Cadiz (

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: ''Cádiz'') is an

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in the

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, United States. It is located just south of the Marble Mountains near the National Trails Highway. Cadiz was a water stop on the railroad.

History

The town was named in 1883 by Lewis Kingman, a locating engineer for the

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. It is the third in a string of alphabetically named railroad stations in the

Climate

This area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure. The Cadiz Valley area overlies a large

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. Cadiz, Inc., a

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–based land and water-resource-management company, owns more than around Cadiz. It has plans to sell water from the aquifer. Under the

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's change of policy, the project would not have to undergo federal review. In 2022, officials at Biden's Interior Department petitioned a federal judge to throw out project approvals issued in 2020.

Railroads

Cadiz is on the

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three Transcontinental railroad, transcontine ...

's Southern Transcon line that runs from Los Angeles to Chicago. It was previously the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...

line. From Cadiz, the Arizona & California Railroad runs over a former ATSF line to Phoenix via

Parker, Arizona Parker (Mojave language, Mojave 'Amat Kuhwely, formerly 'Ahwe Nyava) is the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...

. In September 2013, Cadiz, Inc. negotiated the Arizona & California Railroad for trackage rights for a tourist train operation between Cadiz and Parker. The train was projected to be powered by a

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, listing Santa Fe 3751 as the potential engine. The plans also required a new station and museum in Cadiz.

Cadiz Airstrip

Cadiz Airstrip (CA90) is situated south of the railroad tracks and has one paved runway 8/26 with a length of . The airstrip is accessible via a dirt road and has no buildings.

References

* Unincorporated communities in San Bernardino County, California Populated places in the Mojave Desert Unincorporated communities in California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-stub

History

Climate

Railroads

Cadiz Airstrip

See also

References