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Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Potential Wilderness Evaluation Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Potential Wilderness Evaluation Wilderness Need Evaluation Tables October 2012 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Factor 1 Tables .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Wilderness and Potential Wilderness within a 100- or 130-mile Radius of Factor 2 Population Centers 3 Flagstaff ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Phoenix ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Silver City ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Tucson ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Wilderness Lands on the Apache-Sitgreaves NFs .................................................................................... 7 Wilderness within a 100-mile Radius of the Apache-Sitgreaves NFs ...................................................... 7 Factor 3 Tables .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Like Wilderness Lands on the Apache-Sitgreaves NFs ............................................................................ 9 Like Wilderness Lands within a 100-mile Radius of the Apache-Sitgreaves NFs ................................... 9 Like Wilderness Lands within a 100- or 130-mile Radius of Factor 2 Population Centers .................... 13 Flagstaff .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Phoenix ............................................................................................................................................... 14 Silver City ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Tucson ................................................................................................................................................. 18 Factor 4 Table ............................................................................................................................................. 21 Factor 6 Tables ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Underrepresented Landforms .................................................................................................................. 26 Underrepresented Ecosystems ................................................................................................................ 27 Introduction These tables supplement the Need Evaluations in the Potential Wilderness Evaluation Reports. They are not included in the individual reports to reduce repetition. Summaries are included where appropriate. The wilderness evaluation process and information on Need Factors 2 and 5 are included in each report. Factor 1 Tables Wilderness and Potential Wilderness within a 100- or 1301-mile Radius of Factor 2 Population Centers2 Flagstaff There are 26 Wilderness areas and 687,395 wilderness acres within a 100-mile radius of Flagstaff, Arizona. On the ASNFs, there are 7 potential wilderness areas and 66,463 potential wilderness acres within a 100-mile radius of Flagstaff (only acres within a 100-mile radius are shown, actual wilderness areas may be larger). Population Wilderness within a 100- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 100-mile Radius Within a 100-mile within a 100-mile Radius Radius Flagstaff Salome 12,662 PW-03-01-011 4,913 Sierra Ancha 3,508 PW-03-01-005 9,421 Hells Canyon 9,841 PW-03-01-006 6,972 Hassayampa River Cyn 12,672 PW-03-01-062 6,585 Mazatzal 248,858 PW-03-01-056 6,673 Castle Creek 24,477 PW-03-01-003 9,493 Hellsgate 38,845 PW-03-01-001 22,406 Pine Mountain 18,656 TOTAL 66,463 Cedar Bench 16,585 Fossil Springs 10,754 West Clear Creek 26,291 Granite Mountain 9,850 Wet Beaver 6,721 Upper Burro Creek 11,426 Woodchute 5,790 Munds Mountain 17,997 Apache Creek 5,435 Red Rock-Secret Mtn 50,312 Juniper Mesa 7,575 Sycamore Canyon 58,818 Petrified Forest 9,409 Kachina Peaks 18,857 Kendrick Mountain 8,200 Strawberry Crater 11,268 Saddle Mountain 41,815 Kanab Creek 773 TOTAL 687,395 1 A 130-mile radius was used for Tucson to reflect use on the forests from this city. 2 Factor 2 population centers for the Apache-Sitgreaves NFs are Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Tucson. Phoenix There are 44 Wilderness areas and 1,677,625 wilderness acres within a 100-mile radius of Phoenix, Arizona. On