 24th St Cre 51st Ave easa nt Rd Bullard Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Dean Rd Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd " ÿ na LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake ana Desert Rose Rd rig a iz Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Gra nd e nservation Distr r Co ict C Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd lt Ir eV lvd d ev e Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Pa lisa de sB ate Beloat Rd Ray Rd Ro os Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Thunderbird Rd W nal Olive Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Peoria Ave Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY elt on Ca Broadway Rd Canal 17 t Can al ev os Ro Arlingt Buckeye Litchfield Rd Van Buren St Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 w CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd Thomas Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY #1 Indian School Rd § ¦ ¨ Peoria Ave Peoria Ave 51 ke R o La S FR Baseline Rd FR S Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c ar Sagu K BUCK EYE Camelback Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd on a GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd C BA LE PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Glendale Ave enw Gre Greenway Rd Deer Valle y al Ar iz o Blvd DD SA Courthouse Rd 303 WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd nt r o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT 10 vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave lvd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd d Cactus Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM Jomax Rd Blv HARQUAHALA FRS Pinnacle Peak Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Beardsley Rd 87 Dixileta Dr ar Sagu Waddell Rd lvd Lone Mountain Rd " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM H 107th Ave R Industrial Landscape Cultural Setting MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Happy Valley Rd BELMOST MTS. av ita Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 107th Ave na izo Jomax Rd 115th Ave Ar C UNION HILLS AREA l El Mirage Rd tral Ce n ct oje Pr 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd a an Urban Landscape Cultural Setting Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Suburban Landscape Cultural Setting CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Reef Aqueduct Natural Landscape Cultural Setting GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Coconino 60 " ÿ Apache SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA TORTILLA MTS. Stout Rd Gila Blvd 60 " ÿ SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 Greenlee PINAL COUNTY 8 CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ § ¦ ¨ Graham Pinal Yuma § ¦ ¨ 10 MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN " ÿ Pima 84 Santa Cruz 89 Counties of the State of Arizona BLACK MTN. (PN) DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Perennial Streams Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources CIMARRON PEAK VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GROWLER VALLEY Flood Control Structures Major Roads SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Phoenix Metropolitan Area CASA GRANDE MTS. PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS CRATER RANGE Cochise NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ TABLE TOP MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA MAG 2004 Land Use data base AVRA VALLEY Reclassification of 2005 MAG Land Use classifications into Cultural Settings by Flood Control District of Maricopa County SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. 85 " ÿ Gila Maricopa MARICOPA COUNTY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY 10 La Paz GILA BEND PLAIN GRANITE MTS. § ¦ ¨ Yavapai DONNELLY WASH AREA 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD 17 Navajo SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. § ¦ ¨ Mohave FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 4 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY FUTURE LANDSCAPE CHARACTER CULTURAL SETTINGS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Rural Landscape Cultural Setting 60 NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Rd ek Cre Ca ve Pima Rd d Alma School Rd Hayden Rd 94th St al an rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Riggs Rd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave WHITLOW CANYON AREA Germann Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho us eR d Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Rural (16.61%) l Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Pecos Rd Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd d Natural (61.94%) Superstition Blvd Baseline Ave Sossaman Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Pecos Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd 60 Chandler Blvd Industrial (2.15%) Suburban (16.59%) PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Val Vista Dr Lindsay Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd Broadway Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd 40th St 48th St Brown Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 40th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S 7th Ave Thomas Rd McDowell Rd ect Cana KOMATKE GAP Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave Pecos Rd d Urban (2.71%) TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj Estrella Pkwy 19th Ave 27th Ave 51st Ave SOUTH MTS. R hi Le McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd Lehi Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd McKellips Rd SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo Rainbow Valley Rd Western Canal al MT. MCDOWELL AREA l RAINBOW VALLEY Buckeye Rd 59th Ave 75th Ave Elliot Rd Dobbins Rd St Johns CLANTON HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 83rd Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd SIERRA ESTRELLA McDowell Rd Ca n McDonald Dr FUTURE CULTURAL SETTINGS Apache Lake Canyon Lake A al ntr Ce Narramore Rd Private Rd Grand Canal tio n D istrict Cana l 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St Elliot Rd BUCKEYE HILLS School House Rd 32nd St 7th St 16th St 24th St Cre 51st Ave easa nt Rd Bullard Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Vineyard Rd " ÿ na LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake ana Desert Rose Rd rig a iz Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Gra nd e nservation Distr r Co ict C Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd lt Ir eV lvd d Irrigation Canal Ray Rd ev e Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Pa lisa de sB ate nal Ro os Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Thunderbird Rd W on Ca Canal Olive Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd Peoria Ave Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY elt Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Buckeye Litchfield Rd Van Buren St 17 t Can al ev os Ro Lower River Rd H CORTEZ BUTTE Thomas Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY WHITE TANKS FRS #4 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd #1 Indian School Rd § ¦ ¨ Peoria Ave Peoria Ave 51 ke R o La S FR Baseline Rd FR S Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c ar Sagu K BUCK EYE Camelback Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd on a GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd C BA LE PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Glendale Ave enw Gre Greenway Rd Deer Valle y al Ar iz o Blvd DD SA Courthouse Rd 303 WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd nt r o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT 10 vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave lvd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd d Cactus Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM Jomax Rd Blv HARQUAHALA FRS Pinnacle Peak Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Beardsley Rd 87 Dixileta Dr ar Sagu Waddell Rd lvd Lone Mountain Rd " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM H 107th Ave R Industrial Landscape Cultural Setting MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Happy Valley Rd BELMOST MTS. av ita Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 107th Ave na izo Jomax Rd 115th Ave Ar C UNION HILLS AREA l El Mirage Rd tral Ce n ct oje Pr 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd a an Urban Landscape Cultural Setting Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Suburban Landscape Cultural Setting CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Reef Aqueduct Natural Landscape Cultural Setting GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Coconino 60 " ÿ Apache SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA TORTILLA MTS. Stout Rd Gila Blvd 60 " ÿ SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 Greenlee PINAL COUNTY 8 CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ § ¦ ¨ Graham Pinal Yuma § ¦ ¨ 10 MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN " ÿ Pima 84 Santa Cruz 89 Counties of the State of Arizona BLACK MTN. (PN) DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Perennial Streams Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources CIMARRON PEAK VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GROWLER VALLEY Flood Control Structures Major Roads SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Phoenix Metropolitan Area CASA GRANDE MTS. PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS Cochise NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ TABLE TOP MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA MAG Future Land Use data base AVRA VALLEY Updated Land Use infomation from BLM, cities of Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, El Mirage, and Surprise 2008 Reclassification of 2005 MAG Land Use classifications into Cultural Settings by Flood Control District of Maricopa County SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. 85 " ÿ Gila Maricopa MARICOPA COUNTY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY 10 La Paz GILA BEND PLAIN GRANITE MTS. § ¦ ¨ Yavapai DONNELLY WASH AREA 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD 17 Navajo SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. § ¦ ¨ Mohave FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 5 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER UNITS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY R on ati tell ns Co GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant Natural Uplands Wash Rural Sonoran Arizona Uplands Rural Uplands Wash SAU Suburban Sonoran Arizona Uplands SUW Suburban Uplands Wash IAU Urban Sonoran Arizona Uplands UUW Urban Uplands Wash IAU Industrial Sonoran Arizona Uplands IUW Industrial Uplands Wash RUT Rural Upper Tonto 32nd St ek Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Fountain Hills al an rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Pecos Rd Ocotillo Rd d Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Riggs Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Broadway Ave PIMA BUTTE AREA PALOMAS PLAIN Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy " ÿ NRC Natural River Channel Unit NRT Natural River Terrace Unit RRC Rural River Channel Unit RRT Rural River Terrace Unit SRC Suburban River Channel Unit SRT Suburban River Terrace Unit URC Urban River Channel Unit URT Urban River Terrace Unit IRC Industrial River Channel Unit IRT Industrial River Terrace Unit WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS SUPERIOR AREA NVW Natural Valley Washes Unit NVP Natural Valley Plains Unit RVW Rural Valley Wash Unit RVP Rural Valley Plains Unit SVW Suburban Valley Wash Unit SVP Suburban Valley Plains Unit UVW Urban Valley Wash Unit UVP Urban Valley Plains Unit IVW Industrial Valley Wash Unit IVP Industrial Valley Plains Unit PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Sonoran Mountain Lands Subtype MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA NA Natural Arroyo Unit NF Natural Foothills Unit RA Rural Arroyo Unit RF Rural Foothills Unit SA Suburban Arroyo Unit SF Suburban Foothills Unit UA Urban Arroyo Unit UF Urban Foothills Unit IA Industrial Arroyo Unit IF Industrial Foothills Unit NUB Natural Upper Bajada Unit NM Natural Mountains Unit RUB Rural Upper Bajada Unit RM Rural Mountains Unit SUB Suburban Upper Bajada Unit SM Suburban Mountains Unit UUB Urban Upper Bajada Unit UM Urban Mountains Unit IUB Industrial Upper Bajada Unit IM Industrial Mountains Unit NLB Natural Lower Bajada Unit NVF Natural Volcanic Field Unit RLB Rural Lower Bajada Unit RVF Rural Volcanic Field Unit SLB Suburban Lower Bajada Unit SVF Suburban Volcanic Field Unit ULB Urban Lower Bajada Unit ILB Industrial Lower Bajada Unit SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Sonoran River Lands Subtype POWERLINE FRS " ÿ Wood Rd Suburban Tonto River Sonoran Valley Lands Subtype 78 DENDORA VALLEY Industrial Tonto River STR GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Patterson Rd 85 Urban Tonto River ITR Superstition Blvd Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Chandler Heights Rd " ÿ ITR Rural Tonto River Southern Ave Hawes Rd Lindsay Rd Warner Rd Chandler Blvd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Rural Upper Tonto Stream Natural Tonto River TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr Mesa Dr 60 Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd Thomas Rd McDowell Rd RUTS RTR Blvd 136th St 94th St 104th St 128th St Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St 40th St 48th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S Be ltli ne R Brown Rd University Dr TEMPE BUTTES Maric opa Rd KOMATKE GAP Forest Rd 64th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd d Greenfield Rd ek R Cre Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave Pecos Rd R hi Le McKellips Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St Rd School House Rd 27th Ave 7th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave 27th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Rd Thomas Rd McKellips Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr 40th St Estrella Pkwy 35th Ave 75th Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal nal SALT RIVER MTS. Canyon Lake t Canal Projec Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St Estrella Pkwy 83rd Ave St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave arb or Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Wintersburg Rd Buckeye Rd Ca Natural Upper Tonto Stream NTR zona RAINBOW VALLEY na McDonald Dr nal Desert Rose Rd Elliot Rd " ÿ iz Natural Upper Tonto SONORAN DESERT CHARACTER TYPE Apache Lake Saguaro Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA ict C a CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Ar LOWER SALT RIVER AREA entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal 75th Ave eV Blv d Ari al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA Private Rd Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM lvd d a tio Dunlap Ave Pa lisa de sB ke R o La Irrig Via Linda Shea Blvd ar Sagu e lt Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd Gra nd e Usery Pass Rd y Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ray Rd se v Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY nservation Distr w Ar Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA nal Ro o t Can al PHOENIX MTS. AREA Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c r Co H GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 Ca lington Vineyard Rd Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave Glendale Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal 17 Peoria Ave Olive Ave 51 NUT NUTS Tonto Riverlands ate lt W Lower River Rd Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd lley 87 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) e ev os Ro e m lo Sa ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Baseline Rd Broadway Rd Canal § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave Deer Va riz on a o Blvd S FR Narramore Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Buckeye Litchfield Rd Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd kwy ay P al A Jomax Rd d K Baseline Rd #1 Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv C BA LE PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Camelback Rd " ÿ nt r " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Rio Verde Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o DD SA Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Blvd Thunderbird 303 Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM Talisma n Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT 10 Peoria Ave lvd Upper Tonto Subtype Dixileta Dr ar Sagu Waddell Rd Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. W y Lone Mountain Rd le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB 59th Ave Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 91st Ave Union Hills Dr H 107th Ave R 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM Bartlett Reservoir MCDOWELL AREA Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage BELMOST MTS. av ita CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd HARQUAHALA FRS M R DA RIVE NEW easa nt Rd l 99th Ave n izo na 107th Ave Ar Ca 115th Ave tral Ce n ct roje aP SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Beardsley Rd Harquahala Valley Rd NUW RUW Stagecoach Pass Te rr UNION HILLS AREA 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Ce nte rS Patton Rd El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Sarival Ave Patton Rd Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Joy Ranch Rd al t HARQUAHALA MTS. CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. CORTEZ BUTTE Natural Sonoran Arizona Uplands RAU MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. Courthouse Rd NAU 60 Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Sonoran Arizona Uplands Subtype HUMBOLT MTN. AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct TONTO CHARACTER TYPE Horseshoe Reservoir d Dobson Rd UNTY SUNNYCOVE DAM Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Landscape Character Subtypes of Maricopa County SACATON VALLEY Landscape Character Types of Arizona CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Curtural Landscape Character Regional Context for Maricopa County FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. DONNELLY WASH AREA Stout Rd Gila Blvd TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. c"! $ COCONINO MOHAVE c"! $ 84 Old Ajo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY a $"! § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN " ÿ NINETYSIX HILLS YUMA $̀"! GRAHAM PINAL CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. PIMA 89 $̀"! Natural Landscapes Sonoran Arizona Uplands Culturally Modified Landscapes Tonto Riverlands Phoenix Metropolitan Area PICACHO MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) DURHAM-SUIZO AREA River Lands SANTA CRUZ Cultural Landscape Character Regional Context Upper Tonto Mountain Lands Source: USDA Forest Service SR 85 VEKOL VALLEY Landscape Character Subtypes Tonto Character Type Sonoran Desert Character Type COCHISE SAND TANK MTS. " ÿ GREENLEE MARICOPA AZTEC HILLS vI ?Í GILA LA PAZ MARICOPA COUNTY vI ?