Kansas Settlement, Arizona

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Kansas Settlement
Kansas Settlement (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°03′54″N109°45′46″W / 32.06500°N 109.76278°W / 32.06500; -109.76278
Country United States
State Arizona
County Cochise
Elevation
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4,216 ft (1,285 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
Area code 520
FIPS code 04-36850
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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)