the ASNFs, there are 6 potential wilderness areas and 61,550 potential wilderness acres within a 100-mile radius of Phoenix (only acres within a 100-mile radius are shown, actual wilderness areas may be larger). Population Wilderness within a 100- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 100-mile Radius Within a 100-mile within a 100-mile Radius Radius Phoenix Apache Creek 5,435 PW-03-01-056 6,673 Aravaipa Canyon 19,790 PW-03-01-003 9,493 Arrastra Mountain 123,379 PW-03-01-006 6,972 Big Horn Mountains 21,444 PW-03-01-062 6,585 Castle Creek 24,477 PW-03-01-001 22,406 Cedar Bench 16,585 PW-03-01-005 9,421 Eagletail Mountains 100,511 TOTAL 61,550 Fossil Springs 10,754 Four Peaks 60,487 Granite Mountain 9,850 Harcuvar Mountains 25,465 Harquahala Mountains 22,559 Hassayampa River Cyn 12,672 Hells Canyon 9,841 Hellsgate 38,845 Hummingbird Springs 30,038 Juniper Mesa 7,575 Kofa (FWS) 29,469 Mazatzal 248,858 Munds Mountain 17,997 Needle's Eye 6,277 North Maricopa Mountains 61,157 Organ Pipe Cactus (FWS) 59,947 Organ Pipe Cactus (NPS) 720 Pine Mountain 18,656 Pusch Ridge 56,743 Rawhide Mountains 18,240 Red Rock-Secret Mtn 50,312 Saguaro (NPS) 6,488 Salome 18,688 Salt River Canyon 32,035 Sierra Ancha 18,198 Sierra Estrella 14,746 Signal Mountain 13,125 South Maricopa Mountains 58,963 Superstition 158,920 Sycamore Canyon 58,818 Table Top 34,696 Population Wilderness within a 100- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 100-mile Radius Within a 100-mile within a 100-mile Radius Radius Phoenix Tres Alamos 8,034 Upper Burro Creek 36,071 West Clear Creek 26,291 Wet Beaver 6,721 White Canyon 6,981 Woodchute 5,790 Woolsey Peak 64,977 TOTAL 1,677,625 Silver City3 There are 12 Wilderness areas, 1 primitive area, and 1,204,467 Wilderness and primitive area acres within a 100-mile radius of Silver City, New Mexico. On the ASNFs, there are 27 potential wilderness area and 439,356 potential wilderness acres within a 100-mile radius of Silver City (only acres within a 100-mile radius are shown, actual wilderness areas may be larger). Population Wilderness within a 100- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 100-mile Radius Within a 100-mile within a 100-mile Radius Radius Silver City Aldo Leopold 206,700 PW-03-01-021 992 Apache Kid 44,835 PW-03-01-022 1,031 Bear Wallow 11,113 PW-03-01-063 5,387 Blue Range Primitive Area 179,819 PW-03-01-029 1,161 Blue Range 35,815 PW-03-01-065 484 Chiricahua 88,793 PW-03-01-047 5,718 Chiricahua NM 12,161 PW-03-01-064 172 Dos Cabezas Mountains 11,855 PW-03-01-046 11,327 Escudilla 5,210 PW-03-01-035 6,039 Fishhooks 11,400 PW-03-01-044 6,503 Gila 558,549 PW-03-01-066 1,207 Peloncillo Mountains 19,244 PW-03-01-043 2,344 Withington 18,973 PW-03-01-041 9,445 TOTAL 1,204,467 PW-03-01-049 76,048 PW-03-01-040 2,656 PW-03-01-060 15,222 PW-03-01-043 1,835 PW-03-01-042 7,842 PW-03-01-050 7,965 PW-03-01-051 44,075 PW-03-01-052 156,297 PW-03-01-055 1,255 PW-03-01-067 30,366 3 Silver City, New Mexico, is considered in four need evaluations because those potential wilderness areas will be considered during the Gila NF potential wilderness evaluation and land management plan revision processes or a portion of the potential wilderness is located on the Gila NF. Population Wilderness within a 100- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 100-mile Radius Within a 100-mile within a 100-mile Radius Radius Silver City PW-03-01-053 17,541 PW-03-01-058 5,222 PW-03-01-057 5,698 PW-03-01-054 15,524 TOTAL 439,356 PW-03-01-069 (30,372 acres) is not included in the PW columns because it is included in the Blue Range Primitive Area in the Wilderness columns. Tucson There are 34 Wilderness areas, 1 primitive area, and 1,487,300 Wilderness and primitive area acres within a 130-mile radius of Tucson1. There are 12 potential wilderness areas and 354,526 potential wilderness acres on the ASNFs within a 130-mile radius of Tucson (only acres within a 130-mile radius are shown; actual and potential wilderness areas may be larger). Population Wilderness within a 130- Wilderness Potential Potential Center mile Radius Acres within a Wilderness Wilderness Acres 130-mile Radius Within a 130-mile within a 130-mile Radius Radius Tucson Aravaipa Canyon 19,790 PW-03-01-054 15,524 Baboquivari
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