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Pinto Creek
Pinto Creek may refer to: * Pinto Creek (Arizona), a tributary of the Salt River in Gila County, Arizona * Pinto Creek (Texas), a tributary to the Rio Grande in Kinney County, Texas * Rural Municipality of Pinto Creek No. 75, a municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinto Creek (Arizona)
Pinto Creek is a tributary of the Salt River in Gila County, Arizona, within the Tonto National Forest. The creek winds for northward from the Pinal Mountains, through the Sonoran Desert, before emptying into the tail of Theodore Roosevelt Lake. Since the 1980s, the Pinto Creek watershed has been the site of environmental disputes over water rights and mining operations. Historically, the lower Pinto Creek was a rare desert riparian stream that supported sycamore, cottonwood, willow, and ash trees, and a diversity of wildlife. The creek started drying up in 2013 as a result of increased groundwater pumping by the Pinto Valley Mine, despite the Forest Service holding instream flow rights. , mining continues while much of Pinto Creek remains dry year-round. Groundwater repletion is expected to take at least 100 years. Mining Pinto Valley Mine In 1999 the Forest Service obtained an instream flow right to Pinto Creek, granting it the ability to require a minimum water flow from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinto Creek (Texas)
Pinto Creek, formerly known as Piedra Pinto Creek, a tributary to the Rio Grande in Kinney County, Texas. It has its source, at . History The San Antonio-El Paso Road crossed Piedra Pinto Creek 7.0 miles west of Fort Clarke A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' .... The crossing was 8.86 miles east of Maverick Creek and 21.47 miles east of San Felipe Springs. Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |