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San Carlos (Western Apache: Sengaah [2]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,038 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] up from 3,716 in 2000 . San Carlos is the largest community in and the seat of government for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation .
The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation (Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed from their original homelands under a strategy devised by General George Crook of setting the various Apache tribes against one another. [1]
The design and construction engineer was Herman Neuffer, who oversaw much of the construction undertaken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) during the 1920s in Arizona and New Mexico. Coolidge Dam impounds San Carlos Lake on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. The project irrigates 100,000 acres (40,000 ha).
The San Carlos River is a 37-mile (60 km) long [1] tributary of the Gila River in southeast Arizona, United States.The river drains an arid region of 1,026 square miles (2,660 km 2), situated mostly within the San Carlos Indian Reservation.
Past the interchange, US 70 crosses over the Arizona Eastern Railway and San Carlos River into Graham County. [2] The Graham County courthouse on US 70 in Safford. After entering Graham County, US 70 passes through more isolated desert terrain. The only notable location between Peridot and the Gila River is an intersection with BIA 8.
San Carlos Lake was formed by the construction of the Coolidge Dam and is rimmed by 158 miles (254 km) of shoreline. The lake is located within the 3,000-square-mile (7,800 km 2 ) San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation , and is thus subject to tribal regulations.
Point of Pines is a region in the eastern interior area of the San Carlos Reservation, occupying a high plain bounded by the Nantack Ridge and the Willow Mountains. The Nantack Ridge is a deeply folded escarpment, and it and the plain above have extensive evidence of prehistoric occupation for an extended period of time.
The Peridot Mesa vent is a part of the San Carlos volcanic field located in San Carlos, Arizona, United States on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.The mesa is about 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter and is capped by a basalt flow 3 to 6 meters thick that originated from a volcanic cone located in the Southwest corner of the mesa.