Water/Hydrology
Map drawn by Jim Davidson using online topographic maps. Long dashed lines represent the watershed boundary. Narrow straight lines represent Coronado National Forest boundaries.
Watersheds SCCo is a map of Detailed and Limited Watersheds in Santa Cruz Co. It is a Conversion and Map Modernization Project by Stantec Consulting, Inc. requested by the county to improve flood prediction and planning. Allow a few seconds to load, click in the left column to select view and adjust the magnification to your needs.
Santa Cruz Co., Arizona – The Santa Cruz Co. web site provides information for residents, land owners, builders and visitors. Use this link to find flood risk maps, a Riparian Habit brochure, geographic data, and related information at State and Federal sites. A link to Santa Cruz Co., AZ, Public Works Dept. is inoperable from this page. You may access it by searching for Santa Cruz Co., AZ, and click on Public Works.
US Environmental Protection Agency site with a wealth of data, references and links about watersheds, water quality, engineering, maps, scientific papers and technology.
Precipitation reported by amateur weather watchers to the University of Arizona. Request data for Santa Cruz County to see results for the Sonoita Creek watershed.
Sept. 26, 2011 Recent evaluation of AZ drought status
Arizona drought conditions and predictions
or “azcentral.com,” select “articles,” select “drought,” select “go.”
Education
Friends and Arizona State Parks Healthy Water Education Program curriculum for grades 3-6 includes classroom preparation for a field trip to Patagonia lake that includes math, physics, biology, and lab and field techniques. Students use a journal to record information during their field trip using sketches, notes and calculations. This program is currently not available on a regular basis. Contact Colt Alford, manager, Patagonia Lake State Park (281-6965) or Friends for information.
Geology/Mining
Wildcat Silver, a Canadian mining company, is currently drilling exploration holes in the Patagonia Mts. south of the town of Patagonia.
Scoping Notice Arizona Minerals Inc. Proposal for Mineral Exploration in the Patagonia Mts. Coronado National Forest, Sierra Vista District, Hardshell Mine. (This is the route provided by the Forest Service. To use this link, open link, click on the second option, Forest Service, add the remaining information from below and enter. The scoping notice will appear.
www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/documents/WSscopingnotice.pdf.
US 1872 Mining Law and summary (International California Mining Journal) Prospecting & Mining Journal.
Oct. 5, 2011 Arizona Public Media video of hummingbird banding on Sonoita Creek.
Fire sites
Lists of fires by state with updates and references.
Fires on satellite photos with lat/long and state boundaries.