PLANNING UN]TS FOR

ARIZONA'S PUBLIC FISHING WATERS

Arizona Game and Fish Department Planning Branch February 1981 CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION .J"' 1

COLD T{ATER PLAN

Stream Planning Units ..... 2 Lake Planning Units 5 Temporarily Cold Water Planning Units 6

WARM WATER PLAN Stream Planning Units

Lake Planninq Units B

COOL WATER PLAN Stream Planning Unit .;...... 10 Lake Planning Units 10

URBAN WATER PLAN Canal Planning Unit I1 Lake Planning Units I1 planning units consist of one or more individual waters grouped for the purpose of addressing common management needs. Waters were grouped with consideration of geographical, biological, and recrea- tional user (angler) similarities. Planning units $/ere combined by physicat characteristics into .lake, stream, canal, and temporarj-ly cold water planning groups which are further combined to form state- wide planning classes (i.e., warm water, cold water, cool water: ur- ban water, as defined in AGFD Fisheries Planning Program, Revised

Nov., I980) . The 75 identified planning units contain 380 Arizona publj-c fishing waters (includes B stream management reaches and lakes not listed in the Checklist of Arizona's Public Fishing Waters, AGF'D' Dec., I9B0). The number of waters and planning units for each planning group and class are given below.

Number of Waters and Planning Units by Class Planning Class Planning Group Planning Units Waters CoId Water Plan: Streams I7 160 13 5B Lakes * Temporarily cold 2 (8) Warm Water Plan: Streams 11 37 Lakes 24 79 Cold Water Plan: Streams I 5 Lakes 2 7 Urban Water Plan: CanaIs 1 11 Lakes 4 23

TOTALS 75 380 *also included in warm water plan listing.

1- COLD !,lATTI{ SI ITIAMS I'LANNI NG UNI TS

Black Mountains Rivers: Grand Canyon Streams:

Colorado River, Mohave Reach Colorado River, Grand Canyon Reach Colorado River, Topock Reach Bright Angel Creek Clear Creek Catal i na Streams: Crystal Creek Deer Creek - Colorado Lenrmon Creek Dragon Creek Romero Canyon Creek Havasu Creek Sabino Canyon Creek, Upper Reach Hermi t Creek Sabino Canyon Creek, Lower Reach Kanab Creek Monument Creek Chi ricahua Streams: Nankoweap Creek North Canyon Creek Cave Creek Paria River Rucker Canyon Creek Phantom Creek Turkey Creek - San SirPon Pi pe Creek Roya'l Arch Creek East Coconino Streamsi Shinumo Creek Tapeats Creek Barbershop Canyon Creek Thunder River Bear Canyon Creek - Blue Ridge Unkar Creek Buck Springs Canyon Creek Vishnu Creek Dane Canyon Creek East Clear Creek, UPPer Reach Montezuma Routinely Stocked Streams: East Clear Creek, Middle Reach East Clear Creek, Lower Reach (l^let) Beaver Creek, Middle Reach General Spri ngs Creek Oak Creek, Upper Reach Leonard Canyon Creek llJest Clear Creek, Lower Reach Leonard Canyon, East Fork Leonard Canyon, West Fork North Apache Streams: Merri tt Draw Creek Miller Canyon Creek Col ter Creek Mi I I er Ca'nyon Creek , Eas t Fork Concho Creek Hall Creek, Upper Reach Glen Canyon Rivers: Hu'lsey Creek Lee Valley Creek Colorado River, G'len CanYon Reach Little Colorado River, Lyman Reach Little Colorado River, East Fork Graham Streams: Mamie Creek Mineral Creek - Concho, UPPer Reach Ash Creek, Upper Reach Nutrioso Creek, Upper Reach Ash Creek, Lower Reach Nutrioso Creek, Lower Reach Big Canyon Creek Paddy Creek Deadman Canyon Creek Frye Creek,, Upper Reach Gibson Creek Grant Creek - l.lillcox, UPPer Reach Grant Creek - Willcox, Lower Reach Mari j'i I da Creek., Upper Reach Marijilda Creek, Lower Reach Moonshi ne Creek Post Creek -2- c0LD WATER STREAMS PLANNING UNITS (corur'o)

North Tonto Streams: South Apache Streams:

