The Agua Fria River (Spanish for "cold water") is a 120-mile (190 km) long intermittent stream which flows generally south from 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Prescott in the U.S. state of Arizona . Prescott draws much of its municipal water supply from the upper Agua Fria watershed. The Agua Fria runs through the Agua Fria National Monument . The river then flows through a small canyon called "Black Canyon" into Lake Pleasant , a popular recreation area near Peoria, Arizona . (There is a large " Black Canyon " on the Colorado River along the Arizona– Nevada border.)
11-644: Waddell may refer to: Places [ edit ] Waddell, Arizona New Waddell Dam , on the Agua Fria River Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens , Macon, Georgia Waddell Creek , a stream in California E. E. Waddell Language Academy , Charlotte, North Carolina Waddells Mill Pond Site , an archeological site in Florida Waddell's Station ,
22-653: A historic site in Oklahoma Other uses [ edit ] Waddell (surname) , including a list of people with the name Russell, Majors and Waddell , a partnership that operated the Pony Express USS Waddell (DDG-24) , a United States Navy vessel Waddell and Reed , a mutual fund company Waddell (Limited), owners of Dazed & Confused (magazine) Waddell's signs , medical terminology related to back pain Topics referred to by
33-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Waddell, Arizona Waddell is an unincorporated community in Maricopa County , Arizona , United States, northwest of the city of Phoenix . Waddell is named after Donald Ware Waddell , a native of Ohio , who was a partner in the New York City investment firm of Brandon, Gordon and Waddell. It
44-719: Is flowing in the intermittent Agua Fria River, it discharges into the Gila River , which also only flows during wet periods of the year. The Central Arizona Water Conservation District of the Central Arizona Project operates the Agua Fria Recharge Project, which is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the New Waddell Dam . It serves to recharge underground aquifers in this area, and ends at Lake Pleasant, Phoenix. According to
55-588: Is located on Glendale Avenue and Cotton Lane, four miles south of the original site. The town never did develop, but remained a post office and place name for the area. The dam on the Agua Fria River that creates Lake Pleasant (once called Frog Tanks Dam then, Pleasant Dam) was renamed for Donald W. Waddell in 1963, shortly after his death, in recognition of his contributions to the Maricopa Water District. Barry M. Goldwater spoke at
66-502: The Geographic Names Information System , it has also been known historically as: The Agua Fria River rises about 1.5 miles northeast of Granite Dells, Arizona and then flows south to join the Gila River about 1 mile south of Goodyear, Arizona . Agua Fria River drains 2,433.70 square miles (6,303.3 km ) of area, receives about 16.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 415.05, and
77-766: The Wat Promkunaram Buddhist Temple . This facility was the site of a mass shooting in 1991 which left nine people dead, among them monks and temple helpers. It remains the deadliest homicide incident in Arizona history since statehood. Sixteen-year-old Alessandro Garcia and 17-year-old Jonathan Doody were charged with the crime, convicted, and sentenced. Doody was tried three times and sentenced to 281 years of prison in 2014. [REDACTED] Arizona portal [REDACTED] Media related to Waddell, Arizona at Wikimedia Commons Agua Fria River During rainy weather and at times when water
88-485: The dedication ceremony. With the expansion of the city of Surprise , use of the name Waddell to describe the location is rapidly falling into disuse. Influence of the name can still be seen in the name of Waddell Road, an arterial street running through Surprise, as well as the New Waddell Dam at Lake Pleasant. In November 2010 the White Tank Regional Library opened. The community contains
99-643: The project. He served on the board of the Maricopa Water District and invested in land through his interests in the Arizona Citrus Land Company and the Waddell Ranch Company. In 1937, the Waddell Post Office was established inside the store on the original town site. Later, the post office moved across the street and shared space with the cotton gin office. The current Waddell Post Office was built in 1992 and
110-449: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Waddell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waddell&oldid=883098827 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-401: Was this firm that organized the private financing for construction of the dam for the water reclamation project that creates Lake Pleasant . The intended Waddell town site was laid out by Donald W. Waddell in 1935, on property he owned on the northeast corner of Waddell Road and Cotton Lane (Section 12, T3N, R2W, G&SRB&M). Waddell moved to the area to oversee the firm's interests in
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