Í 84 GILA BEND PLAIN a $"! CASA GRANDE AREA YAVAPAI 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD APACHE NAVAJO Valley Lands PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY REFERENCE FEATURES § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE MIDWAY AREA VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. CHILDS MTN. BATAMOTE MTS. SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Lakes Major Roads SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Existing Landscape Character Cultural Settings Map, 2008 Landscape Character Physical Settings Map, 2008 Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams PIMA COUNTY CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY 10 SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY Canals § ¨ ¦ 87 SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY Flood Control Structures County Boundary SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. Tonto National Forest Boundary FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 6 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY FUTURE LANDSCAPE CHARACTER UNITS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY R on ati tell ns Co GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant Natural Uplands Wash Rural Sonoran Arizona Uplands Rural Uplands Wash SAU Suburban Sonoran Arizona Uplands SUW Suburban Uplands Wash IAU Urban Sonoran Arizona Uplands UUW Urban Uplands Wash IAU Industrial Sonoran Arizona Uplands IUW Industrial Uplands Wash RUT Rural Upper Tonto 32nd St ek Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Fountain Hills al an rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Pecos Rd Ocotillo Rd d Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Riggs Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Broadway Ave PIMA BUTTE AREA PALOMAS PLAIN Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy " ÿ NRC Natural River Channel Unit NRT Natural River Terrace Unit RRC Rural River Channel Unit RRT Rural River Terrace Unit SRC Suburban River Channel Unit SRT Suburban River Terrace Unit URC Urban River Channel Unit URT Urban River Terrace Unit IRC Industrial River Channel Unit IRT Industrial River Terrace Unit WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS SUPERIOR AREA NVW Natural Valley Washes Unit NVP Natural Valley Plains Unit RVW Rural Valley Wash Unit RVP Rural Valley Plains Unit SVW Suburban Valley Wash Unit SVP Suburban Valley Plains Unit UVW Urban Valley Wash Unit UVP Urban Valley Plains Unit IVW Industrial Valley Wash Unit IVP Industrial Valley Plains Unit PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Sonoran Mountain Lands Subtype MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA NA Natural Arroyo Unit NF Natural Foothills Unit RA Rural Arroyo Unit RF Rural Foothills Unit SA Suburban Arroyo Unit SF Suburban Foothills Unit UA Urban Arroyo Unit UF Urban Foothills Unit IA Industrial Arroyo Unit IF Industrial Foothills Unit NUB Natural Upper Bajada Unit NM Natural Mountains Unit RUB Rural Upper Bajada Unit RM Rural Mountains Unit SUB Suburban Upper Bajada Unit SM Suburban Mountains Unit UUB Urban Upper Bajada Unit UM Urban Mountains Unit IUB Industrial Upper Bajada Unit IM Industrial Mountains Unit NLB Natural Lower Bajada Unit NVF Natural Volcanic Field Unit RLB Rural Lower Bajada Unit RVF Rural Volcanic Field Unit SLB Suburban Lower Bajada Unit SVF Suburban Volcanic Field Unit ULB Urban Lower Bajada Unit ILB Industrial Lower Bajada Unit SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Sonoran River Lands Subtype POWERLINE FRS " ÿ Wood Rd Suburban Tonto River Sonoran Valley Lands Subtype 78 DENDORA VALLEY Industrial Tonto River STR GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Patterson Rd 85 Urban Tonto River ITR Superstition Blvd Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Chandler Heights Rd " ÿ ITR Rural Tonto River Southern Ave Hawes Rd Lindsay Rd Warner Rd Chandler Blvd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Rural Upper Tonto Stream Natural Tonto River TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr Mesa Dr 60 Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd Thomas Rd McDowell Rd RUTS RTR Blvd 136th St 94th St 104th St 128th St Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St 40th St 48th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S Be ltli ne R Brown Rd University Dr TEMPE BUTTES Maric opa Rd KOMATKE GAP Forest Rd 64th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd d Greenfield Rd ek R Cre Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave Pecos Rd R hi Le McKellips Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St Rd School House Rd 27th Ave 7th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave 27th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Rd Thomas Rd McKellips Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr 40th St Estrella Pkwy 35th Ave 75th Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal nal SALT RIVER MTS. Canyon Lake t Canal Projec Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St Estrella Pkwy 83rd Ave St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave arb or Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Wintersburg Rd Buckeye Rd Ca Natural Upper Tonto Stream NTR zona RAINBOW VALLEY na McDonald Dr nal Desert Rose Rd Elliot Rd " ÿ iz Natural Upper Tonto SONORAN DESERT CHARACTER TYPE Apache Lake Saguaro Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA ict C a CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Ar LOWER SALT RIVER AREA entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal 75th Ave eV Blv d Ari al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA Private Rd Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM lvd d a tio Dunlap Ave Pa lisa de sB ke R o La Irrig Via Linda Shea Blvd ar Sagu e lt Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd Gra nd e Usery Pass Rd y Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ray Rd se v Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY nservation Distr w Ar Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA nal Ro o t Can al PHOENIX MTS. AREA Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c r Co H GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 Ca lington Vineyard Rd Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave Glendale Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal 17 Peoria Ave Olive Ave 51 NUT NUTS Tonto Riverlands ate lt W Lower River Rd Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd lley 87 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) e ev os Ro e m lo Sa ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Baseline Rd Broadway Rd Canal § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave Deer Va riz on a o Blvd S FR Narramore Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Buckeye Litchfield Rd Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd kwy ay P al A Jomax Rd d K Baseline Rd #1 Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv C BA LE PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Camelback Rd " ÿ nt r " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Rio Verde Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o DD SA Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Blvd Thunderbird 303 Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM Talisma n Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT 10 Peoria Ave lvd Upper Tonto Subtype Dixileta Dr ar Sagu Waddell Rd Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. W y Lone Mountain Rd le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB 59th Ave Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 91st Ave Union Hills Dr H 107th Ave R 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM Bartlett Reservoir MCDOWELL AREA Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage BELMOST MTS. av ita CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd HARQUAHALA FRS M R DA RIVE NEW easa nt Rd l 99th Ave n izo na 107th Ave Ar Ca 115th Ave tral Ce n ct roje aP SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Beardsley Rd Harquahala Valley Rd NUW RUW Stagecoach Pass Te rr UNION HILLS AREA 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Ce nte rS Patton Rd El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Sarival Ave Patton Rd Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Joy Ranch Rd al t HARQUAHALA MTS. CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. CORTEZ BUTTE Natural Sonoran Arizona Uplands RAU MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. Courthouse Rd NAU 60 Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Sonoran Arizona Uplands Subtype HUMBOLT MTN. AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct TONTO CHARACTER TYPE Horseshoe Reservoir d Dobson Rd UNTY SUNNYCOVE DAM Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Landscape Character Subtypes of Maricopa County SACATON VALLEY Landscape Character Types of Arizona CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Curtural Landscape Character Regional Context for Maricopa County FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. DONNELLY WASH AREA Stout Rd Gila Blvd TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. c"! $ COCONINO MOHAVE c"! $ 84 Old Ajo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY a $"! § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN " ÿ NINETYSIX HILLS YUMA $̀"! GRAHAM PINAL CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. PIMA 89 $̀"! Natural Landscapes Sonoran Arizona Uplands Culturally Modified Landscapes Tonto Riverlands Phoenix Metropolitan Area PICACHO MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) DURHAM-SUIZO AREA River Lands SANTA CRUZ Cultural Landscape Character Regional Context Upper Tonto Mountain Lands Source: USDA Forest Service SR 85 VEKOL VALLEY Landscape Character Subtypes Tonto Character Type Sonoran Desert Character Type COCHISE SAND TANK MTS. " ÿ GREENLEE MARICOPA AZTEC HILLS vI ?Í GILA LA PAZ MARICOPA COUNTY vI ?Í 84 GILA BEND PLAIN a $"! CASA GRANDE AREA YAVAPAI 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD APACHE NAVAJO Valley Lands PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY REFERENCE FEATURES § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE MIDWAY AREA VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. CHILDS MTN. BATAMOTE MTS. SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Lakes Major Roads SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Future Landscape Character Cultural Settings Map, 2008 Landscape Character Physical Settings Map, 2008 Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams PIMA COUNTY CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY 10 SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY Canals § ¨ ¦ 87 SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY Flood Control Structures County Boundary SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. Tonto National Forest Boundary FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 7 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY LANDSCAPE VARIETY CLASSES CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Variety Class B - Common 60 NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd Germann Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho us eR d Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA C (31.99%) Superstition Blvd POWERLINE FRS Hawes Rd d Sossaman Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr 60 Chandler Blvd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS B (13.06%) A (54.94%) APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd Scottsdale Rd Pk wy 56th St Priest Dr Priest Dr Ga lvin Rural Rd Priest Dr " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd 40th St Broadway Rd Southern Ave Maric opa Rd 48th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd University Dr Mill Ave t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S 7th Ave McDowell Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. l Be ltli ne R Forest Rd 64th St Cre Ca ve 32nd St 7th St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave Pecos Rd 40th St Estrella Pkwy Pecos Rd Rd ect Cana Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave SOUTH MTS. hi Le Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd SALT RIVER MTS. a Proj RAINBOW VALLEY 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal al MT. MCDOWELL AREA l CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Ca n LANDSCAPE VARIETY CLASSES Apache Lake Canyon Lake n rizo St Johns Rd Elliot Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave 75th Ave St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd tio n D istrict Cana l 27th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or Gle nH 99th Ave Air lin e Bullard Ave 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy SIERRA ESTRELLA Grand Canal McDonald Dr ana Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Dean Rd Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd " ÿ na LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake A al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd rig a iz Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Gra nd e d lt Ir eV lvd ke R o La Irrigation Canal Ray Rd ev e Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Pa lisa de sB nservation Distr r Co ict C nal Ro os Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Thunderbird Rd ate on Ca Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Buckeye Olive Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd Peoria Ave Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY W Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Broadway Rd 17 t Can al elt Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd CEMETARY RIDGE WHITE TANKS FRS #4 Litchfield Rd § ¦ ¨ Peoria Ave Peoria Ave 51 Roosevelt Lake Rd Pr o je c ev os Ro Baseline Rd #1 Thomas Rd Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ar Sagu S FR PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Indian School Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd on a 87 Usery Pass Rd K BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Camelback Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd Deer Valle y al Ar iz o Blvd C BA LE Indian School Rd Blvd Thunderbird nt r Jomax Rd d DD SA Courthouse Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd 303 Glendale Ave vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT 10 lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv Cactus Rd lvd Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ar Sagu Waddell Rd tB " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA FRS MCDOWELL AREA W y Dixileta Dr CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave easa nt Rd Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr H 107th Ave R 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM BELMOST MTS. av ita Lone Mountain Rd Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd 107th Ave n izo UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Variety Class C - Minimal CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Reef Aqueduct Variety Class A - Distinctive GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA § ¨ ¦ 10 Interstate Highways Æ ÿ State Highways 87 TORTOLITA MTS. KAKA VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County AVRA VALLEY Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Lakes SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY Perennial Streams PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams Major Roads SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Flood Control Structures SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 8 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY PRIMARY TRAVELWAYS VISUAL SENSITIVITY LEVELS CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Middleground Visual Sensitivity Level 1 60 NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills al an rn Ray Rd Williams Field Rd Higley Rd Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd Germann Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho us eR d Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS l d Superstition Blvd Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Sossaman Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Warner Rd Pecos Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Ellsworth Rd Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e Bush Hwy Recker Rd " ÿ GOLDFIELD MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Mesa Dr Broadway Rd Baseline Rd Rural Rd Priest Dr So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd 40th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd 56th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr University Dr Southern Ave Maric opa Rd 48th St McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St t 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd S 7th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Cre Ca ve Tatum Blvd 7th St 7th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave McDowell Rd Lehi Rd Brown Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 16th St 7th Ave 16th St 27th Ave 24th St 51st Ave 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 40th St Estrella Pkwy KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd ect Cana Rainbow Valley Rd Pecos Rd d SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE a Proj Pecos Rd R hi Le l RAINBOW VALLEY GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd al MT. MCDOWELL AREA ana CLANTON HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 75th Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal Ca n McDonald Dr n rizo St Johns Rd Elliot Rd na Buckeye Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave 75th Ave St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd tio n D istrict Cana l 27th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or Gle nH Air lin e Bullard Ave 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy SIERRA ESTRELLA Ray Rd Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave Arling ton Cs r Elliot Rd Narramore Rd " ÿ Apache Lake Canyon Lake A al ntr Ce nal iz LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C Beloat Rd Private Rd Grand Canal Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Gra nd e ate on Ca rig a Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd Canal lt Ir eV lvd W Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Buckeye ev e Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Pa lisa de sB elt Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd CEMETARY RIDGE WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Ro os Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Thunderbird Rd ev os Ro Baseline Rd #1 Litchfield Rd Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY d S FR PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Thomas Rd t Can al ke R o La K BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Camelback Rd Indian School Rd Olive Ave Rd Pr o je c ar Sagu Indian School Rd Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Peoria Ave 51 17 on a Visual Sensitivity Level 3 Usery Pass Rd C BA LE 10 Glendale Ave WHITE TANKS FRS #3 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd al Ar iz " ÿ Bell Rd Background Visual Sensitivity Level 2 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Roosevelt Lake o Blvd DD SA Courthouse Rd 303 kwy ay P Deer Valle y o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT " LUKE BASIN ÿ enw Gre Greenway Rd Cactus Rd 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave Blvd Thunderbird nt r Jomax Rd d Cactus Rd " ÿ 101 Talisma n Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv HARQUAHALA FRS Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Rio Verde Dr ar Sagu Waddell Rd lvd Ce 87 Dixileta Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Deer Valley Rd " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA le ag nE lde Go BELMOST MTS. tB lvd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB 51st Ave easa nt Rd H Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM 99th Ave Union Hills Dr 107th Ave R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us Middleground Visual Sensitivity Level 2 MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave C 99th Ave ct oje Pr av ita Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 107th Ave na izo 115th Ave Ar UNION HILLS AREA l El Mirage Rd tral Ce n 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd a an Foreground Visual Sensitivity Level 2 Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Background Visual Sensitivity Level 1 CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Reef Aqueduct Foreground Visual Sensitivity Level 1 GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA MINERAL MTN. AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY REFERENCE FEATURES 89 BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS 10 Interstate Highways or Freeways Tonto National Forest Boundary Æ ÿ State Highways County Boundary 87 DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. § ¨ ¦ CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. Divided Highways MCCLELLAN WASH AREA § ¦ ¨ TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY Canals Arterial (paved) 10 AGUILA MTS. Flood Control Structures Scenic Routes SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! TORTOLITA MTS. Arterial (unpaved) Intermittent Stream Collector (paved) Perennial Stream Collector (unpaved) Lakes Maricopa County Regional Trail System SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. BATAMOTE MTS. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County AVRA VALLEY Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 9 Parks & Recreation Resources Inventory Landscape Invetory Travelways Inventory (MCDOT) Visual Sensitivity Levels for Travelways Landscape Variety Classes Landscape Character Types (USDA Forest Service) Landscape Character SubTypes Landscape Character Physical Settings MAG Land Use Data Landscape Character Cultural Settings Existing Future Landscape Character Units Existing Future Existing Future Parks & Recreation Resources Existing Parks and Recreation Resources Maricopa Regional Trail Parks and Recreation Resources MAG Desert Spaces Plan Updated Information Open Space Resources Biological Resources Cultural Resources GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Parks & Recreation Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY Federal Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Tonto National Forest 60 NEW RIVER AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Higley Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Riggs Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr Signal Butte Rd GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Maricopa Regional Trail System Southern Ave WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hawes Rd Ocotillo Rd d Chandler Heights Rd Broadway Ave POWERLINE FRS Germann Rd Sossaman Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Williams Field Rd Pecos Rd City Regional Parks Superstition Blvd Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e Bush Hwy Recker Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Priest Dr Kyrene Rd Rural Rd HIGLEY BASIN 56th St So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 32 nd S t 48th St 48th St 40th St 40th St 60 Baseline Rd Maric opa Rd 48th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 24th St 7th St 7th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Cre Ca ve 16th St 7th St 16th St 24th St 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave Southern Ave Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 40th St Estrella Pkwy Broadway Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Hunt Hwy Local SUPERIOR AREA County and City Parks PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS Golf Courses l Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 99th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave d Blv arb or Gle nH l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy 91st Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave Arling ton Cs r University Dr City Mountain Preserves PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS ect Cana Be ltli ne R McKellips Rd Brown Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj KOMATKE GAP McDowell Rd Lehi Rd Brown Rd SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo Pecos Rd Pecos Rd Thomas Rd l RAINBOW VALLEY Rd hi Le Rd A al ntr Ce BUCKEYE HILLS GUADALUPE FRS EAST SOUTH MTS. Thomas Rd McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 Estrella Dr McDonald Dr ana Desert Rose Rd Elliot Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal Thomas Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 d 75th Ave St Johns CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd al ke R o La SIERRA ESTRELLA Ray Rd McDowell Rd tio n D istrict Cana l Ca n ar Sagu Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd na County Regional Parks and Recreation Areas Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA nservation Distr r Co ict C nal Irrigation Canal Vineyard Rd iz Regional LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Blv d ate on Ca Canal rig a Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Buckeye lt Ir eV lvd W Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Broadway Rd ev e Via D Pa lisa de sB elt Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd CEMETARY RIDGE WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Ro os Via Linda Shea Blvd ev os Ro Baseline Rd #1 Litchfield Rd Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd Wildlife Areas Gra nd e Usery Pass Rd S FR PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Thomas Rd Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY PHOENIX MTS. AREA Grand Canal State Roosevelt Lake t Can al DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd Bureau of Land Management GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Rd Pr o je c Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Glendale Ave Indian School Rd on a o Blvd K BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Camelback Rd Indian School Rd 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Olive Ave Deer Valle y al Ar iz Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd Peoria Ave nt r Jomax Rd d C BA LE Courthouse Rd Glendale Ave kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Talisma n Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 10 303 Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Blv Waddell Rd Cactus Rd lvd Dixileta Dr CAVE BUTTES DAM Beardsley Rd 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA ar Sagu BELMOST MTS. lvd Lone Mountain Rd le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB National Wildlife Refuges/Preserves MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 51st Ave easa nt Rd Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Union Hills Dr H 107th Ave R 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM HARQUAHALA FRS av ita Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage Lake Pl Happy Valley Rd Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Jomax Rd 107th Ave na izo UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca National Monuments Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd ct oje Pr Joy Ranch Rd 33rd Ave 211th Ave t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd CAVE CREEK AREA al WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Wilderness Areas MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Idaho Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. CHILDS MTN. BATAMOTE MTS. SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Maricopa County District of Transportation USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM) AVRA VALLEY Major Roads Lakes Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. Perennial Streams Public Park trails PIMA COUNTY CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY State Highways SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY Canals Intermittent Streams Interstate Highways TAT MOMOLI VALLEY SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY Flood Control Structures SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 10 Open Space Resources Inventory Landscape Invetory Travelways Inventory (MCDOT) Visual Sensitivity Levels for Travelways Landscape Variety Classes Landscape Character Types (USDA Forest Service) Landscape Character SubTypes Landscape Character Physical Settings MAG Land Use Data Landscape Character Cultural Settings Existing Future Existing Parks and Recreation Resources Landscape Character Units Existing Future Existing Future Maricopa Regional Trail Parks and Recreation Resources Updated Information Open Space Resources Open Space Resources MAG Desert Spaces Plan Biological Resources Cultural Resources GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Open Space Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY OPEN SPACE RESOURCES CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Cre Ca ve d Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Williams Field Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Riggs Rd Meridian Rd Ironwood Dr GLOBE-MIAMI AREA WHITLOW CANYON AREA Germann Rd VINEYARD FRS Rit Queen Creek Rd ten ho us eR d Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS l d Chandler Heights Rd Pecos Rd Hawes Rd Pecos Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Signal Butte Rd Hawes Rd Ray Rd Broadway Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Warner Rd Superstition Blvd Southern Ave Baseline Ave Sossaman Rd Cooper Rd Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Crismon Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd McClintock Dr Priest Dr Kyrene Rd 40th St 48th St Rural Rd HIGLEY BASIN SUPERSTITION MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Baseline Rd Maric opa Rd 40th St Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St Scottsdale Rd Pk wy Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr t 48th St 32 nd S 40th St 48th St Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St 7th Ave 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 24th St 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 59th Ave 99th Ave 83rd Ave d Blv arb or Gle nH Central Ave 7th St 107th Ave St Johns Rd Broadway Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St Cre 51st Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Estrella Pkwy University Dr Southern Ave PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS ect Cana Rainbow Valley Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. a Proj Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Arling ton Cs r Apache Rd 355th Ave 339th Ave Wintersburg Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr 395th Ave 411th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd McDowell Rd Lehi Rd Floodplain Fringe & Other Floodplain Zones SALT RIVER MTS. n rizo Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd A al ntr Ce KOMATKE GAP hi Le Rd l RAINBOW VALLEY Pecos Rd Thomas Rd Brown Rd Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA ana CLANTON HILLS Pecos Rd McDonald Dr McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 SOUTH MTS. Rd al d Dobbins Rd Western Canal Estrella Dr St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Buckeye Rd Ca n ke R o La SIERRA ESTRELLA Ray Rd 75th Ave Elliot Rd na ar Sagu Elliot Rd Narramore Rd iz Floodway LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake Usery Pass Rd Beloat Rd Private Rd Ar Blv d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr McDowell Rd tio n D istrict Cana l eV lvd nservation Distr r Co ict C nal rig a Via D Pa lisa de sB ate on Ca lt Ir Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd Canal ev e Via Linda Shea Blvd W Old US 80 w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Buckeye Ro os Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Grand Canal Other Open Space Areas BLM Lands National Forest lands Gra nd e elt Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd CORTEZ BUTTE Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd CEMETARY RIDGE WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Indian School Rd Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY ev os Ro Baseline Rd #1 Litchfield Rd t Can al PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Bethany Home Rd Open Space Retention Areas Roosevelt Lake Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Rd Pr o je c o Blvd S FR PALO VERDE HILLS FR S Thomas Rd on a d K BUCK EYE SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Camelback Rd Indian School Rd 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Olive Ave Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd Peoria Ave Deer Valle y al Ar iz Jomax Rd Blv C BA LE Courthouse Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre nt r o DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 303 Glendale Ave Ce Deer Valley Rd Greenway Rd 101 Talisma n Rd 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. Peoria Ave ADOBE DAM Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd ar Sagu Waddell Rd Cactus Rd lvd Rio Verde Dr le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN tB lvd Open Space Conservation Areas 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Dixileta Dr CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd 35th Ave Sta rd us Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H 99th Ave Union Hills Dr 107th Ave R Beardsley Rd BELMOST MTS. MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd 91st Ave Rd El Mirage HARQUAHALA FRS av ita Lone Mountain Rd Dynamite Blvd M R DA RIVE NEW easa nt Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd MCMICKEN DAM 10 27th Ave Sarival Ave l 91st Ave na 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Ca 115th Ave Ar ct oje Pr UNION HILLS AREA El Mirage Rd tral Ce n na izo 7th Ave ek R 203rd Ave Patton Rd Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Te rr 56th St t BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd Ce nte rS Patton Rd Joy Ranch Rd al WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA PLAIN Federal Wilderness Areas Federal National Monuments Federal National Wildlife Refuges/Preserves State Wildlife Areas County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Secured Open Space GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. Idaho Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co t d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA SR 84 Old Ajo R Old d 84 PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA KAKA VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Maricopa Association of Governments USDI Bereau of Land Management Flood Control District of Maricopa County AVRA VALLEY Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County September 2008 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY Lakes Major Roads PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY Perennial Streams State Highways TORTOLITA MTS. BATAMOTE MTS. Canals Intermittent Streams Interstate Highways TAT MOMOLI VALLEY SLATE MTS. CHILDS MTN. Flood Control Structures SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 11 Landscape Analysis Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility (Reserved) Structure Types Compatibility Structural Methods Compatibility Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Valued Resources to Protect in Place (Reserved) Implementation Guides for Sensitive Resources (Reserved) Structure Type Compatibility Analysis Landscape Analysis Resource Importance Need for Application of Sensitive Guidlines Valued Resources to Preserve in Place Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structure Types Compatibility Class Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structure Types Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structural Methods Compatibility Class Maps Types Structure Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structural Methods Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Class Maps Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks Structure & Recreation Types Structure OpenTypes Space Biological Cultural Combined Resources Landscape Design Theme Compatibility Class Map GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER STRUCTURE TYPES COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes t 60 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd al an rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave Baseline Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Pecos Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Germann Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh o Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd 60 Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St 40th St Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr TEMPE BUTTES Maric opa Rd 48th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd St 7th Ave d McKellips Rd Brown Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 7th St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th St 24th St 7th Ave Central Ave Pecos Rd R hi Le Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave St Johns Rd 35th Ave Pecos Rd KOMATKE GAP 40th St Estrella Pkwy Rainbow Valley Rd GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd nal LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal RAINBOW VALLEY Western Canal Ca McDonald Dr DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Non Natural Structures Structural Underground Pipe Channel Levee Conveyance Channel Storage Basin Dam (Class 1) (Class 2) (Class 3) (Class 4) (Class 5) (Class 6) C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural River Terrace Rural River Terrace Suburban River Terrace Urban River Terrace Industrial River Terrace C C C C C C C C C C S S S M M S S S S S S S S S S IC IC IC IC IC 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 Natural Valley Plain Rural Valley Plain Suburban Valley Plain Urban Valley Plain Industrial Valley Plain C C C C C C C C C C M M M M L M M M L L M M M M L M M M L L 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.5 Natural Valley Wash Rural Valley Wash Suburban Valley Wash Urban Valley Wash Industrial Valley Wash C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Arroyo Rural Arroyo Suburban Arroyo Urban Arroyo Industrial Arroyo C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Bajada Rural Upper Bajada Suburban Upper Bajada Urban Upper Bajada Industrial Upper Bajada C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 Natural Lower Bajada Rural Lower Bajada Suburban Lower Bajada Urban Lower Bajada Industrial Lower Bajada C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S M M M M M S S S S S M M M M M 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 Natural Volcanic Field Rural Volcanic Field Suburban Volcanic Field Urban Volcanic Field Industrial Volcanic Field C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S M M M M M S S S S S M M M M M 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 Natural Foothills Rural Foothills Suburban Foothills Urban Foothills Industrial Foothills C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC S S S IC IC S S S IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 4 4 4 Natural Mountains Rural Mountains Suburban Mountains Urban Mountains Industrial Mountains C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Sonoran Desert Character Type roject Ca CLANTON HILLS na Buckeye Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave Dobbins Rd St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal 75th Ave Elliot Rd " ÿ iz d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Grand Canal 27th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb Gle nH 99th Ave Air lin e Bullard Ave 91st Ave 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Jackrabbit Tr Citrus Rd SIERRA ESTRELLA Private Rd eV d Blv na P Desert Rose Rd a tio Via D Blv LANDSCAPE CHARACTER COMPATIBILITY RATINGS FOR STRUCTURE TYPES Gra nd e o Ariz Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd rig Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Pa lisa de s al ntr Ce GILA BEND MTS. Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ray Rd lt Ir Thunderbird Rd d nal Irrigation Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y on Ca al ev e Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w Arlingt Can Buckeye Ro os Cactus Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd Dunlap Ave t Can al elt Old US 80 H Narramore Rd Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Olive Ave Pr o je c Class 6 Roosevelt Lake ev os Ro e m lo Sa Lower River Rd Broadway Rd Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave 17 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Indian School Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd ke R S Baseline Rd Litchfield Rd Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Cactus Rd riz on a 51 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd al A " ÿ Bell Rd Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) o La FR Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY S #1 Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 kwy ay P Deer Va Jomax Rd ar Sagu K Van Buren St Baseline Rd CORTEZ BUTTE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR Camelback Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd nt r Class 4 87 Usery Pass Rd Indian School Rd PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE 303 " ÿ 101 Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Peoria Ave lvd lvd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA o Blvd C BA LE Courthouse Rd W y Dixileta Dr d Blv DD SA 10 MCDOWELL AREA Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT a Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. HARQUAHALA PLAIN av it ar Sagu Cactus Rd Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd Landscape Character Units Natural River Channel Rural River Channel Suburban River Channel Urban River Channel Industrial River Channel SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY Non Natural Structural Structures Underground Pipe Channel Levee Conveyance Channel Storage Basin Dam Compatibility Class C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Rural Sonoran Arizona Upland Suburban Sonoran Arizona Upland Urban Sonoran Arizona Upland Industrial Sonoran Arizona Upland C C C C C C C C C C IC S S S S IC S S S S IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 4 4 4 4 Natural Upper Tonto Rural Upper Tonto Suburban Upper Tonto Urban Upper Tonto Industrial Upper Tonto C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Tonto Stream Rural Upper Tonto Stream Suburban Upper Tonto Stream Urban Upper Tonto Stream Industrial Upper Tonto Stream C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Tonto River Rural Tonto River Suburban Tonto River Urban Tonto River Industrial Tonto River C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Compatibility Ratings C = Structure is fully compatible with the Landscape Character Unit IC = Structure type is incompatible with the Landscape Character Unit 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY Compatibility Class Landscape Character Units Natural Upland Wash Rural Upland Wash Suburban Upland Wash Urban Upland Wash Industrial Upland Wash Tonto Character Type NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Dam Class 1 SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Natural Underground Pipe Structures MAZATZAL MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Existing Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Existing Landscape Character Units Map, 2008 SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 12 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY FUTURE LANDSCAPE CHARACTER STRUCTURE TYPES COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes t 60 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd al an C rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Williams Field Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave Baseline Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Germann Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh o Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr 60 Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr Mesa Dr Elliot Rd SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd d Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr TEMPE BUTTES Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 32 nd St 48th St 48th St 40th St 40th St R hi Le McKellips Rd Brown Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 48th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave Pecos Rd KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd Lehi Rd McKellips Rd Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 Estrella Dr Rd nal GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 40th St Estrella Pkwy Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave St Johns Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal Ca LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal RAINBOW VALLEY Buckeye Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave 75th Ave Elliot Rd na McDonald Dr DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd " ÿ 78 " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN " ÿ MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Non Natural Structural Structures (Class 1) Underground Pipe Channel Levee Conveyance Channel Storage Basin Dam (Class 2) (Class 3) (Class 4) (Class 5) (Class 6) Landscape Character Units Natural River Channel Rural River Channel Suburban River Channel Urban River Channel Industrial River Channel C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural River Terrace Rural River Terrace Suburban River Terrace Urban River Terrace Industrial River Terrace C C C C C C C C C C S S S M M S S S S S S S S S S IC IC IC IC IC 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 Natural Valley Plain Rural Valley Plain Suburban Valley Plain Urban Valley Plain Industrial Valley Plain C C C C C C C C C C M M M M L M M M L L M M M M L M M M L L 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.5 Natural Valley Wash Rural Valley Wash Suburban Valley Wash Urban Valley Wash Industrial Valley Wash C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Arroyo Rural Arroyo Suburban Arroyo Urban Arroyo Industrial Arroyo C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Bajada Rural Upper Bajada Suburban Upper Bajada Urban Upper Bajada Industrial Upper Bajada C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 Natural Lower Bajada Rural Lower Bajada Suburban Lower Bajada Urban Lower Bajada Industrial Lower Bajada C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S M M M M M S S S S S M M M M M 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 Natural Volcanic Field Rural Volcanic Field Suburban Volcanic Field Urban Volcanic Field Industrial Volcanic Field C C C C C C C C C C S S S S S M M M M M S S S S S M M M M M 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 Natural Foothills Rural Foothills Suburban Foothills Urban Foothills Industrial Foothills C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC S S S IC IC S S S IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 4 4 4 Natural Mountains Rural Mountains Suburban Mountains Urban Mountains Industrial Mountains C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Sonoran Desert Character Type roject Ca CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Grand Canal 27th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb Gle nH 99th Ave Air lin e Bullard Ave 91st Ave 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Jackrabbit Tr Citrus Rd SIERRA ESTRELLA Private Rd " ÿ iz d d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Blv Blv na P Desert Rose Rd a tio eV LANDSCAPE CHARACTER COMPATIBILITY RATINGS FOR STRUCTURE TYPES Gra nd e o Ariz Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd rig Via D PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd Pa lisa de s al ntr Ce GILA BEND MTS. Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ray Rd lt Ir Thunderbird Rd d nal Irrigation Canal Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y on Ca al ev e Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w Arlingt Can Buckeye Ro os Cactus Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd Dunlap Ave t Can al elt Old US 80 H Narramore Rd Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Olive Ave Pr o je c Class 6 Roosevelt Lake ev os Ro e m lo Sa Lower River Rd Broadway Rd Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave 17 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Indian School Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd ke R S Baseline Rd Litchfield Rd Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Cactus Rd riz on a 51 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd al A " ÿ Bell Rd Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) o La FR Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY S #1 Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 kwy ay P Deer Va Jomax Rd ar Sagu K Van Buren St Baseline Rd CORTEZ BUTTE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR Camelback Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd nt r Class 4 87 Usery Pass Rd Indian School Rd PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE 303 " ÿ 101 Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Peoria Ave lvd lvd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd " ÿ LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA o Blvd C BA LE Courthouse Rd W y Dixileta Dr d Blv DD SA 10 MCDOWELL AREA Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd o § ¦ ¨ TONOPAH DESERT a Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. HARQUAHALA PLAIN av it ar Sagu Cactus Rd Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY Non Natural Structural Structures Underground Pipe Channel Levee Conveyance Channel Storage Basin Dam Compatibility Class C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Rural Sonoran Arizona Upland Suburban Sonoran Arizona Upland Urban Sonoran Arizona Upland Industrial Sonoran Arizona Upland C C C C C C C C C C IC S S S S IC S S S S IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 4 4 4 4 Natural Upper Tonto Rural Upper Tonto Suburban Upper Tonto Urban Upper Tonto Industrial Upper Tonto C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Tonto Stream Rural Upper Tonto Stream Suburban Upper Tonto Stream Urban Upper Tonto Stream Industrial Upper Tonto Stream C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Tonto River Rural Tonto River Suburban Tonto River Urban Tonto River Industrial Tonto River C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Compatibility Ratings C = Structure is fully compatible with the Landscape Character Unit IC = Structure type is incompatible with the Landscape Character Unit 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY Compatibility Class Landscape Character Units Natural Upland Wash Rural Upland Wash Suburban Upland Wash Urban Upland Wash Industrial Upland Wash Tonto Character Type NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA Dam Class 1 SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Natural Underground Pipe Structures MAZATZAL MTS. Dobson Rd UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Future Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Future Landscape Character Units Map, 2008 Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 13 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Recreation Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES STRUCTURE TYPES COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes 60 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd an rn Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Conveyance Channel (Class 4) Storage Basin (Class 5) (Class 6) IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C 1 1 1 6 6 State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves Maricopa Regional Trail System C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C IC C IC IC C IC IC IC IC C 4 5 1 1 6 C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC 5 5 5 C C C C C IC 5 Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Pecos Rd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave Compatibility Class City and County Parks Rural Suburban Urban Other Recreation Areas Golf Courses Compatibility Ratings C = Structure is fully compatible with the Parks & Recreation Resource IC = Structure type is incompatible with the Parks & Recreation Resource WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy Dam Local Superstition Blvd POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd PINTO CREEK AREA Baseline Ave Hawes Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e Bush Hwy Recker Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Mesa Dr Elliot Rd SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd 60 Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd So u Mesa Dr C Country Club Dr al Stapley Dr Stapley Dr Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr TEMPE BUTTES Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 48th St 40th St 48th St d McKellips Rd Brown Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 48th St 40th St Pecos Rd KOMATKE GAP Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 24th St 32 nd St Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St 7th Ave SOUTH MTS. R hi Le Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 40th St Estrella Pkwy 19th Ave 27th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave St Johns Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal nal Channel Levee (Class 3) IC IC IC C C SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal Rainbow Valley Rd Buckeye Rd Ca LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY na Underground Pipe (Class 2) C C C C C na P CLANTON HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 83rd Ave Elliot Rd St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal 75th Ave 59th Ave 99th Ave SIERRA ESTRELLA Grand Canal 19th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb 91st Ave Gle nH Central Ave 7th St Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave a tio iz McDonald Dr Non Natural Structures Structural (Class 1) Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Other BLM Lands Other National Forest Lands PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar d o Ariz Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r Vineyard Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA eV d Blv al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd rig Via D Blv PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES COMPATIBILITY RATINGS FOR STRUCTURE TYPES Gra nd e d Irrigation Canal Ray Rd lt Ir Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Pa lisa de s ke R nal al ev e Thunderbird Rd nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l on Ca Can Buckeye Broadway Rd Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd t Can al o La Van Buren St Olive Ave Pr o je c elt Arlingt Litchfield Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 w CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd Thomas Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Indian School Rd Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Peoria Ave riz on a 51 17 Cactus Rd al A Bell Rd Class 6 Roosevelt Lake ev os Ro Baseline Rd S #1 Camelback Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd ar Sagu S PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE Glendale Ave Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Talisman Rd kwy ay P Deer Va Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd FR Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd o Blvd K Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave 303 lvd lvd nt r Class 4 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Jomax Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd 35th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd W y Dixileta Dr d Blv C BA LE 10 MCDOWELL AREA Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd o DD SA TONOPAH DESERT a Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. HARQUAHALA PLAIN av it ar Sagu Cactus Rd Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd Dam Class 1 SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Natural Underground Structures Pipe MAZATZAL MTS. Idaho Rd UNTY Horseshoe Reservoir d t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY Canals FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA Flood Control Structures DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA) Parks & Recreation Resources Structure Type Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Map, 2008 Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 14 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Open Space Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY OPEN SPACE RESOURCES STRUCTURE TYPES COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes 60 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave Pecos Rd Channel Levee (Class 3) Conveyance Channel (Class 4) Storage Basin (Class 5) (Class 6) C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves C C C C C C IC IC C C IC IC C C IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC 4 5 1 1 Conservation Open Spaces C IC IC IC IC IC 1 Retention Open Spaces C C C C C C 6 C C C C C C C C C C C C 6 6 C IC IC IC IC IC 1 C IC IC IC IC IC 1 Germann Rd Dam Compatibility Class Floodplain Lands WHITLOW CANYON AREA Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Secure Open Space Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves BLM National Forest Lands VINEYARD FRS Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy Underground Pipe (Class 2) Other Federal Open Space Lands POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Hawes Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e Bush Hwy Recker Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Rural Rd Priest Dr Elliot Rd SALT RIVER MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Baseline Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd McDowell Rd Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave 56th St So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Brown Rd Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 32 nd St 48th St 48th St 40th St 40th St Thomas Rd McKellips Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 48th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave KOMATKE GAP hi Le Rd Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave Pecos Rd Pecos Rd 40th St Estrella Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd Lehi Rd TEMPE BUTTES Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd nal McDonald Dr (Class 1) Structures Floodways Floodplain Fringe Areas & Other Floodplain Zones SUPERIOR AREA Compatibility Ratings C = Structure is fully compatible with the Open Space Resource IC = Structure type is incompatible with the Open Space Resource PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave Dobbins Rd Western Canal Ca LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY na NonNatural Structural OPEN SPACE RESOURCES Desert Spaces Open Space Plan na P BUCKEYE HILLS iz Buckeye Rd 59th Ave St Johns Rd Elliot Rd 59th Ave 99th Ave 83rd Ave 75th Ave St Johns CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal 19th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb 91st Ave Gle nH Central Ave 7th St SIERRA ESTRELLA 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ar OPEN SPACE RESOURCES COMPATIBILITY RATINGS FOR STRUCTURE TYPES entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal d o Ariz Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r Beloat Rd Private Rd eV d Blv al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd a tio Via D Blv Gra nd e d rig Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Ray Rd lt Ir Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Pa lisa de s ke R nal Broadway Rd al Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Ar Ca lington Can Buckeye ev e Thunderbird Rd o La Van Buren St Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd t Can al nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 H ARLINGTON VALLEY CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd Litchfield Rd Olive Ave Pr o je c Class 6 Roosevelt Lake elt Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd ev os Ro Baseline Rd S #1 Camelback Rd Indian School Rd Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Peoria Ave riz on a 51 17 Cactus Rd al A Bell Rd Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ar Sagu S PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE Glendale Ave Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Talisman Rd kwy ay P Deer Va Jomax Rd Usery Pass Rd FR BUCK EYE FR SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd o Blvd K Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave 303 lvd lvd nt r Class 4 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Dixileta Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd 35th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd W y Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd o C BA LE 10 MCDOWELL AREA d Blv TONOPAH DESERT DD SA HARQUAHALA PLAIN a Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave WHITE TANK MTS. av it ar Sagu Cactus Rd Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd Dam Class 1 SIERRA ANCHA Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Natural Underground Structures Pipe MAZATZAL MTS. Idaho Rd UNTY R on ati tell ns Co t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. Flood Control Structures Canals Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Maricopa Association of Governments AVRA VALLEY USDI Bureau of Land Management Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape Inventory & Analysis (LIA) Open Space Resources Structure Type Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Open Space Resources Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 15 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. COMBINED RESOURCES STRUCTURE TYPE COMPATIBILITY WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY Existing Landscape Character Units, Recreation and Open Space CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE ck Ja Kellis Rd Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd LOWER SALT RIVER AREA an C rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 " ÿ DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 (9) L 4 C SSC L SSC 2 NA S S M M L S S M L L 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 S S M M L 3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 NA NA NA NA NA S M S S 4.1 4.2 S M 3.1 3.2 NA NA NA NA S 3.1 NA NA 5.1 5.2 No Reduction No Reduction 4.1 No Reduction No Reduction 1 NA No Reduction NA (7) (8) NA NA NA NA NA 3 S 3.1 No Reduction No Reduction 2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Notes: (1) This section of the table lists the Structure Types Compatibility Classes along with their associated compatible structure types, scale ratings and Scale Sub-Classes that are found on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. (4) The headings of these columns identify the structure types that are compatible under each Structure Type Compatibility Class that is contained on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. The abbreviations used for the structure types are as follow: L = Levee; C = Channel; B = Basin; D = Dam; NA = Not Applicable: scale sub-classes do not apply to these compatibility classes. (5) The structure scale compatibility ratings for the structure types included under each compatibility class (2) are listed in these columns. This info is excerpted from the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Matrix that was used to produce the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map in the 2008 LIA. The abbreviations used for the scale sub-classes are as follow: S = Small Scale Structures are Compatible; M = Medium Scale Structures are Compatible; L = Large Scale Structures are Compatible (6) This column lists the scale sub-class number that is assigned to each unique combination of structure type scale compatibility ratings found on the Landscape Character Unit Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. (7) The headings in these columns identify the reduced structure type compatibility classes that could occur when other resource structure type compatibility class maps (Recreation, Open Space, Biological, etc) are combined with the landscape character units structure types compatibility class map. (8) The headings in these columns identify the structure types that would be compatible if the structure type compatibility classes on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map were reduced when combined with other resource compatibility class maps. The structure scale compatibility ratings listed under these headings were derived by deleting the structure types not associated with the reduced structure type compatibility class. Higher compatibility classes on Other Resource Structure Type Compatibility Class Maps cannot reduce lower classes on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map and are designated as “No Reduction” in the table. 89 BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. SSC S S M M L 5 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. CRATER RANGE B S S M L L (9) The scale sub-class numbers listed under the SSC column headings were assigned using the folllowing process: (1) The combination of structure scales listed for each compatibility class (6) was compared with those listed for the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Classes; (2) If a match was found, a corresponding scale sub-class number was assigned, or (3) if no match was found, the combination was assigned a new scale sub-class number. MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD S S S C S S M M L Empire Blvd " ÿ Wood Rd S S S L 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 (3) This column lists the Structure Types Compatibility Classes contained on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. RITTENHOUSE FRS 78 DENDORA VALLEY S M 4 (4) (5) (2) This section of the table lists the reduced Structure Types Compatibility Classes and their associated compatible structure types, scale ratings and Scale sub-classes that can result from combining the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map with other resource structure types compatibility class maps. VINEYARD FRS Patterson Rd PALOMAS PLAIN 5 5 S S M L L Reduced Structure Compatibility Classes, Structure Types, Scale Ratings and Scale Sub-Classes (2) Scale Sub-Class (6) Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. Baseline Ave Hawes Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd Ocotillo Rd S M M M L SALT RIVER MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr 60 Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd S S M L L TWO BAR RIDGE APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd Elliot Rd S M M M L Apache Lake Canyon Lake al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Mesa Dr Broadway Rd Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd d Brown Rd HIGLEY BASIN 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr 48th St 32 nd St 40th St 48th St TEMPE BUTTES Maric opa Rd KOMATKE GAP 48th St 40th St Pecos Rd R hi Le McKellips Rd Brown Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 56th St 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave SOUTH MTS. Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 d MT. MCDOWELL AREA Lehi Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd McDonald Dr 6 6 6 6 6 Saguaro Lake Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St d Estrella Pkwy Western Canal nal Blv nal Rainbow Valley Rd Buckeye Rd Ca Gra nd e roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY 7th Ave Cre ek R 51st Ave 43rd Ave Dobbins Rd 35th Ave Elliot Rd na d entu ra " ÿ iz Blv L Sturcture Scale Ratings C B D na P CLANTON HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd 40th St SIERRA ESTRELLA Grand Canal 75th Ave St Johns Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd eV Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave Gle nH 99th Ave Air lin e Bullard Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Elliot Rd Ray Rd Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd r Vineyard Rd Via D Pa lisa de s o Ariz Arling ton Cs Irrigation Canal Mountain View Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Ar Via Linda Shea Blvd al ntr Ce nal a tio Thunderbird Rd d y on Ca rig Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY ke R w Arlingt lt Ir Cactus Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Glendale Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA ev e t Can al Structure Type Compatibility Class (3) o La H Old US 80 Ro os Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Broadway Rd al Dunlap Ave Pr o je c elt Lower River Rd Can Buckeye Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd 51 17 lley Rd Landscape Character Unit Structure Types Compatibility Class Map (1) ev os Ro e m lo Sa GILA BEND MTS. Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd Litchfield Rd Olive Ave Deer Va riz on a " ÿ Bell Rd § ¦ ¨ Peoria Ave Peoria Ave al A Jomax Rd ar Sagu S Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Thomas Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd S #1 Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Cactus Rd nt r GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd FR BUCK EYE FR Camelback Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd o Blvd K Van Buren St Baseline Rd CORTEZ BUTTE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE 303 " ÿ Ce o C BA LE Indian School Rd LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Rio Verde Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Deer Valley Rd " ÿ Class 6 87 Dixileta Dr Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM Blvd Thunderbird " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. Peoria Ave lvd lvd 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ DD SA Courthouse Rd MCDOWELL AREA W y d Blv Cactus Rd 10 a ar Sagu Waddell Rd WHITE TANK MTS. av it le ag nE lde Go HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA FRS Class 5 Stagecoach Pass Te rr M 59th Ave Sta rd us tB Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H R DA Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr 107th Ave R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW easa nt Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Rd El Mirage TONOPAH DESERT 27th Ave Sarival Ave l 91st Ave na 91st Ave Ca 107th Ave A ct roje aP Class 4 Bartlett Reservoir Dynamite Blvd 115th Ave tral Ce n on riz Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Class 3 SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Class 2 MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Dam 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Class 1 t SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM MCMULLEN VALLEY UNTY R on ati tell ns Co Natural Underground Structures Pipe Compatibility Classes WICKENBURG MTS. WICKENBURG AREA VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA) Existing Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 Open Space Resources Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 16 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA COMBINED RESOURCES STRUCTURE TYPE COMPATIBILITY TONTO BASIN BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY Future Landscape Character Units, Recreation and Open Space CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE ck Ja Horseshoe Reservoir d GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA NEW RIVER AREA Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St an C rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 " ÿ DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 (9) L 4 C SSC L SSC 2 NA S S M M L S S M L L 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 S S M M L 3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 NA NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA S M S S 4.1 4.2 S M 3.1 3.2 NA NA NA NA S 3.1 NA NA 5.1 5.2 No Reduction No Reduction 4.1 No Reduction No Reduction S 3.1 No Reduction No Reduction 2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA No Reduction NA (7) (8) NA Notes: (1) This section of the table lists the Structure Types Compatibility Classes along with their associated compatible structure types, scale ratings and Scale Sub-Classes that are found on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. (4) The headings of these columns identify the structure types that are compatible under each Structure Type Compatibility Class that is contained on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. The abbreviations used for the structure types are as follow: L = Levee; C = Channel; B = Basin; D = Dam; NA = Not Applicable: scale sub-classes do not apply to these compatibility classes. (5) The structure scale compatibility ratings for the structure types included under each compatibility class (2) are listed in these columns. This info is excerpted from the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Matrix that was used to produce the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map in the 2008 LIA. The abbreviations used for the scale sub-classes are as follow: S = Small Scale Structures are Compatible; M = Medium Scale Structures are Compatible; L = Large Scale Structures are Compatible (6) This column lists the scale sub-class number that is assigned to each unique combination of structure type scale compatibility ratings found on the Landscape Character Unit Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. (7) The headings in these columns identify the reduced structure type compatibility classes that could occur when other resource structure type compatibility class maps (Recreation, Open Space, Biological, etc) are combined with the landscape character units structure types compatibility class map. (8) The headings in these columns identify the structure types that would be compatible if the structure type compatibility classes on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map were reduced when combined with other resource compatibility class maps. The structure scale compatibility ratings listed under these headings were derived by deleting the structure types not associated with the reduced structure type compatibility class. Higher compatibility classes on Other Resource Structure Type Compatibility Class Maps cannot reduce lower classes on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map and are designated as “No Reduction” in the table. 89 BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. SSC S S M M L 5 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. CRATER RANGE B S S M L L (9) The scale sub-class numbers listed under the SSC column headings were assigned using the folllowing process: (1) The combination of structure scales listed for each compatibility class (6) was compared with those listed for the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Classes; (2) If a match was found, a corresponding scale sub-class number was assigned, or (3) if no match was found, the combination was assigned a new scale sub-class number. MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD 3 C S S M M L Empire Blvd " ÿ Wood Rd S S S L 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 (5) (3) This column lists the Structure Types Compatibility Classes contained on the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map. RITTENHOUSE FRS 78 DENDORA VALLEY S S S (4) (2) This section of the table lists the reduced Structure Types Compatibility Classes and their associated compatible structure types, scale ratings and Scale sub-classes that can result from combining the Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Class Map with other resource structure types compatibility class maps. VINEYARD FRS Patterson Rd PALOMAS PLAIN S M 4 S S M L L Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd PINTO CREEK AREA Baseline Ave Hawes Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd Ocotillo Rd 5 5 TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr 60 Williams Field Rd Queen Creek Rd S M M M L SALT RIVER MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd Elliot Rd S S M L L Apache Lake Canyon Lake al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd d Brown Rd HIGLEY BASIN 56th St 40th St Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr 48th St 32 nd St 40th St 48th St TEMPE BUTTES Maric opa Rd 48th St R hi Le McKellips Rd Brown Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Pecos Rd KOMATKE GAP Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 56th St 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave SOUTH MTS. Thomas Rd Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St d Estrella Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS EAST LOWER SALT RIVER AREA MT. MCDOWELL AREA McKellips Rd S M M M L Saguaro Lake Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 d nal Rainbow Valley Rd Western Canal 19th Ave Elliot Rd Dobbins Rd 27th Ave 43rd Ave 75th Ave nal Blv roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY Buckeye Rd Ca McDonald Dr 6 6 6 6 6 Reduced Structure Compatibility Classes, Structure Types, Scale Ratings and Scale Sub-Classes (2) Scale Sub-Class (6) na P CLANTON HILLS 7th Ave Cre ek R 51st Ave 51st Ave n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 83rd Ave a tio McDowell Rd 40th St SIERRA ESTRELLA Grand Canal 35th Ave Central Ave 7th St Narramore Rd Private Rd St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d 99th Ave Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave arb Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r rig na Gra nd e o Ariz Desert Rose Rd lt Ir " ÿ iz d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Blv al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd ev e eV Pa lisa de s d Elliot Rd Ray Rd Ro os Via D PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Thunderbird Rd ke R Vineyard Rd Dunlap Ave Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY L Sturcture Scale Ratings C B D o La nal Irrigation Canal Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave 17 t Can al Structure Type Compatibility Class (3) ar Sagu y on Ca Olive Ave 51 § ¦ ¨ Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA Cactus Rd " ÿ Bell Rd Pr o je c Landscape Character Unit Structure Types Compatibility Class Map (1) Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w Arlingt Broadway Rd al kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd riz on a lley Rd elt Old US 80 H GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Can Buckeye enw Gre Greenway Rd al A Deer Va Jomax Rd ev os Ro Lower River Rd Litchfield Rd Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd e m lo Sa CORTEZ BUTTE Thomas Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) Usery Pass Rd S Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Indian School Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd Camelback Rd Rio Verde Dr o Blvd FR Baseline Rd Blvd Thunderbird 303 " ÿ 101 Talisman Rd " LUKE BASIN ÿ WHITE TANKS FRS #4 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA d Blv K PALO VERDE HILLS S #1 Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr nt r o C BA LE Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR lvd lvd Ce Deer Valley Rd " ÿ Class 6 87 Dixileta Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Lone Mountain Rd CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd ADOBE DAM 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ DD SA Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave Glendale Ave Class 5 MCDOWELL AREA W y ar Sagu Cactus Rd TONOPAH DESERT a le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd WHITE TANK MTS. av it Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 59th Ave H HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA FRS Te rr M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr R DA 75th Ave R Beardsley Rd Sta rd us tB 107th Ave Rd El Mirage BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW easa nt Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd MCMICKEN DAM 10 27th Ave Sarival Ave l 91st Ave na 91st Ave Ca 107th Ave A ct roje aP Class 4 Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Dynamite Blvd 115th Ave tral Ce n on riz Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Class 3 SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Class 2 MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Dam 60 LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Channel Conveyance Storage Channel Basin Levee Class 1 t SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY Kellis Rd MCMULLEN VALLEY UNTY d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co Natural Underground Structures Pipe Compatibility Classes WICKENBURG MTS. WICKENBURG AREA VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA) Future Landscape Character Units Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 Open Space Resources Structure Types Compatibility Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 17 Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Analysis Landscape Analysis Resource Importance Need for Application of Sensitive Guidlines Valued Resources to Preserve in Place Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structure Types Compatibility Class Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structure Types Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structural Methods Compatibility Class Maps Types Structure Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structural Methods Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Class Maps Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks Structure & Recreation Types Structure OpenTypes Space Biological Cultural Combined Resources Landscape Design Theme Compatibility Class Map GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA Scenery Resource Assessment TONTO BASIN BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE ck Ja SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd d Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Thomas Rd McDowell Rd Recker Rd Williams Field Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Ocotillo Rd Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd d WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd VINEYARD FRS Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 Wood Rd Semi-Soft Structural (Class 2) (Class 3) Enhanced Hard Structural (Class 4) Landscape Character Units Natural River Channel Rural River Channel Suburban River Channel Urban River Channel Industrial River Channel C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Natural River Terrace Rural River Terrace Suburban River Terrace Urban River Terrace Industrial River Terrace C C C C C C C C C C Natural Valley Plain Rural Valley Plain Suburban Valley Plain Urban Valley Plain Industrial Valley Plain C C C C C Natural Valley Wash Rural Valley Wash Suburban Valley Wash Urban Valley Wash Industrial Valley Wash Semi-Hard Structural Hard Structural (Class 5) (Class 6) SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 3 4 C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 4 4 C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C 3 3 3 4 6 C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Arroyo Rural Arroyo Suburban Arroyo Urban Arroyo Industrial Arroyo C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Bajada Rural Upper Bajada Suburban Upper Bajada Urban Upper Bajada Industrial Upper Bajada C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 2 3 3 4 Natural Lower Bajada Rural Lower Bajada Suburban Lower Bajada Urban Lower Bajada Industrial Lower Bajada C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 4 4 Natural Volcanic Field Rural Volcanic Field Suburban Volcanic Field Urban Volcanic Field Industrial Volcanic Field C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C 3 3 3 4 6 Natural Foothills Rural Foothills Suburban Foothills Urban Foothills Industrial Foothills C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 2 3 3 Natural Mountains Rural Mountains Suburban Mountains Urban Mountains Industrial Mountains C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Non Natural Methods Structural Soft Structural Semi-Soft Structural Hard Structural Compatibility Class (Class 2) (Class 3) Enhanced Hard Structural (Class 4) Semi-Hard Structural (Class 1) (Class 5) (Class 6) Landscape Character Units Natural Upland Wash Rural Upland Wash Suburban Upland Wash Urban Upland Wash Industrial Upland Wash C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Rural Sonoran Arizona Upland Suburban Sonoran Arizona Upland Urban Sonoran Arizona Upland Industrial Sonoran Arizona Upland C C C C C IC C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 2 3 3 4 Natural Upper Tonto Rural Upper Tonto Suburban Upper Tonto Urban Upper Tonto Industrial Upper Tonto C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Tonto Stream Rural Upper Tonto Stream Suburban Upper Tonto Stream Urban Upper Tonto Stream Industrial Upper Tonto Stream C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Tonto River Rural Tonto River Suburban Tonto River Urban Tonto River Industrial Tonto River C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 3 4 Tonto Character Type SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS Compatibility Ratings C = Complimentary and Compatible IC = Not Complimentary or Compatible MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY REFERENCE FEATURES 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. SILVER BELL MTS. Data Sources CIMARRON PEAK VALLEY OF THE AJO LITTLE AJO MTS. Flood Control Structures Canals Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes PIMA COUNTY AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Existing Landscape Character Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Existing Landscape Character Units Map, 2008 SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. Compatibility Class Baseline Ave Hawes Rd Warner Rd Pecos Rd SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Sossaman Rd Mesa Dr Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Guadalupe Rd Chandler Blvd Riggs Rd DENDORA VALLEY Soft Structural (Class 1) APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Baseline Rd Elliot Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Brown Rd Bush Hwy d Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd R hi Le Broadway Rd HIGLEY BASIN 56th St 40th St Brown Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 48th St Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Lehi Rd Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd St 7th Ave 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St 24th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 16th St 7th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 24th St 51st Ave KOMATKE GAP LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave Cre ek R 51st Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave Pecos Rd 40th St Estrella Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS EAST McDonald Dr McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 Pecos Rd Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 SOUTH MTS. Rd nal d nal Rainbow Valley Rd Western Canal Ca Blv roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY na d na P CLANTON HILLS iz Buckeye Rd Estrella Dr St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd 59th Ave 75th Ave 59th Ave or Blv d arb Gle nH 83rd Ave Elliot Rd St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Lake Pl 107th Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Central Ave 7th St Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave SIERRA ESTRELLA Ar Blv entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr n D istrict Canal Dobbins Rd eV Pa lisa de s o Ariz Desert Rose Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr r Apache Rd Palo Verde Rd Johnson Rd Wilson Ave Wintersburg Rd 355th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave 331st Ave Turner Rd Narramore Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Grand Canal 75th Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Elliot Rd Private Rd Via D d Vineyard Rd Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd Gra nd e ke R a tio PARADISE VALLEY o La Irrigation Canal Ray Rd rig Cactus Rd Bell Rd ar Sagu y nal lt Ir t Can al PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA ev e Pr o je c Non Natural Methods Structural Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w Ar Ca lington al Ro os lley Rd Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Olive Ave riz on a Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd al A Deer Va LANDSCAPE CHARACTER FLOOD PROTECTION METHODS COMPATIBILITY Sonoran Desert Character Type elt Old US 80 H GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Broadway Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave nt r GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ev os Ro e m lo Sa ARLINGTON VALLEY CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd Can Buckeye 101 Ce Jomax Rd Usery Pass Rd S Narramore Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd Litchfield Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd Blvd Thunderbird Van Buren St Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd o Blvd FR Baseline Rd S #1 vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Happy Valley Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Deer Valley Rd Class 6 87 Dixileta Dr d Blv K Van Buren St PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR Lone Mountain Rd ar Sagu Indian School Rd lvd LUKE BASIN Camelback Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. 