Pipe Spring National Monument
| Pipe Spring National Monument | |
|---|---|
 Winsor Castle | |
   | |
| Location | Mohave County, Arizona, US |
| Nearest city | Fredonia, AZ |
| Coordinates | 36°51′45″N 112°44′15″W / 36.86250°N 112.73750°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha)[1] |
| Created | May 31, 1923 |
| Visitors | 25,179 (in 2018)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Pipe Spring National Monument |
Pipe Spring National Monument is a
Mormon pioneer history. Administered by the National Park Service, Pipe Spring was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, and the boundaries of the Pipe Spring National Monument Historic District (a portion of the monument) were expanded in October 2000.[3]
History
The water of Pipe Spring has made it possible for plants, animals, and people to live in this dry
Paiute
Indians gathered grass seeds, hunted animals, and raised crops near the springs for at least 1,000 years.
Antonio Armijo discovered the springs when he passed through the area in 1829, when he established by the Armijo Route of the Old Spanish Trail.
Pipe Spring was named by the 1858
Edmunds-Tucker Act
of 1887.
Although their way of life was greatly impacted by Mormon settlement, the Paiute Indians continued to live in the area and by 1907 the
Kaibab Paiute Indian Reservation
was established, surrounding the privately owned Pipe Spring ranch. In 1923, the Pipe Spring ranch was purchased and set aside as a national monument to be a memorial to western pioneer life.
The site today
Today the Pipe Spring National Monument, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Visitor Center, and Museum explain the human history of the area over time. Daily tours of Winsor Castle, summer "living history" demonstrations, an orchard and garden, and a half-mile trail offer a glimpse of American Indian and
Old West
. The Paiute tribe runs a small adjoining campground.
Climate
Pipe Spring National Monument has a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk) with cold winters and hot summers.
| Climate data for Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 79 (26) |
78 (26) |
85 (29) |
91 (33) |
99 (37) |
110 (43) |
109 (43) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
93 (34) |
79 (26) |
69 (21) |
110 (43) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 59.3 (15.2) |
65.6 (18.7) |
75.4 (24.1) |
83.3 (28.5) |
91.0 (32.8) |
99.6 (37.6) |
103.1 (39.5) |
99.5 (37.5) |
94.6 (34.8) |
85.4 (29.7) |
72.1 (22.3) |
60.6 (15.9) |
103.5 (39.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.8 (8.8) |
52.3 (11.3) |
60.9 (16.1) |
67.8 (19.9) |
77.7 (25.4) |
89.3 (31.8) |
94.3 (34.6) |
91.8 (33.2) |
84.5 (29.2) |
71.7 (22.1) |
58.6 (14.8) |
46.8 (8.2) |
70.3 (21.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 35.4 (1.9) |
39.2 (4.0) |
45.9 (7.7) |
51.9 (11.1) |
61.3 (16.3) |
71.4 (21.9) |
77.8 (25.4) |
76.0 (24.4) |
68.2 (20.1) |
55.9 (13.3) |
44.1 (6.7) |
34.5 (1.4) |
55.1 (12.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23.0 (−5.0) |
26.0 (−3.3) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
36.1 (2.3) |
45.0 (7.2) |
53.5 (11.9) |
61.2 (16.2) |
60.2 (15.7) |
51.9 (11.1) |
40.0 (4.4) |
29.7 (−1.3) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
40.0 (4.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 9.3 (−12.6) |
13.1 (−10.5) |
19.4 (−7.0) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
41.0 (5.0) |
51.0 (10.6) |
51.1 (10.6) |
39.5 (4.2) |
26.9 (−2.8) |
14.3 (−9.8) |
7.4 (−13.7) |
4.7 (−15.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −12 (−24) |
−8 (−22) |
4 (−16) |
8 (−13) |
20 (−7) |
33 (1) |
40 (4) |
38 (3) |
28 (−2) |
10 (−12) |
0 (−18) |
−13 (−25) |
−13 (−25) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.41 (36) |
1.38 (35) |
1.06 (27) |
0.66 (17) |
0.52 (13) |
0.19 (4.8) |
1.14 (29) |
1.30 (33) |
1.06 (27) |
1.08 (27) |
0.55 (14) |
1.05 (27) |
11.40 (290) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.3 (0.76) |
2.1 (5.3) |
1.2 (3.0) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
5.8 (15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 5.4 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 52.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| Source: NOAA[4][5] | |||||||||||||
See also
LDS Church portal
- List of national monuments of the United States
- Ella Stewart Udall
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona
References
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pipe Spring National Monument.
Pipe Spring National Monument travel guide from Wikivoyage- Pipe Spring National Monument – official site
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AZ-18, "Pipe Spring Fort, Moccasin, Mohave County, AZ", 11 photos, 15 measured drawings, 6 data pages
- Pipe Spring National Monument: An Administrative History
- Encounter on the High Desert Documentary produced by KUED
