Upper Santa Cruz
(2,297 square miles - Arizona Portion)
USGS Cataloging Unit: 15050301
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Land Ownership
Category Acres Percent
Private 580,923 40.9
State 359,694 25.3
Tribal 34,867 2.5
BLM 9,072 0.6
Forest Service 425,007 30.0
NPS/USFWS 2,922 0.2
Defense 6,246 0.4
Other 189 0.0
Total (Rounded) 1,418,919 100.0
Land Use
Category Acres Percent
Cropland 40,513 2.9
Forest Land 282,294 19.9
Rangeland 994,896 70.1
Urban 79,905 5.6
Water 576 0.0
Other 20,736 1.5
Total (Rounded) 1,418,919 100.0
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Conservation Districts
Hereford NRCD
11411 Brown Ranch Road
Hereford, Arizona 85615
(520) 657-3251
Pima NRCD
5814 W. Circle H Place
Tucson, Arizona 85713
(520) 887-8520
Tohono O'Odham Nation SWCD
HC02 Box 7480
Sells, Arizona 85634
(520) 383-2851
Winkelman NRCD
Box 158
Mammoth, Arizona 85618
(520) 887-8520
NRCS Field Offices
Douglas Field Office
Route 1, Box 226
Douglas, Arizona 85607
(520) 657-3251
Tucson Field Office
4650 N. Highway Dr.
Tucson, Arizona 85705
(520) 887-8520
Sells Field Office
P.O. Box 577
Sells, Arizona 85634
(520) 383-2851
American Indian Nations
Tohono O'Odham Nation
P.O. Box 837
Sells, Arizona 85634
Environmental: (520) 383-2221
Natural Resources: (520) 383-3379
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MLRA 40 Sonoran Basin and Range
Land Resource Unit 40-1AZ Upper Sonoran Desert Shrub
MLRA 41 Southeastern Arizona Basin and Range
Land Resource Unit 41-1AZ Mexican Oak - Pine Woodland and Oak Savannah
Land Resource Unit 41-3AZ Southern Arizona Semidesert Grassland
SOIL SURVEY ID SOIL SURVEY NAME
AZ671 Cochise County, AZ, Douglas - Tombstone Part
AZ723 Coronado National Forest, AZ, Parts of Cochise, Graham, Pima and Pinal Counties
AZ661 Eastern Pinal and Southern Gila Counties, AZ
AZ669 Pima County, AZ, Eastern Part
AZ667 Santa Cruz and Parts of Cochise and Pima Counties, AZ
AZ668 Tucson - Avra Valley Area, AZ
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