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Rapid Watershed Assessment

Watershed Resources

Rapid Watershed Assessments (by 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Sub-basin)

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Arizona, in partnership with the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, has completed Rapid Watershed Assessments (RWAs) of several priority watersheds in the state.  The RWAs incorporate existing information, along with new data contributed by our partners, to produce a profile of the watershed and an assessment of conservation status and needs. 

RWA reports contain narratives, tables, and GIS-based maps organized into the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Physical Description of the Watershed
  • Resource Concerns & Conservation Progress/Status
  • Census, Social & Agricultural Data
  • Resource Assessment Tables of Future Conservation Needs
  • Figures (Maps)

RWAs provide a foundation of resource information for Coordinated Resource Management and are a valuable tool to assist the NRCS, Conservation Districts, and cooperating agencies with setting resource priorities and developing and implementing conservation plans across the watershed. 

Cooperating agencies and organizations include: Arizona Association of Conservation Districts; Arizona Department of Agriculture; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality; Arizona Department of Water Resources; Arizona Game and Fish Department; Arizona State Land Department; USDA Forest Service; and USDI Bureau of Land Management.

Click on the links below to download selected Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA) main reports and figures:

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Map of Completed Rapid Watershed Assessments  (151 KB) 

Agua Fria River Watershed RWA - Main Report (1.7MB)
Agua Fria River Watershed RWA - Figures (20.2 MB)
Brawley Wash Watershed RWA - Main Report (670 KB)

Brawley Wash Watershed RWA - Figures (16.7 M)
Canyon Diablo Watershed RWA - Main Report & Figures (6 MB)
Carrizo Creek Watershed RWA - Main Report (900 KB)
Carrizo Creek Watershed RWA - Figures (18.9 MB)
Chevelon Canyon Watershed RWA - Main Report (965 KB)
Chevelon Canyon Watershed RWA - Figures (14.2 MB)
Detrital Wash Watershed RWA - Main Report (852KB)
Detrital Wash Watershed RWA - Figures (15.3 MB)
Hassayampa River Watershed RWA - Main Report (1.2 MB)
Hassayampa River Watershed RWA - Figures (19.2 MB)
Havasu Canyon Watershed RWA - Report & Figures (6 MB)
LCR Headwaters Watershed RWA - Report (657 KB)
LCR Headwaters Watershed RWA - Figures (15.4 MB)
Pantano Wash Watershed RWA -Main Report (1.6 MB)
Pantano Wash Watershed RWA - Figures (17.9 MB)
San Simon River Watershed RWA - Main Report (1.5 MB)
San Simon River Watershed RWA - Figures (15.9 MB)
Silver Creek Watershed RWA - Main Report (1.2MB)
Silver Creek Watershed RWA - Figures (14.7 MB)


For More Information About RWAs

David Beyman
State Conservation Engineer
Phone: (602) 285-6351
Email: David.Beyman@az.usda.gov

 

 

 

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