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Kansas Settlement, Arizona
Populated place
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

Kansas Settlement is a populated place located in Sulfer Springs Valley in Cochise County, Arizona.[2][3] It has an estimated elevation of 4,216 feet (1,285 m) above sea level.[1]

After World War II, farming around Kansas Settlement expanded greatly, due to opening markets and better irrigation techniques.[4] 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.[5] In one year alone, 1963, water levels in Kansas Settlement dropped by fifty feet.[6] 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Kansas Settlement". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Kansas Settlement (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Keenan, Maynard James. Tool. PediaPress. p. 34.
  4. ^ Arizona farming. Vol. 57. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Highway Department. 1981. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Marsten, Ed (1987). Western Water Made Simple. Washington D.C.: Island Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0933280394.
  6. ^ Harshbarger, John William (1966). "Groundwater". Arizona Water (1648). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office: 71. ISBN 0933280394.
  7. ^ Koch, C. (2009). Nutritional Studies on Pecans. Tucson, Arizona: ProQuest. p. 91. ISBN 110912788X.
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