Black Canyon City, Arizona

• Sisters Train For Nun Run Fundraiser
  

  A group of nuns is busy training for Arizona's first annual Nun Run, scheduled for March 20 in Glendale.

• Yavapai County Official Claims Failed Levee NOT Their Problem
  

  Spend ten minutes with Black Canyon City resident Jake Krueger and he'll show you what's on his mind.

• Museum Exhibit Features Newest Arizona National Monument
  

  Phoenixa TMs Pueblo Grande Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of a new exhibit featuring an exploration of a stunning geographic and cultural landmark in central Arizona.A Landscape Legacies: The Art and Archaeology of Perry Mesa will be opening on March 5, 2010.

• Black Canyon City residents prepare for more flooding
  

  Just the thought of rain has residents bracing for the worst, after they were pummeled by winter storms last month.

• Levee Failure Leaves Black Canyon City At Risk
  

  The flood waters may be gone, but the concern in Black Canyon City is at an all time high.

• ADOT Warns Of Possible I-17 Closure
  

  Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are monitoring two slopes adjacent to southbound Interstate 17 between Sunset Point and Black Canyon City for potential rock slides.

• Black Canyon City Flood Victims Still Homeless
  

  It has now been a month since the people of Black Canyon City were ravaged by flood waters.

• 3-month slash drop program begins March 1
  

  The free slash drop-off program will help residents to develop defensible space around their homes and other structures that could fuel fires, according to a press release.

• Scenic drive: Cordes to Rock Springs
  

  Once upon a time, not so very long ago, the main route from Phoenix to Prescott passed through Rock Springs, Black Canyon City, Bumble Bee and Cordes.

• Sheriff seeks information about possible arson
  

  The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about an alleged arson attempt in Black Canyon City.

• Black Canyon trail builders leapfrog to Mayer
  

  Federal stimulus money enabled the trail coalition to hire professional trail builders for the southern part of the trail and accelerate its time to start working at the Mayer end of the trail.

• Thrift Store Owner Wins Pay It Forward
  

  In Black Canyon City, there's a disaster relief center disguised as a thrift store.

• Deputies seek arson suspect in Black Canyon City blaze
  

  At 9 a.m., deputies responded to a call about a garage on fire in the 19000 block of Palo Verde Lane, said Dwight D'Evelyn, spokesman for the sheriff's department.

• Family support professionals met in Chino
  

  Sherry Birch, director of the Sonshine Learning Center talks with Blair Kerr of the newly formed Hannah's Home in Prescott Valley.

• Helping others first
  

  Sherry Birch, director of the Sonshine Learning Center in Black Canyon City, talked with Blair Kerr of the newly formed Hannah's Home in Prescott Valley for pregnant teens, at the First Things First kick-off and thank-you dinner at Gabby's restaurant meeting room in Chino Valley Jan.

• Register for county's emergency notification
  

  Chino Valley and Paulden residents, along with all other Yavapai County residents, can register for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office emergency contact system that notifies people in the event of an emergency.

• Kirkpatrick tours flood damage in Black Canyon City
  

  U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick spent two hours surveying the flood damage in Black Canyon City Friday, saying her first-hand knowledge would help her efforts to get federal help for the community's residents.

• Aid center opens for storm victims
  

  An aid center is open for Gila County residents hit hard by last month's storms.

• Digging Out: Black Canyon City continues repairs after massive storm
  

  The Black Canyon City Water Improvement District restored water to 30 homes on the west side of Black Canyon Creek in Black Canyon City with a temporary repair a week after floods destroyed the water line under the Agua Fria riverbed during a massive storm Jan.

City Description

Black Canyon City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,697 at the 2000 census. Black Canyon City is located at 34°4′11″N 112°8′22″W / 34.06972°N 112.13944°W / 34.06972; -112.13944 (34.069719, -112.139466), at an elevation of 1,975 feet (602 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.7 km²), all of it land. Black Canyon City is located in southern Yavapai County and is approximately 47 miles north of Phoenix. Included in the southern part of Black Canyon City is the community of Rock Springs. It is served by Interstate 17 which bisects the City. I-17 is the main north-south freeway between Phoenix and Flagstaff. The Agua Fria river runs right through the center of Black Canyon City and the river empties into Lake Pleasant to the southwest. Black Canyon City is becoming a bedroom exurb of Phoenix with the continued rapid growth of Phoenix northward. The assessed value of Black Canyon City property more than doubled between 2000 and 2007. Black Canyon City has been known by several names in the past, including Goddard, Canon, and Black Canyon. It was a stage stop

City Contained By:

• Arizona
• Yavapai County
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 51.7997622067 km squared

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