Kansas Settlement is a populated place located in Sulfer Springs Valley in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 4,216 feet (1,285 m) above sea level.[1]
Kansas Settlement, Arizona | |
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| Coordinates: 32°03′54″N 109°45′46″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 4,216 ft (1,285 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-36850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24476 |
After World War II, farming around Kansas Settlement expanded greatly, due to opening markets and better irrigation techniques.[3] However, by 1985 less than 25% of the area's irrigated farmland was still in production. The largest reason for this was the dropping levels of aquifers, which significantly increased the cost of pumping water for irrigation.[4] In one year alone, 1963, water levels in Kansas Settlement dropped by fifty feet.[5] One of the crops grown in and around Kansas Settlement are orchards of Western Schley pecans. Between May 2005 and December 2008, a large study was done in Kansas Settlement on the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the Western Schley pecan.[6]
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