303 Glendale Ave Class 5 MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd o C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave lvd 103rd Ave DD SA 10 a le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. av it CAVE BUTTES DAM ADOBE DAM 91st Ave Union Hills Dr Jo hn so nB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. Te rr M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM H Sta rd us tB R DA 91st Ave R Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA FRS RIVE NEW easa nt Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Rd El Mirage TONOPAH DESERT 27th Ave Sarival Ave l 99th Ave n izo na 107th Ave Ar Ca Class 4 Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Dynamite Blvd 115th Ave tral Ce n ct roje aP Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Class 3 SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Class 2 MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural Class 1 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Semi-Soft Structural 60 Idaho Rd UNTY C t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA MCMULLEN VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d Soft Natural Methods Structural Compatibility Classes WICKENBURG MTS. nR tio lla ste on SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 18 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. Scenery Resource Assessment BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY FUTURE LANDSCAPE CHARACTER FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY BLOODY BASIN CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE ck Ja SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd d Alma School Rd Hayden Rd rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Ocotillo Rd d Power Rd Lindsay Rd Hunt Hwy Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd GOLDFIELD MTS. PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS WHITLOW CANYON AREA Pecos Rd VINEYARD FRS Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 Wood Rd Semi-Soft Structural (Class 2) (Class 3) Enhanced Hard Structural (Class 4) Landscape Character Units Natural River Channel Rural River Channel Suburban River Channel Urban River Channel Industrial River Channel C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Natural River Terrace Rural River Terrace Suburban River Terrace Urban River Terrace Industrial River Terrace C C C C C C C C C C Natural Valley Plain Rural Valley Plain Suburban Valley Plain Urban Valley Plain Industrial Valley Plain C C C C C Natural Valley Wash Rural Valley Wash Suburban Valley Wash Urban Valley Wash Industrial Valley Wash Semi-Hard Structural Hard Structural (Class 5) (Class 6) SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 3 4 C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 4 4 C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C 3 3 3 4 6 C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Arroyo Rural Arroyo Suburban Arroyo Urban Arroyo Industrial Arroyo C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Bajada Rural Upper Bajada Suburban Upper Bajada Urban Upper Bajada Industrial Upper Bajada C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 2 3 3 4 Natural Lower Bajada Rural Lower Bajada Suburban Lower Bajada Urban Lower Bajada Industrial Lower Bajada C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 4 4 Natural Volcanic Field Rural Volcanic Field Suburban Volcanic Field Urban Volcanic Field Industrial Volcanic Field C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C 3 3 3 4 6 Natural Foothills Rural Foothills Suburban Foothills Urban Foothills Industrial Foothills C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 2 3 3 Natural Mountains Rural Mountains Suburban Mountains Urban Mountains Industrial Mountains C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY Non Natural Structural Methods Soft Structural Semi-Soft Structural Hard Structural Compatibility Class (Class 2) (Class 3) Enhanced Hard Structural (Class 4) Semi-Hard Structural (Class 1) (Class 5) (Class 6) Landscape Character Units Natural Upland Wash Rural Upland Wash Suburban Upland Wash Urban Upland Wash Industrial Upland Wash C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Rural Sonoran Arizona Upland Suburban Sonoran Arizona Upland Urban Sonoran Arizona Upland Industrial Sonoran Arizona Upland C C C C C IC C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 2 3 3 4 Natural Upper Tonto Rural Upper Tonto Suburban Upper Tonto Urban Upper Tonto Industrial Upper Tonto C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Upper Tonto Stream Rural Upper Tonto Stream Suburban Upper Tonto Stream Urban Upper Tonto Stream Industrial Upper Tonto Stream C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Tonto River Rural Tonto River Suburban Tonto River Urban Tonto River Industrial Tonto River C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 3 3 4 Tonto Character Type SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS Compatibility Ratings C = Complimentary and Compatible IC = Not Complimentary or Compatible MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY REFERENCE FEATURES 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. Compatibility Class Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Sossaman Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd SALT RIVER MTS. TWO BAR RIDGE SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Warner Rd Chandler Blvd Riggs Rd DENDORA VALLEY Soft Structural (Class 1) APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Thomas Rd McDowell Rd 60 Baseline Rd Rural Rd Priest Dr Kyrene Rd d Brown Rd Mesa Dr Southern Ave 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St 128th St 94th St Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr 32 nd St 48th St 48th St 40th St 40th St Brown Rd Broadway Rd HIGLEY BASIN Maric opa Rd 48th St R hi Le McKellips Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Be ltli ne R 104th St 64th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 56th St 7th Ave Central Ave 7th Ave KOMATKE GAP Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 7th St 24th St 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave Pecos Rd Pecos Rd Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Val Vista Dr 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave Cre ek R 51st Ave 43rd Ave 35th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST McDonald Dr McKellips Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Rd Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 40th St Estrella Pkwy Rainbow Valley Rd 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave 75th Ave St Johns Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave or Blv d arb Gle nH l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Lake Pl 107th Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd RAINBOW VALLEY Western Canal nal LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake nal CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Ca d roject Ca BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd Estrella Dr St Johns na Blv na P Desert Rose Rd Elliot Rd iz d o Ariz Arling ton Cs SIERRA ESTRELLA Ar Blv entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr n D istrict Canal Dobbins Rd eV Pa lisa de s al ntr Ce Narramore Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Grand Canal 75th Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd d Elliot Rd Private Rd Via D ke R Vineyard Rd Thunderbird Rd Mountain View Rd Gra nd e o La a tio PARADISE VALLEY PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave rig Cactus Rd Bell Rd ar Sagu lt Ir t Can al Usery Pass Rd Irrigation Canal Ray Rd ev e Pr o je c Non Natural Methods Structural Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l nal al Ro os lley Rd LANDSCAPE CHARACTER FLOOD PROTECTION METHODS COMPATIBILITY Sonoran Desert Character Type Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd riz on a 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Olive Ave al A Deer Va Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Ar Ca lington Broadway Rd kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Peoria Ave nt r GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) elt w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 H ARLINGTON VALLEY CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd Can Buckeye 101 Ce Jomax Rd ev os Ro Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd Van Buren St enw Gre Greenway Rd Blvd Thunderbird Litchfield Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd o Blvd S Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Indian School Rd BUCKEYE FRS #2 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Happy Valley Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Deer Valley Rd Class 6 87 Dixileta Dr d Blv FR Baseline Rd S #1 lvd LUKE BASIN Camelback Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 Lone Mountain Rd ar Sagu K Van Buren St PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. 303 Glendale Ave Pinnacle Peak Rd Beardsley Rd Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd o C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave lvd 103rd Ave DD SA 10 a le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. av it CAVE BUTTES DAM ADOBE DAM 91st Ave Union Hills Dr Jo hn so nB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN BELMOST MTS. Class 5 Stagecoach Pass Te rr M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave MCMICKEN DAM H Sta rd us tB R DA 91st Ave R Beardsley Rd HARQUAHALA FRS RIVE NEW easa nt Rd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Rd El Mirage TONOPAH DESERT 27th Ave Sarival Ave l 99th Ave n izo na 107th Ave Ar Ca Class 4 Bartlett Reservoir Dynamite Blvd 115th Ave tral Ce n ct roje aP Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. Class 3 SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Class 2 MAZATZAL MTS. CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural Class 1 NEW RIVER AREA LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Semi-Soft Structural 60 Idaho Rd UNTY C t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA MCMULLEN VALLEY Horseshoe Reservoir d Soft Natural Methods Structural Compatibility Classes WICKENBURG MTS. nR tio lla ste on VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. Flood Control Structures Canals Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. BATAMOTE MTS. PIMA COUNTY VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Future Landscape Character Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Future Landscape Character Units Map, 2008 SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS CIMARRON MTS. GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 19 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Recreation Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes 60 NEW RIVER AREA Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Williams Field Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Chandler Blvd SUPERSTITION MTS. Baseline Ave Pecos Rd WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Priest Dr Kyrene Rd Rural Rd HIGLEY BASIN PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Baseline Rd 56th St 40th St 48th St Broadway Rd Southern Ave Maric opa Rd 40th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd St 7th Ave Brown Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Be ltli ne R Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th St 24th St 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave KOMATKE GAP McDowell Rd Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave St Johns Rd 59th Ave 99th Ave 83rd Ave Gle nH Central Ave 7th St Estrella Pkwy Pecos Rd Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Brown Rd (Class 3) Enhanced Hard Structural (Class 4) Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Other BLM Lands Other National Forest Lands C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C IC Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves Maricopa Regional Trail System C C C C C Hunt Hwy Local City and County Parks Rural Suburban Urban Other Recreation Areas Golf Courses Semi-Hard Structural Hard Structural (Class 5) (Class 6) Compatibility Class IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 3 3 C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 1 C C IC IC C IC C IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 3 1 1 3 C C C C C C C C C IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 4 C C C IC IC IC 3 Compatibility Ratings C = Complimentary and Compatible IC = Not Complimentary or Compatible SUPERIOR AREA PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal Rainbow Valley Rd Pecos Rd hi Le Rd TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY 19th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb 91st Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr r Apache Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Johnson Rd 331st Ave Turner Rd Wintersburg Rd 355th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave Arling ton Cs SOUTH MTS. Thomas Rd Lehi Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 GUADALUPE FRS EAST MT. MCDOWELL AREA McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd Semi-Soft Structural (Class 2) na P Desert Rose Rd Dobbins Rd Western Canal nal SALT RIVER MTS. Canyon Lake o Ariz CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Ca McDonald Dr Apache Lake Saguaro Lake al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS Grand Canal 75th Ave Elliot Rd na LOWER SALT RIVER AREA d Elliot Rd Narramore Rd iz d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Ar Blv d ke R Vineyard Rd Private Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA eV Soft Structural (Class 1) o La a tio Via D Blv Non Natural Methods Structural PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES ar Sagu rig Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Ray Rd lt Ir Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd Pa lisa de s nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l nal Broadway Rd al ev e Thunderbird Rd PARKS & RECREATION RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION METHODS COMPATIBILITY Gra nd e elt on Ca Can Buckeye Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY Usery Pass Rd Van Buren St t Can al DREAMY DRAW DAM Glendale Ave Class 6 Roosevelt Lake Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd Pr o je c Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ev os Ro Arlingt Litchfield Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 w CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd H Narramore Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY Indian School Rd Olive Ave 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Peoria Ave riz on a Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd al A Deer Va Jomax Rd o Blvd S Baseline Rd S #1 Camelback Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd d Blv FR PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE Glendale Ave kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 nt r Class 4 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Dixileta Dr ar Sagu K BUCK EYE FR SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd W y Lone Mountain Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave 303 lvd lvd 103rd Ave DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 10 MCDOWELL AREA le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd Cactus Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN a CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd 35th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H HASSAYAMPA PLAIN WHITE TANK MTS. av it Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us tB R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM HARQUAHALA FRS RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd BELMOST MTS. Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t HARQUAHALA MTS. Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. Semi-Soft Structural Class 1 CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Soft Natural Methods Structural MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Idaho Rd UNTY Horseshoe Reservoir d t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. Flood Control Structures Canals Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA), 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Map, 2008 SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. CANADA DEL ORO SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY WATERMAN MTS. 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 20 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Open Space Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY OPEN SPACE RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA Compatibility Classes 60 NEW RIVER AREA Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd Blvd Fountain Hills rn Bush Hwy Recker Rd Higley Rd Germann Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Queen Creek Rd Pecos Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd Enhanced Hard Structural Semi-Hard Structural Hard Structural (Class 3) (Class 4) (Class 5) (Class 6) C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 1 1 1 State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 1 Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves C C C C C C IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC 2 3 1 1 Conservation Open Spaces C IC IC IC IC IC 1 Retention Open Spaces C C C IC IC IC 3 C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC 3 3 C IC IC IC IC IC 1 C IC IC IC IC IC 1 Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Compatibility Class SUPERSTITION MTS. Secure Open Space Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Southern Ave Baseline Ave Other Federal Open Space Lands POWERLINE FRS Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Chandler Blvd PINTO CREEK AREA SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Pecos Rd WHITLOW CANYON AREA Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh o Ocotillo Rd use Rd Hunt Hwy BLM National Forest Lands Floodplain Lands VINEYARD FRS Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr Mesa Dr Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr C an al Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr Priest Dr Kyrene Rd Rural Rd HIGLEY BASIN TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS 60 Baseline Rd 56th St 40th St 48th St Brown Rd Broadway Rd Southern Ave Maric opa Rd 40th St 136th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 48th St 40th St 48th St 32 nd St 7th Ave McDowell Rd McKellips Rd University Dr Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 16th St 24th St 7th St Be ltli ne R Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th St 24th St 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave KOMATKE GAP Thomas Rd Lehi Rd Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave 59th Ave St Johns Rd 59th Ave 99th Ave 83rd Ave Gle nH Central Ave 7th St Estrella Pkwy Pecos Rd Pecos Rd Rd SALT RIVER MTS. SUPERIOR AREA Floodways Floodplain Fringe Areas & Other Floodplain Zones PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS nal Rainbow Valley Rd 19th Ave Lake Pl 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb 91st Ave 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave Litchfield Rd l na Ca Air lin e Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Dysart Rd Cotton Ln Bullard Ave Reems Rd Alsup Ave Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr r Apache Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Johnson Rd 331st Ave Turner Rd Wintersburg Rd 355th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd 339th Ave Arling ton Cs GUADALUPE FRS EAST hi Le Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Thomas Rd McKellips Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Thomas Rd MT. MCDOWELL AREA roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY Western Canal nal McDonald Dr Semi-Soft Structural (Class 2) Desert Spaces Open Space Plan Apache Lake Canyon Lake na P CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Ca LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake o Ariz Desert Rose Rd Dobbins Rd St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal 75th Ave Elliot Rd na d al ntr Ce SIERRA ESTRELLA iz Blv d Elliot Rd Narramore Rd Ar d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal Blv ke R Beloat Rd Private Rd eV Pa lisa de s Soft Structural (Class 1) o La a tio Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Irrigation Canal Ray Rd rig Via D DREAMY DRAW DAM Glendale Ave Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd Non Natural Structural Methods OPEN SPACE RESOURCES ar Sagu nal lt Ir Thunderbird Rd OPEN SPACE RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION METHODS COMPATIBILITY Gra nd e Usery Pass Rd on Ca Broadway Rd al Vineyard Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Can Buckeye ev e Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 H Narramore Rd Van Buren St Ro os t Can al PHOENIX MTS. AREA Bethany Home Rd Indian School Rd Roosevelt Lake Dunlap Ave Dunlap Ave Class 6 elt Lower River Rd Litchfield Rd Happy Valley Rd lley Rd Pr o je c Class 5 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) ev os Ro Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Elliot Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY S #1 Thomas Rd 51 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Olive Ave riz on a Bell Rd 17 Cactus Rd Peoria Ave al A Deer Va Jomax Rd o Blvd S BUCK EYE FR Camelback Rd Indian School Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd d Blv FR Baseline Rd CORTEZ BUTTE Glendale Ave kwy ay P Thunderbird Rd Blvd Thunderbird LUKE BASIN enw Gre Greenway Rd 101 nt r Class 4 87 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Dixileta Dr ar Sagu K PALO VERDE HILLS CEMETARY RIDGE BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. 