Mogollon Rim

Coordinates: 34°20′12″N 110°56′14″W / 34.33667°N 110.93722°W / 34.33667; -110.93722
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The Mogollon Rim northeast of Payson
View from the east Rim
View of Mogollon Rim, east of Pine
View from Mogollon Rim near Payson
Mead Ranch

The Mogollon Rim (

geological feature cutting across the northern half of the U.S. state of Arizona. It extends approximately 200 miles (320 km), starting in northern Yavapai County and running eastward, ending near the border with New Mexico.[3] It forms the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona
.

Description

The Rim is an

Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón, the Spanish Governor of New Mexico from 1712 to 1715.[7]

Much of the land south of the Mogollon Rim lies 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1,200 to 1,500 m) above

faunal boundary, with species characteristic of the Rocky Mountains living on the top of the plateau, and species native to the Mexican Sierra Madre Occidental on the slopes below and in the Madrean Sky Islands (high, isolated mountain ranges) further south. [citation needed
]

The Mogollon Rim's limestones and sandstones were formed from

Permian Periods. Several of the Rim's rock formations are also seen on the walls of the Grand Canyon. In many places, the Rim is capped or buried by the extensive basaltic lava flows. [citation needed
]

The uppermost sandstone stratum of the Mogollon Rim, called the Coconino Sandstone, forms white cliffs that sometimes reach several hundred feet high. This formation of the Permian Period is of aeolian (windblown) origin and is one of the thickest sand-dune-derived sandstones on earth. [citation needed]

Site of Zane Grey's lodge

Cities and towns near the Mogollon Rim include Payson, Sedona, Show Low, Alpine and Pinetop-Lakeside. The Mogollon Rim is practically bisected by Interstate 17 which runs north-to-south between Flagstaff and Phoenix. [citation needed]

In June 2002, the eastern portion of the Mogollon Rim was the site of Arizona's second-largest

Ponderosa pine forests remain vulnerable because of past fire-suppression efforts and the buildup of available dry fuel. [citation needed
]

Dude Fire in 1990.[8]

Louis L'Amour's novel The Sackett Brand, set near the Mogollon Rim, includes descriptions of its cliffs.

Video

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mogollon". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)(subscription required)
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mogollon Rim
  3. Show Low, although some sources extend it farther east. See U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mogollon Rim
  4. ^
    doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<1189:SAGHOP>2.3.CO;2
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  5. ISBN 9780964188808
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  6. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(79)90291-9
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  7. ^ Colton, H.S. (1938). "Names of the four culture roots in the Southwest". Science. 87 (2268): 551–552.
  8. ^ Brown, Stan (April 8, 2004). "Zane Grey's Rim Country Legacy, Part 5". Payson Roundup. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2013.

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