Bonita Creek - Verde Basi n Creek Dude Creek Bear Creek Ellison Creek, Upper Reach Bear Wallow Creek Ellison Creek, Lower Reach Bear l^lallow Creek, North Fork Gordon Canyon Creek Bear Wallow Creek, South Fork Horton Creek Beaver Creek Hunter Creek Black River, N. Fork of E. Fork Mule Creek Boggy Creek Pine Creek, UPPer Reach Boneyard Credk Pine Creek, Lower Reach Buckalou Creek Webber Creek, UPPer Reach Campbell Blue Creek Castle Creek North Whi te Mounlgjqs- RouU-lsU Centerfi re Creek StoElEEsmains: Chambers Draw Creek Chi tty Canyon Creek Little Colorado River, UPPer Reach Coleman Creek Little Colorado River, South Fork Conkl i n Creek Little Colorado River, West Fork Corduroy Creek Silver Creek, UPPer Reach Deer Creek - Black Double Cienega Creek Payson Rout'inely Stocked Streams: Fish Creek - Black Foote Creek Canyon Creek Grant Creek - Blue Christopher Creek Hannagan Creek Ha'ig I er Creek Hay Creek Tonto Creek, UpPer Reach Home Creek Verde River, East, Upper Reach Horse Creek K. P. Creek Rimrock Streams: 0pen Draw Creek Reservation Creek (liet) Beaver Creek, Upper Reach San Francisco River, Upper Reach Gap Creek Snake Creek Oak Creek, West Fork Soldier Creek - Black Sycamore Creek - Agua Fria, Stinky Creek Upper Reach Thomas Creek West Clear Creek, UPPer Reach Thompson Creek Wi ldcat Creek South Tonto Streams: Willow Creek - Black

Cherry Creek, Upper Reach South !^lhi te l4ountai ns Routi nely Cherry Creek, Middle Reach St-o-tked-Streams : Houston Creek - Tonto Pueblo Canyon Creek Black River Reynolds Creek Black River, East Fork Salome Creek, Upper Reach Black River, t^lest Fork Salome Creek, Lower Reach Bl ue River, Upper Reach Spring Creek - Tonto, UPPer Reach Eagle Creek, Upper Reach Tonto Creek, Middle Reach Turkey Creek - Rock Workman Creek -3- COLI] WATER STRTAMS PLANNING UNITS (CONT'D)

West Sj tgreaves Streams:

Bear Canyon Creek - Willow Chevelon Creek, UPPer Reach Chevelon Creek, Middle Reach Chevelon Creek, Lower Reach Chevelon Creek, West Fork Hart Canyon Creek Willow Creek - East Clear Wi I low Spri ngs Creek . Woods Canyon Creek

-4- COLD WATTR LAKTS PLANNING UNITS

Al pj ne Lakes: Rim Tanks:

Ackre Lake Huffer Tank Hu'lsey Lake Long Tom Tank Pratt Lake Potato Lake, Lower Sierra Blanca Lake Spaulding Tank Ti nney Pond Show Low Lakes: Anderson Mesa Lakes: (East) Clear Creek Reservoir Ashurst Lake Concho Lake Coconi no Reservoi r Fool's Hollow Lake Kinnikinick Lake Rainbow Lake (Lakeside) Marshal I Lake Scott's Reservoi r Morton Lake Show Low Lake White Mountain Lake (0aggs) Coronado Lakes: White Mountain Reservoir Woodland Reservoir Frye Mesa Reservoj r Riggs Flat Lake South Kaibab Lakes: Rose Canyon Lake Rucker Canyon Lake Cataract Lake Snow Flat Lake Dogtown Reservoir J.D. Dam Lake Greer Lakes: Kaibab Lake Perki n's Tank Bunch Reservoi r Santa Fe Lake (l,ililliams Reservoir) River Reservoir Upper Ci ty Reservoi r Tunnel Reservoir Whi tehorse Lake

Marsh Lakes: Springerville Lakes:

Carnero Lake Becker Lake Col ter Reservoi r Mexican Hay Lake White Mountain Lakes:

Northern Tanks: Big Lake Crescent Lake Big Springs Tank Lee Valley Lake Russel I Tank Luna Lake Nelson Reservoi r Prescott Lakes:

Lynx Lake

Rim Lakes:

Bear Canyon Lake Black Canyon Lake Blue Ridge Reservoir Chevelon Canyoh Lake Knol I Lake l^li I I ow Spri ngs Lake Woods Canyon Lake -5- TEMPORARILY COLD l^,ATIRS PLANNING UNITS

Temporarily Cold Central Waters:

Canyon Lake Saguaro Lake Salt River, Lower Reach

Tempora r j l.y Col d Southern Waters :

Cluff Ranch Pond #l Cluff Ranch Pond #3 Parker Canyon Lake Patagonia Lake Pena Blanca Lake

-6- WARM t^lATEIT STREAMS PLANNING UNITS

4sq!-Lr-qrl-Ueglli Parker Ri vers: Burro Creek Colorado River, Parker I Division Trout Creek Colorado River, Parker II Division Catfi sh Fl oat Ri vers: Roosevel t Streams:

Salt River, Roosevelt Reach Cherry Creek, Lower Reach Verde Rivcr, Horseshoe Reach Spring Creek - Tonto, Lower Reach Verde River, Bartlett Reach Tonto Creek, Lower Reach

East Sitgreaves Streams: Upper Verde Rjvers:

Bi I ly Creek Verde River, Upper Reach Little Colorado River, Verde River, Middle Reach Li ttl e Reservoi r Reach Verde River, Camp Verde Reach Porter Creek Show Low Creek, Upper Reach Show Low Creek, Lower Reach Silver Creek, Lower Reach Wal nut Creek irnperial Rivell: Colorado River, Cibola Division Colorado River, Imperial Djvision Colorado Ri ver, Laguna Di vjsjon Colorado River, Yuma Division

