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