303 Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd W y Lone Mountain Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd o C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave lvd lvd 103rd Ave DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 10 MCDOWELL AREA le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd Cactus Rd HARQUAHALA PLAIN a CAVE BUTTES DAM Pinnacle Peak Rd 35th Ave Jo hn so nB 75th Ave H HASSAYAMPA PLAIN WHITE TANK MTS. av it Jomax Rd Jomax Rd ADOBE DAM Class 3 Stagecoach Pass Te rr M Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave Union Hills Dr Sta rd us tB R DA 51st Ave easa nt Rd R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM HARQUAHALA FRS RIVE NEW 91st Ave Rd El Mirage 107th Ave Happy Valley Rd BELMOST MTS. Class 2 Bartlett Reservoir Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd 107th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 115th Ave Ar na El Mirage Rd tral Ce n Ca 27th Ave Sarival Ave Patton Rd ct roje aP CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd BIG HORN MTS. Dove Valley Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Reef Aqueduct al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Class 1 CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Hard Semi-Soft Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural Structural Soft Natural Methods Structural MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Idaho Rd UNTY Horseshoe Reservoir d t Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA Compatibility Ratings C = Complimentary and Compatible IC = Not Complimentary or Compatible DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd Patterson Rd 78 DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA PIMA BUTTE AREA 85 SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 84 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD NINETYSIX HILLS GILA BEND PLAIN MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY Canals FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA Flood Control Structures DESERT PEAK AREA TORTOLITA MTS. Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Maricopa Association of Governments AVRA VALLEY USDI Bureau of Land Management Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape Inventory & Analysis (LIA), 2008 Open Space Resources Flood Protection Methods Compatibility Ratings Matrix, 2008 Open Space Resources Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 21 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY COMBINED RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA 60 NEW RIVER AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd al an C rn Recker Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Pecos Rd DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy " ÿ Class 3 Class 2 4 3 2 1 Semi-Hard Structural 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 Hard Structural with Aesthetic Treatment 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 Semi-Soft Structural 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 Soft-Structural 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Non-Structural 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Class 1 PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Class 4 5 SUPERIOR AREA " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA Class 5 6 WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS 78 85 Class 6 6 POWERLINE FRS Patterson Rd " ÿ Flood Protection Structural Method Class Southern Ave Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd Method Reduced Landscape Character Unit Flood Protection Method Compatibility Classes Hard Structural TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr 60 Chandler Blvd Queen Creek Rd Landscape Character Unit Flood Protection Structural Method Compatibility Class Map SALT RIVER MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Bush Hwy Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr Mesa Dr Broadway Rd Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr d Brown Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd R hi Le McKellips Rd Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr McKellips Rd Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 48th St 40th St 48th St Thomas Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd KOMATKE GAP 48th St 40th St Pecos Rd 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 24th St 32 nd St Pecos Rd Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th St 7th Ave GUADALUPE FRS EAST McDonald Dr Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Lehi Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R Thomas Rd GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd nal LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 7th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 27th Ave 43rd Ave Western Canal 40th St Estrella Pkwy Buckeye Rd Ca d nal Rainbow Valley Rd na Blv roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY 19th Ave 27th Ave 51st Ave Dobbins Rd 35th Ave 75th Ave 75th Ave Elliot Rd " ÿ iz Gra nd e na P CLANTON HILLS McDowell Rd n D istrict Canal St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 83rd Ave a tio Ar Grand Canal d entu ra Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St SIERRA ESTRELLA Private Rd St Johns Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Lake Pl 107th Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d Air lin e Gle nH Ca na l Alsup Ave arb Litchfield Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Turner Rd Johnson Rd 331st Ave r rig eV Blv o Ariz Desert Rose Rd lt Ir Via D Pa lisa de s al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd ev e Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd Via Linda Shea Blvd d Narramore Rd Ray Rd Ro os Thunderbird Rd PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Indian School Rd Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY ke R Vineyard Rd Elliot Rd Dunlap Ave t Can al o La nal Olive Ave Pr o je c Class 5 Class 6 Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l on Ca Irrigation Canal Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave 17 Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd al Cactus Rd riz on a 51 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd al A " ÿ Bell Rd lley Rd Class 4 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) elt w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 H CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd Can Buckeye kwy ay P Deer Va Jomax Rd ev os Ro Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Litchfield Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd nt r Class 3 ar Sagu S Baseline Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Usery Pass Rd FR PALO VERDE HILLS S #1 Camelback Rd Indian School Rd " ÿ 101 Blvd Thunderbird 303 WHITE TANKS FRS #4 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA Happy Valley Rd Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd Beardsley Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr Talisman Rd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Pinnacle Peak Rd " ÿ 87 Dixileta Dr o Blvd K Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR lvd lvd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd Lone Mountain Rd d Blv C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave Glendale Ave Class 2 MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd o DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 10 a CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave easa nt Rd H 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ av it ar Sagu Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. Te rr le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 1 M ADOBE DAM 91st Ave Union Hills Dr R DA Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Rd El Mirage Hard Semi-Soft Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural Structural Bartlett Reservoir Stagecoach Pass Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd 99th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 107th Ave Ar na 115th Ave tral Ce n Ca El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd ct roje aP 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Soft Natural Methods Structural Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HARQUAHALA MTS. Compatibility Classes MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Existing Landscape Character Units, Recreation and Open Space Horseshoe Reservoir d t UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA) Existing Landscape Character Units Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 Open Space Resources Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 22 GRAYBACK MTN. AREA DUGAS AREA AGUA FRIA AREA PEEPLES VALLEY BLACK MTS. (YA) Landscape Inventory & Analysis for Maricopa County PINE MTN. AREA HARDSCRAMBLE MESA AREA KOHL RANCH AREA PAYSON AREA WAGONER AREA DATE CREEK MTS. WEAVER MTS. BLACK CANYON DATE CREEK BASIN AREA TONTO BASIN Scenery Resource Assessment BLOODY BASIN PERRY MESA BRADSHAW MTS. YAVAPAI COUNTY COMBINED RESOURCES FLOOD PROTECTION STRUCTURAL METHODS COMPATIBILITY CONGRESS BASIN HARCUVA MTS. MERRIT HILLS AGUILA RIDGE WICKENBURG MTS. ck Ja MCMULLEN VALLEY SUNNYCOVE DAM " ÿ AGUILA VALLEY GILA COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS AREA BUCKHORN MTS. HUMBOLT MTN. AREA 60 NEW RIVER AREA CAMP CREEK AREA Circle Mountain Rd Lake Pleasant Cre ek Rd School House Rd 32nd St Ca ve Pima Rd Alma School Rd Hayden Rd al an C rn Recker Rd Higley Rd Gilbert Rd McQueen Rd Dobson Rd Germann Rd Ocotillo Rd d Hunt Hwy Power Rd Lindsay Rd Riggs Rd Cooper Rd Chandler Heights Rd Chandler Heights Rd PINTO CREEK AREA SUPERSTITION MTS. Idaho Rd Meridian Rd Signal Butte Rd Ironwood Dr Crismon Rd Hawes Rd Superstition Blvd Broadway Ave GLOBE-MIAMI AREA Pecos Rd DENDORA VALLEY Wood Rd PALOMAS PLAIN Germann Rd Rit Queen Creek Rd te nh ou se Rd Ocotillo Rd Hunt Hwy " ÿ Class 3 Class 2 4 3 2 1 Semi-Hard Structural 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 Hard Structural with Aesthetic Treatment 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 Semi-Soft Structural 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 Soft-Structural 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Non-Structural 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Class 1 PINAL MTS. RITTENHOUSE FRS DRIPPING SPRINGS VALLEY Empire Blvd MINERAL MTN. AREA RAY AREA SANTAN MTS. 87 COTTON CENTER AREA Class 4 5 SUPERIOR AREA " ÿ PIMA BUTTE AREA Class 5 6 WHITLOW CANYON AREA VINEYARD FRS 78 85 Class 6 6 POWERLINE FRS Patterson Rd " ÿ Flood Protection Structural Method Class Southern Ave Baseline Ave Ellsworth Rd Williams Field Rd Sossaman Rd Warner Rd Ray Rd Pecos Rd Method Reduced Landscape Character Unit Flood Protection Method Compatibility Classes Hard Structural TWO BAR RIDGE GOLDFIELD MTS. SPOOK HILL FRS SIGNAL BUTTE FRS Hawes Rd Greenfield Rd Lindsay Rd Stapley Dr 60 Chandler Blvd Queen Creek Rd Landscape Character Unit Flood Protection Structural Method Compatibility Class Map SALT RIVER MTS. APACHE JUNCTION FRS Guadalupe Rd Cooper Rd McClintock Dr Elliot Rd Bush Hwy Thomas Rd McDowell Rd " ÿ Baseline Rd Hawes Rd th e So u Mesa Dr Mesa Dr Broadway Rd Southern Ave Rural Rd Priest Dr d Brown Rd HIGLEY BASIN Kyrene Rd R hi Le McKellips Rd Brown Rd TEMPE BUTTES 56th St Fountain Hills Blvd 136th St Stapley Dr Country Club Dr Alma School Rd Dobson Rd Pima Rd Hayden Rd 56th St wy Scottsdale Rd Pk Ga lvin Priest Dr Priest Dr McKellips Rd Mill Ave 32nd St 40th St 44th St 48th St 32 nd St 48th St 48th St 40th St 40th St Thomas Rd Lehi Rd University Dr Maric opa Rd 48th St 128th St 94th St 104th St 64th St 56th St Scottsdale Rd Tatum Blvd 7th St 24th St 7th St 7th Ave Forest Rd 64th St Ca ve 16th St 7th Ave 16th St 24th St 27th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave KOMATKE GAP McDonald Dr Apache Lake Canyon Lake MT. MCDOWELL AREA Val Vista Dr Cre ek R d 7th St 16th St 24th St 7th Ave 27th Ave 19th Ave 7th Ave Central Ave Pecos Rd 40th St Estrella Pkwy Pecos Rd LOWER SALT RIVER AREA Saguaro Lake nal Rainbow Valley Rd GUADALUPE FRS EAST d roject Ca RAINBOW VALLEY Thomas Rd Curry Rd Rio Salado Pkwy GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #2 SOUTH MTS. Be ltli ne R nal GUADALUPE FRS NORTH #1 Estrella Dr Rd Ca Blv na P CLANTON HILLS Buckeye Rd Western Canal 27th Ave 43rd Ave Dobbins Rd 35th Ave 75th Ave Elliot Rd St Johns BUCKEYE HILLS 35th Ave 43rd Ave 67th Ave 51st Ave n D istrict Canal 75th Ave St Johns Rd SIERRA ESTRELLA McDowell Rd 59th Ave Central Ave 7th St 83rd Ave Gle nH Air lin e Bullard Ave Lake Pl 107th Ave 111th Ave 107th Ave 103rd Ave or Blv d arb Litchfield Rd Ca na l Alsup Ave Reems Rd Estrella Pkwy Sarival Ave Airport Rd Watson Rd Rainbow Rd Dean Rd Rooks Rd Dysart Rd Bullard Ave Reems Rd Cotton Ln Beardsley Canal Perryville Rd Citrus Rd Jackrabbit Tr r Miller Rd Palo Verde Rd Wilson Ave Johnson Rd 331st Ave Turner Rd Narramore Rd Private Rd na Gra nd e entu ra " ÿ iz d o Ariz Desert Rose Rd a tio Ar Blv al ntr Ce Arling ton Cs Apache Rd 355th Ave Wintersburg Rd 339th Ave 411th Ave 395th Ave Harquahala Valley Rd rig eV Pa lisa de s d lt Ir Via D Indian Bend Rd Lincoln Dr 101 McDonald Dr Grand Canal Via Linda Shea Blvd Mountain View Rd DREAMY DRAW DAM Bethany Home Rd ev e Thunderbird Rd ke R Vineyard Rd Elliot Rd Ray Rd Ro os Cactus Rd Bell Rd PARADISE VALLEY PHOENIX MTS. AREA Glendale Ave Indian School Rd t Can al o La nal Olive Ave Class 5 Class 6 Roosevelt Lake nservation Distr r Co ict C ate ana W l on Ca Irrigation Canal Dunlap Ave Peoria Ave Peoria Ave Lower Buckeye Rd Elwood St Broadway Rd Beloat Rd BUCKEYE AREA y Arlingt Broadway Rd al Peoria Ave Dunlap Ave 17 Pr o je c Class 4 GRANITE MTN. AREA (MA) elt w GILA BEND MTS. Beloat Rd Hazen Rd Old US 80 H CORTEZ BUTTE Lower River Rd Can Buckeye Cactus Rd riz on a 51 § ¦ ¨ Thunderbird Rd al A " ÿ Bell Rd lley Rd Jomax Rd ev os Ro Baseline Rd e m lo Sa Narramore Rd ARLINGTON VALLEY CEMETARY RIDGE Van Buren St BUCKEYE FRS #2 Yuma Rd Dobbins Rd Litchfield Rd enw Gre Greenway Rd kwy ay P Deer Va Class 3 ar Sagu S Baseline Rd Elliot Rd Thomas Rd Rio Verde Dr Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd Usery Pass Rd FR PALO VERDE HILLS S #1 Camelback Rd Indian School Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #4 LOWER VERDE RIVER AREA o Blvd K Van Buren St SADDLE MTN. EAGLETAIL MTS. BUCKEYE FRS #3 McDowell Rd BUCK EYE FR Blvd Thunderbird 303 " ÿ 101 Talisman Rd WHITE TANKS FRS #3 Indian School Rd vd ell Bl Bosw Hutton Dr nt r " ÿ 87 Dixileta Dr Pinnacle Peak Rd Ce Deer Valley Rd Beardsley Rd lvd " LUKE BASIN ÿ Glendale Ave Lone Mountain Rd d Blv C BA LE Courthouse Rd Peoria Ave lvd Pinnacle Peak Rd o DD SA TONOPAH DESERT 10 MCDOWELL AREA W y Jomax Rd Jomax Rd 59th Ave Jo hn so nB 103rd Ave § ¦ ¨ a ar Sagu Cactus Rd WHITE TANK MTS. av it le ag nE lde Go Waddell Rd HARQUAHALA FRS Class 2 Stagecoach Pass Te rr CAVE BUTTES DAM 51st Ave easa nt Rd H Enhanced Semi-Hard Hard Hard Structural Structural Structural Class 1 M ADOBE DAM 91st Ave Union Hills Dr R DA Pinnacle Peak Rd 99th Ave BELMOST MTS. RIVE NEW 91st Ave R Beardsley Rd MCMICKEN DAM Sta rd us tB HASSAYAMPA PLAIN HARQUAHALA PLAIN 27th Ave Sarival Ave Rd El Mirage Semi-Soft Structural Bartlett Reservoir Dynamite Blvd Jomax Rd Happy Valley Rd 99th Ave n izo Joy Ranch Rd UNION HILLS AREA l 107th Ave Ar na 115th Ave tral Ce n Ca El Mirage Rd BIG HORN MTS. Patton Rd ct roje aP 91st Ave Dobbins Rd 83rd Ave t Ce nte rS Patton Rd 203rd Ave WHITTMAN AREA Dove Valley Rd CAVE CREEK AREA 33rd Ave 211th Ave al Beardsley Can HARQUAHALA MTS. SIERRA ANCHA Soft Structural Natural Methods Honda Bow Rd VULTURE MTS. HIEROGLYPHIC MTS. Compatibility Classes MAZATZAL MTS. LAKE PLEASANT AREA Reef Aqueduct Future Landscape Character Units, Recreation and Open Space Horseshoe Reservoir d t UNTY Kellis Rd CASANDRO WASH DAM SUNSET DAM R on ati tell ns Co d rS n R ne rde Teg Bu WICKENBURG AREA NORTHERN SAN PEDRO VALLEY SACATON VALLEY CITRUS VALLEY AGUA CALIENTE AREA FLORENCE AREA MARICOPA MTS. PALO VERDE MTS. PAINTED ROCKS MTS. TORTILLA MTS. SACATON MTS. Gila Blvd Stout Rd DONNELLY WASH AREA Old A 84 jo R Old 84 d SR PINAL COUNTY CASA GRANDE AREA § ¦ ¨ MARICOPA-STANFIELD BASIN 8 SENTINEL VOLCANIC FIELD " ÿ 84 GILA BEND PLAIN NINETYSIX HILLS " ÿ MARICOPA COUNTY 89 CASA GRANDE MTS. TABLE TOP MTS. BLACK MTN. (PN) PICACHO MTS. AZTEC HILLS DURHAM-SUIZO AREA VEKOL VALLEY SR 85 SAND TANK MTS. PICACHO BASIN VAIVA HILLS REFERENCE FEATURES MCCLELLAN WASH AREA SILVER REEF MTS. SAUCEDA VALLEY Tonto National Forest Boundary County Boundary § ¦ ¨ 10 TAT MOMOLI MTS. CRATER RANGE FALCON VALLEY PICACHO PEAK MIDWAY AREA SAWTOOTH MTS. SAUCEDA MTS. AGUILA MTS. VEKOL MTS. CHILDS VALLEY TAT MOMOLI VALLEY § ¦ ¨ Canals 10 Interstate Highways Intermittent Streams Æ ÿ State Highways Perennial Streams Major Roads Lakes 87 DESERT PEAK AREA Flood Control Structures TORTOLITA MTS. SLATE MTS. KAKA VALLEY CHILDS MTN. CIMARRON MTS. VALLEY OF THE AJO Data Sources LITTLE AJO MTS. AGUIRRE VALLEY SHERIDAN MTS. SIKORT CHUAPO MTS. SANTA ROSA MTS. POZO REDONDO MTS. MOHAWK MTS. SILVER BELL MTS. CIMARRON PEAK GROWLER VALLEY SAN CRISTOBAL VALLEY SAMANIEGO HILLS PIMA COUNTY GROWLER MTS. GRANITE MTS. SANTA ROSA VALLEY BATAMOTE MTS. SAN SIMON VALLEY WINDOW VALLEY Flood Control District of Maricopa County Landscape AVRA Inventory VALLEY& Analysis (LIA) Future Landscape Character Units Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 Parks & Recreation Resources Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 Open Space Resources Flood Protection Methods Map, 2008 WATERMAN MTS. Prepared by Flood Control District of Maricopa County January 2010 RILLITO AREA CANADA DEL ORO 0 2 4 8 12 TUCSON MTS. TUCSON BASIN NORTH Miles 16 20 Figure 23 Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Analysis Landscape Analysis Resource Importance Need for Application of Sensitive Guidlines Valued Resources to Preserve in Place Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structure Types Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structure Types Compatibility Class Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structure Types Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structural Methods Compatibility Class Maps Types Structure Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structural Methods Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Class Maps Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks Structure & Recreation Types Structure OpenTypes Space Biological Cultural Combined Resources Landscape Design Theme Compatibility Class Map Landscape Design Themes Compatibility with Landscape Character Units 1 2 3 4 5 Natural Upper Tonto Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Tonto Hydro Riparian Modified Tonto Landscape Character Units Natural Upland Wash Rural Upland Wash Suburban Upland Wash Urban Upland Wash Industrial Upland Wash IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C IC C C C C IC IC IC C IC Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Rural Sonoran Arizona Upland Suburban Sonoran Arizona Upland Urban Sonoran Arizona Upland Industrial Sonoran Arizona Upland IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC Natural Upper Tonto Rural Upper Tonto Suburban Upper Tonto Urban Upper Tonto Industrial Upper Tonto C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC Natural Upper Tonto Stream Rural Upper Tonto Stream Suburban Upper Tonto Stream Urban Upper Tonto Stream Industrial Upper Tonto Stream IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C IC C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC Natural Tonto River Rural Tonto River Suburban Tonto River Urban Tonto River Industrial Tonto River IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C IC C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Riparian Natural Sonoran Desert Hydro Riparian SemiNatural Sonoran Desert Enhanced Desert Desert Park Desert Oasis Urban Plaza Landscape Character Units Natural River Channel Rural River Channel Suburban River Channel Urban River Channel Industrial River Channel IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC IC C IC Natural River Terrace Rural River Terrace Suburban River Terrace Urban River Terrace Industrial River Terrace IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C Natural Valley Plain Rural Valley Plain Suburban Valley Plain Urban Valley Plain Industrial Valley Plain IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C IC IC C C C Natural Valley Wash Rural Valley Wash Suburban Valley Wash Urban Valley Wash Industrial Valley Wash IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC C C C Natural Arroyo Rural Arroyo Suburban Arroyo Urban Arroyo Industrial Arroyo IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C C Natural Upper Bajada Rural Upper Bajada Suburban Upper Bajada Urban Upper Bajada Industrial Upper Bajada C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC C C C C C Natural Lower Bajada Rural Lower Bajada Suburban Lower Bajada Urban Lower Bajada Industrial Lower Bajada C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC Natural Volcanic Field Rural Volcanic Field Suburban Volcanic Field Urban Volcanic Field Industrial Volcanic Field C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC Natural Foothills Rural Foothills Suburban Foothills Urban Foothills Industrial Foothills C C C C C C C C C C Natural Mountains Rural Mountains Suburban Mountains Urban Mountains Industrial Mountains C C C C C C C C C C Sonoran Desert Character Type Tonto Character Type Landscape Design Themes Compatibility with Parks & Recreation Resources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 Natural Upper