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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
County officials speak on flooding, emergency alerts BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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he effects of monsoon season are being felt throughout the Valley, and representatives from the Maricopa Flood Control District and Department of Emergency Management spoke about what they are doing to help at an Aug. 12 town hall meeting.
Maricopa Flood Control District “Our big mission is to reduce our risk from floods, very simply put,” said Mike Fulton,
director of the Maricopa County Flood Control District. The Flood Control District is currently conducting a study of flood hazards in the New River area called the Adobe Dam, Desert Hills and Apache Wash drainage study. The study area encompasses 145 square miles, including Phoenix, Cave Creek and a large chunk of unincorporated Maricopa County, which covers Anthem and New River. Fulton said the areas have previously been studied to some degree, but a few factors prompted the district to look at it again. “As growth occurs in the built environ-
ment and there are other changes to the watersheds or we learn through flooding events — when Mother Nature gives us some feedback — then there’s more information upon which we can act to restudy,” he said, referencing flood events in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2021. “In addition, technology is improving from our older study times, so we get butter survey data. We use the information as best we can to get a really good prediction of flood hazards in the area, and all that in-
see FLOODING page 4
Work in progress on Cave Creek Museum’s new history wing
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Harold’s Cave Creek Corral expands site
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Horsemanship Club teaches equine fundamentals, life skills
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BY LAURA LATZKO Foothills Focus Contributing Writer
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his summer, staff and volunteers at the Cave Creek Museum have been preparing for the debut of Cave Creek Museum’s new history wing, which will showcase different aspects of Cave Creek/ Carefree history from 1863 to present day when the facility reopens this October. In its 51st year, the Cave Creek Museum is dedicated to the preservation, research and education of the history of the Cave Creek Mining District and the Cave Creek/Carefree Foothills area.
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Sarah Ziker arranges wooden carvings of birds by artist Thelma Cassanova for a new display. (David Minton/
Staff Photographer)
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