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 Description
of District
The Coconino NRCD includes roughly half of Coconino
County. There are
5,351,106 acres or about 8,360 square miles within
the boundaries of the Coconino NRCD. Range is the leading land use in the
District; non-federal rangelands make up about 2.6 million acres. The District
deals directly with cooperators on private and state leased lands. Agreements
with the Forest Service allow coordinated planning efforts (involving the
NRCD,NRCS, Forest Service, and cooperator) on national forest lands. The
District also includes under cooperative agreement lands of the Wupatki
National Monument and the Havasupai Indian Reservation.
Land elevations range from 2,400 feet at the floor
of the Grand Canyon to 12,620 feet at Humphrey Peak north of Flagstaff;
the highest point in the state.
From northwest to southeast, the District spans
the Colorado Plateau from the
Grand Canyon to the Mogollon Rim, with the San
Francisco Volcanic Field in
between. This area is designated the "plateau"
section of Arizona for topographic and climatic purposes. The geological
processes of sedimentation uplift, erosion and volcanism are responsible
for most of the land features in the District.
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