Tonto Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Tonto Hydro Riparian Modified Tonto Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Riparian Natural Sonoran Desert Hydro Riparian SemiNatural Sonoran Desert Enhanced Desert Desert Park Desert Oasis Urban Plaza Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Other BLM Lands Other National Forest Lands C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Other BLM Lands Other National Forest Lands C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C C C C C C IC IC Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves Maricopa Regional Trail System C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC C C IC C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C IC IC IC IC C Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves Maricopa Regional Trail System C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC C C IC C Local City and County Parks Rural Suburban Urban Other Recreation Areas Golf Courses C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Sonoran Desert Character Type Local City and County Parks Rural Suburban Urban Other Recreation Areas Golf Courses C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Tonto Character Type Landscape Design Themes Compatibility with Open Space Resources Sonoran Desert Character Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Natural Lower Sonoran Desert Riparian Natural Sonoran Desert Hydro Riparian SemiNatural Sonoran Desert 7 8 Enhanced Desert Park Desert 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 Desert Oasis Urban Plaza Natural Upper Tonto Natural Sonoran Arizona Upland Natural Sonoran Desert Upland Riparian Natural Tonto Hydro Riparian Modified Tonto C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC Desert Spaces Open Space Plan Desert Spaces Open Space Plan Secured Open Space Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves Tonto Character Type Secured Open Space Federal Wilderness Areas National Monuments National Wildlife Refuges / Preserves C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC State State Parks (None) Wildlife Areas C C C C C C C C IC IC Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC C IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC Regional County Regional Parks County Recreation Areas City Regional Parks City Mountain Preserves C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC C C IC Conservation Open Spaces C C C C C IC IC IC IC IC Conservation Open Spaces C C C C IC Retention Open Spaces C C C C C C C C IC IC Retention Open Spaces C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C IC IC IC C IC C C C IC IC IC IC C C C C C C C C C IC Other Federal Open Space Lands BLM National Forest Lands Floodplain Lands Floodways Floodplain Fringe Areas & Other Floodplain Zones Other Federal Open Space Lands BLM National Forest Lands Floodplain Lands Floodways Floodplain Fringe Areas & Other Floodplain Zones C IC C C IC C C C C C Appendix Detailed Landscape Inventory & Analysis Process Landscape Character Cultural Settings Conversion Table Detailed Landscape Inventory & Analysis Process Land and Resource Direction Landscape Inventory Landscape Analysis Resource Importance Scenery Resource Travelways Inventory (MCDOT) Federal & State Laws and Executive Orders Maricopa County Floodplain Regulations and Drainage Policies & Standards Flood Control District of Maricopa County Mission Vision Pledge District Land and Resource Goals and Objectives Landscape Character Types (USDA Forest Service) Landscape Character SubTypes MAG Land Use Data Existing Future Visual Sensitivity Levels for Travelways Need for Application of Sensitive Guidlines Landscape Variety Classes Valued Resources to Preserve in Place Landscape Character Physical Settings Landscape Character Cultural Settings Landscape Character Units Floodplain Management Strategies Existing Future Biological Cultural Existing Future Flood Protection Structure Types Existing Parks and Recreation Resources Maricopa Regional Trail MAG Desert Spaces Plan Updated Information Parks and Recreation Resources Open Space Resources Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Flood Protection Structural Methods Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Biological Resources Landscape Design Themes Cultural Resources Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Compatibility Ratings Structure Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Biological Cultural Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Floodplain Management Strategies Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structure Types Compatibility Class Structure Maps Types Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structure Types Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Structural Methods Compatibility Class Maps Types Structure Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks & Recreation Structure Types Open Space Combined Resources Structural Methods Compatibility Class Map Biological Cultural Landscape Design Themes Compatibility Class Maps Structure Types Scenery Resource Structure Types Parks Structure & Recreation Types Structure OpenTypes Space Biological Cultural Combined Resources Landscape Design Theme Compatibility Class Map Landscape Character Cultural Settings Conversion Table DRAFT MAG Land Use Classification 2005 LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) Land Use (Level 2Long Display) Single Family Low Density - Less than 1 du/ac SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 100 Single Family Medium Density - 1 to 4 du/ac Single Family High Density - Greater than 4 du/ac - Includes Mobile Homes RESIDENTIAL LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) General Residential General Residential SFL 110 Rural Residential SFL 120 Estate Residential 130 Large Lot Residential (SF) <= 1/5 du per acre (SF) 1/5 du per acre to 1 du per acre (SF) 1 du per acre to 2 du per acre (SF) 140 Medium Lot Residential (SF) 2-4 du per acre (SF) SFM 150 Small Lot Residential (SF) 4-6 du per acre (SF) SFH 160 Very Small Lot Residential (SF) >6 du per acre (SF) SFH Mobile home parks/RV Parks (>6 du per acre) SFH 5-10 du per acre (MF) MF 10-15 du per acre (MF) MF >15 DU/AC Residential (MF) Parking structures serving Residential Parking lots serving Residential Parking lots serving Residential MF 170 180 Multi Family Description 100 161 MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) 190 198 199 M 199 Very Small Lot Residential (SF-Mobile Homes) Medium Density Residential (MF) High Density Residential (MF) Very High Density Residential (MF) Parking structures serving Residential Parking lots serving Residential Parking lots serving Residential SFL SFM MF MF MF Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) Single Family Low Density Less than 1 du/ac Single Family Low Density Less than 1 du/ac Single Family Low Density Less than 1 du/ac Single Family Medium Density - 1 to 4 du/ac Single Family Medium Density - 1 to 4 du/ac Single Family High Density Greater than 4 du/ac Includes Mobile Homes Single Family High Density Greater than 4 du/ac Includes Mobile Homes Single Family High Density Greater than 4 du/ac Includes Mobile Homes Multi Family Apartment/Condo Multi Family Apartment/Condo Multi Family Apartment/Condo Multi Family Apartment/Condo Multi Family Apartment/Condo Multi Family Apartment/Condo Sector Display Code (Level 1) Landscape Character Cultural Settings SF Sector Display Description Single Family Residential Single Family Residential Single Family Residential Single Family Residential Single Family Residential SF Single Family Residential Suburban SF Single Family Residential Suburban SF SF SF SF SF MF MF MF MF MF MF Single Family Residential Multi Family Residential Multi Family Residential Multi Family Residential Multi Family Residential Multi Family Residential Multi Family Residential Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008 Rural Rural Rural Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban Urban Urban Urban Urban Suburban LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) Land Use (Level 2Long Display) Retail Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail 200 RETAIL RETAIL Retail High Community Retail/Regional Retail LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) Description Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) 200 General Retail Commercial where no detail available RL 201 Very Low Density Commercial Amusement facilities RL 202 M Low Density Commercial Movie Theatres, Skating Rinks RL 202 Low Density Commercial Movie Theatres, Skating Rinks RL 203 Greenhouse Commercial Nurseries, Greenhouses RL 210 M Specialty Commercial <=50,000 square feet RL 210 Specialty Commercial <=50,000 square feet RL 220 M Neighborhood Commercial 50,000 to 100,000 square feet RL 220 Neighborhood Commercial 50,000 to 100,000 square feet RL 230 Community Commercial 100,000 to 500,000 square feet RH 240 Regional Commercial 500,000 to 1,000,000 square feet RH 250 Super-Regional Commercial >= 1,000,000 square feet RH 298 Parking structures serving Commercial Parking structures serving Commercial RH 299 M Parking lots serving Commercial Parking lots serving Commercial RH 299 Parking lots serving Commercial Parking lots serving Commercial RH Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial Low Amusement/Movie Theatre/Specialty Retail/Neighborhood Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Commercial High Community Retail/Regional Retail Sector Display Code (Level 1) Sector Display Description Landscape Character Cultural Settings RET Retail Suburban RET Retail Suburban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Suburban RET Retail Rural RET Retail Urban RET Retail Suburban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Suburban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Urban RET Retail Suburban Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008 LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) Land Use (Level 2Long Display) LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) 300 INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL Industrial OFFICE Office Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. OTHER Tourist Accomodations Motel/Hotel/Resort Industrial IND Industrial IND Industrial IND Industrial Urban IND IND Industrial Industrial IND IND Industrial Industrial Suburban Industrial IND Industrial IND Industrial Industrial IND Industrial IND Industrial Industrial OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Office Office Office Office Office OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Office Office Office Office Office Urban Urban Suburban Urban Urban OFF Office OFF Office Urban Sector Display Code (Level 1) Sector Display Description 499 M Parking lots serving Office Parking lots serving Office OFF Office OFF Office Urban 499 Parking lots serving Office Parking lots serving Office OFF Office OFF Office Suburban 500 Employment where no detail available OTH 510 General Employment Tourist and Visitor Accommodations Hotels, motels and resorts HOT 511 Motels Motels HOT 512 Hotels Hotels HOT 513 Resorts HOT 520 Educational Resorts Educational institutions where no detail available Other Employment Tourist Accomodations Motel/Hotel/Resort Tourist Accomodations Motel/Hotel/Resort Tourist Accomodations Motel/Hotel/Resort Tourist Accomodations Motel/Hotel/Resort EDU Educational/Religious OTH/PUB 521 Schools (K-12 grade) Schools EDU Educational/Religious OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment EDU Educational OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment EDU Educational OTH/PUB EDU Educational OTH/PUB 399 OFFICE IND Landscape Character Cultural Settings Industrial Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) 498 398 400 Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) Office General Office Low Rise Office Low Rise Office Mid Rise Office High Rise Parking structures serving Office 310 320 400 410 M 410 420 430 522 M General Industrial Description General Industrial Warehouse/Distribution Centers Warehouse/Distribution Centers Industrial Parking structures serving Industrial Parking lots serving Industrial Office where no detail available 1-4 stories 1-4 stories 5-12 stories 13 stories or more Parking structures serving Office 310 M 300 Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) Light Industrial Light Industrial Industrial Parking structures serving Industrial Parking lots serving Industrial Including public and private colleges and technical Post High School Institutions training institutions OTH/PUB OTH/PUB OTH/PUB OTH/PUB OTH/PUB 523 Including public and private colleges and technical Post High School Institutions training institutions ASU Main and Extended Arizona State University Campuses 524 Dormitories Dormitories associated with educational institutions EDU Educational OTH/PUB 525 Preschool/Daycare facilities Preschool/Daycare facilities EDU Educational OTH/PUB Educational/Religious PUBLIC 522 Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008 Industrial Suburban Suburban Urban Suburban Suburban Suburban Urban Suburban Urban Urban Suburban LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) Land Use (Level 2Long Display) Medical/Nursing Home Educational/Religious OTHER Medical/Nursing Home Cemetery LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) 530 Institutional 531 Medical Institutions 532 Religious Institutions 533 Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Sector Display Code (Level 1) MED Medical/Nursing Home OTH/PUB MED Medical/Nursing Home OTH/PUB Sector Display Description Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Religious OTH/PUB Nursing Homes MED Medical/Nursing Home OTH/PUB 534 Assisted Care Facilities Assisted Care Facilities MED Medical/Nursing Home OTH/PUB 540 Cemeteries CEM Cemetery OTH/PUB 550 Public Facilities Cemeteries, Mausoleums, Crematoriums Public Facilities where no details are available PUB Public/Special Event/Military OTH/PUB 551 Public Offices Includes city halls PUB Public/Special Event/Military OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Public Services Includes community centers, libraries, police and fire stations, courts, prisons and other government services PUB Public/Special Event/Military OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment 553 Large Public Facilities Includes power sub-stations, Work yards, Sewer and Water treatment plants PUB Public/Special Event/Military OTH/PUB 554 Military PUB Public/Special Event/Military OTH/PUB PUB Public/Special Event/Military Public/Special Event/Military Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Public/Special Event/Military OTHER Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) REL 552 PUBLIC Institutions where no details are available Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) Hospitals/Medical Centers Churches/Religious Institutions Nursing Homes (Group Quarter) OTHER/PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT 500 Description 555 Military Use Very small difficult to access Limited Use Public Facilities parcels 560 Special Events Includes stadiums, sports complexes, and fairgrounds PUB 570 Other Employment (low) Other Employment (low) OTH 571 Landfill Landfill OTH 572 Sand and Gravel Sand and Gravel OTH 573 Proving Grounds Proving Grounds OTH 574 Mining Mining OTH Landscape Character Cultural Settings Suburban Urban Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban Urban Urban OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Other/Public Employment Suburban OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Urban OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008 Industrial Industrial LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) PUBLIC Land Use (Level 2Long Display) PUBLIC OTHER Null TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Null Urban Suburban Urban Suburban Urban TPT TPT TPT TPT AIR AIR AIR Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Airport Airport Airport TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT TPT Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Transportation Null Null Null Null Industrial Urban Industrial OSA Active Open Space OS Open Space Natural OSA Active Open Space OS Open Space Natural OSA GC Active Open Space Golf Course Passive/Restricted Open Space Passive/Restricted Open Space Passive/Restricted Open Space Water Agriculture OS OS Open Space Open Space Suburban Suburban OS Open Space Natural OS Open Space Natural OS OS OS Open Space Open Space Open Space Natural Natural Rural OTH 598 Parking structures serving Facilities/Employment Parking structures serving Facilities/Employment OTH 599 Parking lots serving Facilities/Employment 600 General Transportation 610 611 M 611 612 613 614 Transportation Parking Lots Parking Lots Parking Structures Park and Ride lots Transit Center Freeways/Expressways/ Highways Major Roads, Arterials Neighborhood roads Railroads Airports Sky Harbor Airport Airport Parking Water Agriculture 732 740 750 Floodplain Water Agriculture Floodplain Water General Agriculture OPEN SPACE 700 Transportation Other Employment (High) Restricted Open Space Golf Course TPT Other Employment (high) 731 Active Open Space 710 711 720 Local/Neighborhood Active Open Space Golf courses Landscape Character Cultural Settings Transportation 590 General Open Space City/Regional Active Open Space Sector Display Description TPT OTH 700 Sector Display Code (Level 1) OTH Other Employment (Medium) 615 616 617 618 620 621 699 Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment Landfill/Proving Grounds/Sand and Gravel/etc. Other Employment (medium) Passive Open Space Airport Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) 580 730 OTHER OTHER Description Passive/Restricted Open Space Transportation PUBLIC Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) Parking lots serving Facilities/Employment Transportation where no detail available Freeways/Expressways/ Highways/ Major Roads/ Arterials/ ROWs where no detail available Parking Lots Parking Lots Parking Structures Park and Ride lots Transit Center Freeways/Expressways/ Highways Major Roads, Arterials Neighborhood roads Railroads Public use airports Sky Harbor Airport Airport Parking Open Space where no detail available Includes city/regional parks, playgrounds/fields Includes Local/Neighborhood common areas, parks, playgrounds Golf Courses Includes mountain preserves and washes Restricted Open Space (Including Firing Range) TRANSPORTAT ION 600 LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) OSP OSP OSP WAT AGR OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial OTH/PUB Other/Public Employment Industrial Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008 LUCODE Land Use (Level 1Land Use MODELING) Sector (Level 1) Land Use (Level 2Long Display) Active Open Space PUBLIC LUCODE (Level 4Detailed) 798 799 800 MULTI USE RESIDENTIAL/ EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLE USE 800 800 Business Park Mixed Use 810 820 821 Planned Development 830 Business Park 900 VACANT VACANT Developing Employment Generating 910 Developing Residential 920 M Developing Commercial 920 Developing Commercial 930 Developing Industrial 940 950 Developing Office Developing Public/Other Employment Developing Public/Other Employment 960 970 980 999 950 M Transportation Active Open Space Developing Employment Generating Unknown Parking structures servingOpen Space Parking lots servingOpen Space Multiple Use where no detail Multiple Use General available Includes enclosed industrial, office or retail in a planned Business Park environment Mixed Use Jurisdiction defined Mixed Use/Indian CommunityMixed Use/Indian Community 900 898 Description Parking structures serving Open Space Parking lots serving Open Space Planned Community Parking structures serving Multiple Use Parking lots serving Multiple Use Vacant (existing land use database only) 899 Vacant Developing Residential Land Use (Level 4 Detailed) Planned Community Parking structures serving Multiple Use Parking lots serving Multiple Use Vacant Residential Under Construction Commercial Under Construction Commercial Under Construction Industrial Under Construction Long Display Code (Level 2Long Display) Long Display Description (Level 2- Long Display) Sector Display Code (Level 1) Sector Display Description Landscape Character Cultural Settings OSA Active Open Space OS Open Space Suburban OSA Active Open Space OS Open Space Rural MU Mixed Use MU Multiple Use Suburban BP MU MU Business Park Mixed Use Mixed Use MU MU MU Multiple Use Multiple Use Multiple Use Suburban Suburban Urban PD Planned Development MU Multiple Use Suburban BP Business Park MU Multiple Use Suburban BP Business Park MU Multiple Use Suburban VAC Vacant VAC Vacant Natural DVR VAC Vacant Suburban VAC Vacant Urban VAC Vacant Suburban VAC Vacant Industrial VAC Vacant Suburban VAC Vacant Urban VAC Vacant Suburban DVE Developing Transportation Developing Open Space Office Under Construction Employment Under Construction Employment Under Construction Transportation Under Construction Developing Open Space Developing Residential Developing Employment Generating Developing Employment Generating Developing Employment Generating Developing Employment Generating Developing Employment Generating Developing Employment Generating TPT OSA Transportation Active Open Space VAC VAC Vacant Vacant Null Suburban Developing Multiple Use Unknown Multiple Use Under Construction Unknown DVE UNK Developing Employment Generating Unknown VAC UNK Vacant Unknown Suburban Natural DVE DVE DVE DVE DVE Note: The cultural settings classifications shown in this table were obtained from the SRA reclass tables used for the 2007 update. Classifications for Land Use Codes not included in the SRA reclass tables were assigned by DB Holcomb. Feb 5, 2008