Lower Ri vers:

Bi l'l l^li l l i ams Ri ver Colorado River, Limjtrophe Division Gila River, Lower Reach

McDowel I Ri vers:

Salt R'iver, Lower Reach Verde River, McDowell Reach Middle Colorado Rivers:

Colorado River, Mead Reach Colorado River, Havasu Division

Mi ddle Gi la Rivers:

Blue River, Lower Reach Eagle Creek, Lower Reach Gila River, Ashurst-Hayden Reach Gila River, York Va11ey Reach Gila River, Mescal Reach San Francisco River, Lower Reach -7- I^JAITM l^lAI LIt LAKES PLANNING UNI TS

Alamo Lqkqi Powel I Lake:

Alamo Reservoi r Lake Powel I

Bagdad Tanks: lres_qq[_l_q!_es.

Antelope Tank \ Del Ri o Dam Blue Tank Goldwater Lake Carter Tank Gnanite Basin Lake Horsethief Basin Lake Ci bol a Lakesj Watson Lake Wi I low Creek Reservoi r A-7 Backwater (l,li I low Lake) A-.|0 Backwater Cibola Lake Safford Lakes: Pretty Water Cluff Ranch Pond #1 Cottonwood Lakes: Cluff Ranch Pond #2 Cl uff Ranch Pond #3 Dead Horse Lake Dankworth Ponds Peck's Lake Roper Lake Sheep Tank Havasu La ke: Smi th Pond "Lake Havasu St. Johns Lakes:

Mead, Lake: Chol la Lake Little Mormon Lake Lake Mead Little Ortega Lake Little Reservoir (St. Johns Res. ) Mohave Lake: Lyman Reservoi r Telephone Lake Lake Mohave Salt River Lakes: North Coronado _Tanks: Apache Lake Bass Canyon Tank Canyon Lake Bul I Tank Roosevelt Lake The Lake Tank Saguaro Lake

Painted Rock Lakes: Sel igman Tanks:

Painted Rock Borrow Pi t El Paso Tank Pai nted Rock Reser"vo i r Garrett Tank Hei fer Tank Picacho Lake: Homestead Tank Red Lake Picacho Reservoi r Trinity Tank

Pleasant Lakes:

Pleasant, Lower La ke Pleasant, Upper Lake -8- I

WARM WAIER LAKES PLANNING UNITS (CONT'D)

South Coconino Tanks:

Crisis Lake (Snake Tank #2) Daves Tank Mul I ican Tank Stehr Lake l^li I low Va1 1ey Lake

Southern Lakes:

Arivaca Lake Parker Canyon Creek - (Streanr) Parker Canyon Lake Patagonia Lake Pena Blanca Lake

Southern Tanks:

Bear Grass Tank Fagen Tank Salero Ranch Tanks Sp1 i t Tank Topock Marsh:

Topock Marsh

Verde Lakes:

Bartlett Lake Horseshoe Lake lrli I 1i ams Lak_es :

Bar Cross Tank Fry Lake Little Hell CanYon McClel land Lake Schol tz Lake Steel Dam Lake Williscraft Lake

Yuma Lakes: Hunter's Hole Backwater Mi ttry Lake Quigley Pond Wel I ton Ponds

-9- COOL t^lATLIT STI{TAI1S I'LANNING UNIT

Cool Streams:

(tlet) Beaver Creek, Lower Reach Dry Beaver Creek Fossi I Creek Oak Creek, Lower Reach Sycamore Creek, Verde

COOL WATTR LAKES PLANNING UNITS

South Flagstaff Lakes:

Mary, Lower Lake Mary, Upper Lake Mormon Lake Stoneman Lake

Long-Soldier Lakes:

Long Lake, Lower Soldiers Annex Lake Sol diers Lake

- l0 - URBAN t^lATERS PLANNING UNITS

Yuma Canals: Kingman Lakes:

Yuma Mai n Canal t^lia Manua Park Lake East Main Canal West Main Canal Phoenix Lakes: Main Drain Canal Gila Gravity Main Canal Alvord Park Lake Main Outlet Drain Canal B'lack Canyon Shooti ng Range Pond Wel I ton Canal Canino Del Vista Park Lake North Wel I ton-Mohawk Canal Camino Del Vista Park Lake South Mohawk Canal Canal Park Lake A Canal Chaparral Park Lake B Canal Cortez Park Lake Eldorado Park Lake Encanto Park Lake Kiwanis Park Lake McKellips Park Lake Papago Park Ponds Roadrunner Park Lake

Tucson Lakes:

Kennedy Park Lake Lakeside Park Lake Reed Park Ponds Silverbell Park Lake

Yuma Lakes:

Redondo Lake Sal'ly Ann Pond I Sa1 1y Ann Pond I I Sally Ann Pond III YPG Pond

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