Kansas Settlement, Arizona

Kansas Settlement, Arizona
Populated place
Kansas Settlement is located in Arizona
Kansas Settlement
Kansas Settlement
Location within the state of Arizona
Kansas Settlement is located in the United States
Kansas Settlement
Kansas Settlement
Kansas Settlement (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°03′54″N 109°45′46″W / 32.06500°N 109.76278°W / 32.06500; -109.76278
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCochise
Elevation
[1]
4,216 ft (1,285 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code520
FIPS code04-36850
GNIS feature ID24476[1]

Kansas Settlement is a populated place located in Sulphur Springs Valley in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[2]

History

After World War II, farming around Kansas Settlement expanded greatly, due to opening markets and better irrigation techniques.[3] However, by 1985 less than 25% of the area's irrigated farmland was still in production. The largest reason for this was the dropping levels of aquifers, which significantly increased the cost of pumping water for irrigation.[4] In one year alone, 1963, water levels in Kansas Settlement dropped by fifty feet.[5] One of the crops grown in and around Kansas Settlement are orchards of Western Schley pecans. Between May 2005 and December 2008, a large study was done in Kansas Settlement on the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the Western Schley pecan.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kansas Settlement, Arizona
  2. ^ "Kansas Settlement (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Arizona farming". Arizona Highways. 57. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Highway Department. 1981.
  4. ^ Marsten, Ed (1987). Western Water Made Simple. Washington, DC: Island Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0933280394.
  5. ^ Harshbarger, John William (1966). "Groundwater". Arizona Water (1648). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office: 71. ISBN 0933280394.
  6. ^ Koch, C. (2009). Nutritional Studies on Pecans. Tucson, Arizona. p. 91. ISBN 978-1109127881.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)