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| Butler Valley is one of the two valleys in a (major) three-mountain range, two-valley sequence. Other minor ranges are on the perimeters, but thirty landforms are part of the region. The valley drains southwesterly into the northwest flowing [[Bouse Wash]] Drainage. Cunningham Wash drains the valley southwest to meet with the Bouse. The valley also turns somewhat southwest to the north of the [[Harcuvar Mountains]], where Cunningham Pass holds the 30-mile route, unimproved major access road to [[Alamo Lake State Park]]; the route traverses the Butler Valley in the northeast, then skirts the northeast of the Buckskins to meet the south side of Alamo Lake. | Butler Valley is one of the two valleys in a (major) three-mountain range, two-valley sequence. Other minor ranges are on the perimeters, but thirty landforms are part of the region. The valley drains southwesterly into the northwest flowing [[Bouse Wash]] Drainage. Cunningham Wash drains the valley southwest to meet with the Bouse. The valley also turns somewhat southwest to the north of the [[Harcuvar Mountains]], where Cunningham Pass holds the 30-mile route, unimproved major access road to [[Alamo Lake State Park]]; the route traverses the Butler Valley in the northeast, then skirts the northeast of the Buckskins to meet the south side of Alamo Lake. |
| The northeast third of the valley drains northeast from a [[water divide]], then north to [[Alamo Lake]] only 10 mi distant; Cunningham Wash drains to the southwest. At the northeast end of the [[Buckskin Mountains]], a basin forms attached to Butler Valley on the valley's northeast, and with the [[Black Mountains (Yavapai County)]] bordered northeast; southeast is another up-drainage basin attached to the northeast of the [[McMullen Valley]], the [[Aguila Valley]] to the southeast, and at the southwest of the small range, the [[Date Creek Mountains]]. | The northeast third of the valley drains northeast from a [[water divide]], then north to [[Alamo Lake]] only 10 mi distant; Cunningham Wash drains to the southwest. At the northeast end of the [[Buckskin Mountains]], a basin forms attached to Butler Valley on the valley's northeast, and with the [[Black Mountains (Yavapai County)]] bordered northeast; southeast is another up-[[drainage basin]] attached to the northeast of the [[McMullen Valley]], the [[Aguila Valley]] to the southeast, and at the southwest of the small range, the [[Date Creek Mountains]]. |
| Butler Valley is sparsely populated, with the road to Alamo Lake being the only paved road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.azdeq.gov/environ/wa...date=2016-12-03|url-status=dead|title=Ambient Groundwater Quality of the Butler Valley Basin: A 2008-2012 Baseline Study|date=December 2012|publisher=Arizona Department of Environmental Quality|first=Douglas C.|last=Towne}}</ref> The majority of Butler Valley is owned by the [[Arizona State Land Department]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://land.az.gov/sites/default/files/media/LaPaz.pdf|title=La Paz County Surface Management Responsibility|publisher=Arizona State Land Department|date=April 2016}}</ref> More than 99% of the valley is owned by the state, held in trust for the support of public schools in the state. The valley is used as a reserve for groundwater, to store water from the [[Colorado River]] for Arizona. It holds more than 6 million acre-feet of water, and is strategically located near the [[Central Arizona Project]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Bruce Babbitt and Robert |title=Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opi...onte-pay-arizona-groundwater-use/10271103002/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref> | Butler Valley is sparsely populated, with the road to Alamo Lake being the only paved road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.azdeq.gov/environ/wa...date=2016-12-03|url-status=dead|title=Ambient Groundwater Quality of the Butler Valley Basin: A 2008-2012 Baseline Study|date=December 2012|publisher=Arizona Department of Environmental Quality|first=Douglas C.|last=Towne}}</ref> The majority of Butler Valley is owned by the [[Arizona State Land Department]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://land.az.gov/sites/default/files/media/LaPaz.pdf|title=La Paz County Surface Management Responsibility|publisher=Arizona State Land Department|date=April 2016}}</ref> More than 99% of the valley is owned by the state, held in trust for the support of public schools in the state. The valley is used as a reserve for groundwater, to store water from the [[Colorado River]] for Arizona. It holds more than 6 million acre-feet of water, and is strategically located near the [[Central Arizona Project]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Bruce Babbitt and Robert |title=Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opi...onte-pay-arizona-groundwater-use/10271103002/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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