Alchesay Flat is a physical feature, named flat, located approximately 7 mi (11 km) north of Whiteriver along Arizona State Route 73 in Navajo County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 m) above sea level.
Alchesay Flat, Arizona | |
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Physical feature | |
Coordinates: 33°55′56″N 109°56′22″W / 33.93222°N 109.93944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
County | Navajo |
Elevation | 5,774 ft (1,760 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
ZIP codes | 85935 |
Area code | 928 |
GNIS feature ID | 570 |
It is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation,[2] and is named for Chief Alchesay of the White Mountain Apache tribe, who is buried there.[3][4][5]
The area is sparsely populated with the primary activity in the area being corn cultivation. [6][7]
From 1959 to 1972 the Alchesay National Fish Hatchery operated there, before it combined with the nearby Williams hatchery.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Alchesay Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Sinone Norman Tortice Sr". Arizona Republic. 17 September 1985. p. 17.
- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Chief Alchesay Baha Grave". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ (U.S.), Geological Survey; Names, United States Board on Geographic (1987). The National gazetteer of the United States of America: Arizona 1986. U.S. G.P.O. pp. 1438–.
- ^ Baeza, Jo (2005-08-01). "Ceremony honors Chief Alchesay". White Mountain Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Marley, Tennille (2013). Indigenous Knowledge, Land, History, and Health: the Construction of Diabetes on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation (PhD thesis). University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Resolution of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (PDF) (Report). White Mountain Apache Tribe. 2002-04-23. 04-2002-88. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Alchesay-Williams Creek NFH Complex". US Fish and Wildlife Service.