Kansas Settlement, Arizona

Populated place in Cochise County, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

32°03′54″N 109°45′46″W / 32.06500°N 109.76278°W / 32.06500; -109.76278CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCochiseElevation

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4,216 ft (1,285 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-36850GNIS 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

^ ^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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)