The original canal system was created by the Native Americans and the existing canals were basically improvements on what already existed. I grew up near the Salt River in Mesa and fish below saguaro lake still. These videos are fascinating as I can't explore like this myself. This does not happen often and for this long so it is awesome you are documenting it.
@@a64750 Every lake in Arizona is full so we don't need it. 100 years of water underground and 50+ years of water in the lake's. And yes it going to the Colorado River then trickle into the ocean. The Government is pushing farming out of Maricopa County so you will have to pay even more for food.
Alot of the present day canals follow the course of the Hohokam canals. Which is a marvel in it self seeing as they didnt have surveyors to help with elevation changes.
Your videos are great! I'm a local so it's fun to see these areas from the drone perspective. Thanks for just going out and doing this. It is fun to watch.
In wwii, German POWs were held in Papago Park. They planned their great escape, they saw on a map that they were close to the salt river, so they dug an escape tunnel, they managed to get a raft and headed to the salt river. It didn’t work out like they had hoped.
I moved to Phoenix/Tempe in 1985. That was before Tempe Town Lake was created. The area has greatly improved since that time. I like his horror movie advice about not going into the bushes near the water to investigate a sound. Turnaround and walk the other way, quickly.
haha, hey thanks! yea , I've seen enough horror movies to know what NOT to do. and the sound I heard didnt sound like a small animal rusting through brush either. I made like a banana and got the heck out of there!
Yeah I run along the Tempe Beach path canal and it’s been crazy as I run past it now. I used to see plenty of homeless people living under there so I’ve been seeing more homeless people on the path than in the area below
Theres is normally not much water in the salt river once it reaches the city it normally ends at the tempe town lake damn this water is temporary and came super fast
Yes sir we love these videos. Just documenting the drought conditions and the levels of the dams and reservoirs is awesome. I have been looking for this information in video form. The news doesn't even really cover this topic much detail. And I am sure we all wonder after it rains, " how much had it rained and has it helped towards our drought"
Great coverage! Thank you! I'd love to hear even more details about the Salt river's last stages (downriver) and how much of it reaches the aquafirs on its path. Also about the treatment plants/wetlands (like at Gilbert library). (Just in case you want to do more videos on this subject.)
Great video Jessie, I appreciate the follow-up video from the other week! I hope you can show where the current flow ends, i.e. diverted or just eventually drying up.
Great video Jessie, just became a sub. I am a Cali guy but I have 3 sons that live in that area with their families. Chandler, Marana, Maricopa. Excellent information, looking forward to your weekly updates.
hey thank you! the chandler Arizona area is my stomping grounds. nice area, great community and the parks are well kept.....most of them haha. thanks for checking out the video.....will have more coming this summer!
Great job! Thanks for doing this. I’m a native. Born in Mesa, 1970. Grew up going to the Salt River and lakes. I don’t recall ever seeing it this full. It’s awesome! I recently discovered Tres Rios wetlands so I’m trying to figure out what the story is with that. It’s the convergence of the Salt, Agua Fria, and Gila, rivers. I think it was their website that said that’s where much of our water is stored underground. Would love drone footage of that area.
Was just in the Phoenix, Scoots dale and Sedona areas last week and there was noticeably more water in every stream we observed throughout our travels and talking to people in these areas they said they expect more water as the mtn snow melts and flows downstream
Heading into Tempe on Mill Ave just before the Salt River, looking to the right, there used to be an old house that was built in the Art Deco style. It was right where the 202 stands today. All by itself, now long gone. I do not know who lived there. This was long before Tempe Town Lake. It always caught my eye. I left the Phoenix area in 1973. Still come back every now and then. When we moved there, the population was 350,000 people in phoenix itself. I miss the Desert.
Wow, I've not seen any water flowing in the Salt River in the 14 years of being in PHX. BTW, great videos! Love learning about the history, the scenery and how they bring back memories! I've traveled across the Salt River at Granite Reef Dam many times and it's always was bone dry. And enjoyed my journeys along numerous lengths of the canals. From the beginning of the Arizona canal to the end of it in Glendale.
thank you!....hoping I can make it out to granite reef dam this weekend.....as long as its legal to fly a drone there " which im hoping it is" then I can feature it in one of my next videos!........thanks for watching
Just want to clarify something I think you skipped over. Most of the runoff will be absorbed into the aquifer and recharge our underground wells which is where the majority of us get our water.
Great point, people get up in arms about us release water into the desert. They don’t understand that it goes back to replenishing the natural resources in one form or another. Either by absorption or evaporation. The evaporation carries it to higher ground where precipitation refills the reservoirs, lakes, rivers and canals. Absorptions refills our natural underground water tables.
Lived in PHX for 20 years until 1992 or 1993. I used to use the canals daily on my dirtbike as my personal freeway around town. Could easily commute from 7th Ave and Camelback to ASU in about 7-10 minutes. Tempe Town Lake was just starting to be excavated, but most had no idea what was to come. Mill Avenue bridge was the only bridge in Tempe, and it ran both directions. Alma school had NO bridge...the road just dipped across the riverbed. When it flooded, you found another way. The big flood in 1980 wiped out EVERY-SINGLE bridge in the valley except for the Mill Ave bridge, and Central Blvd's bridge.
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Thx! Not "IN"the canals...the canals have perfectly groomed dirt roads that were access roads on both sides of them,... that are closed to traffic. I'm sure by now they have been turned into bike-paths.
I would really like to see San Carlos full. Maybe for once. And in the early seventies when there were only two bridges across the Salt (Tempe Bridge and I-10) that was one wet summer. The Indian Bend Wash really flowed.
I got to Phoenix in Oct 1980, stationed at Luke AFB. At that time, the Camelback bridge over the New River was collapsed from 300 year floods the previous Spring. We used to go tubing down the Salt River starting at the dam.
@@dawhaynereddingoiv9039 I started out in the 310th with F-4’s and moved down to the 311th when the 310th shut down to prep for the transition to F-16’s. Later I went to Phase in the 58th EMS.
The water flowing through the salt meets with the gila in the west valley. The water passes through a broken dam in Goodyear. It then passes through painted rock dam and reservoir, that is closed to the public because it is gov property. It's allegedly closed because of high levels of DDT in the soil.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video! Would love to see one of what the protected wetlands in the West Valley are looking like, at this time. There are some wildlife preserver areas at the convergence of the Gila, Salt River, and Agua Fria River. Also, the nearby Phoenix Raceway areas as well.
As a Floridian, it always is so weird seeing canals filled with water but with the banks completely sterile of any plant life. Used to flat, wide rivers, though.
Lack of plant life along the canals is by design. The type of plants that live along canals suck up a lot of water, and the canals in the metro area are to move water, not lose it to the plant life. Most (if not all by now) of the canals are concrete lined to prevent water loss.
We had trees along the canals for about 70 years, however they were an invasive tree and caused many problems. I am not sure why we have not planted native plants back.
Old timers say they once had cottonwoods along them. But cottonwoods are thirsty trees and get very big. There's probably a little bit of seepage anyways. I always notice that people in Mesa who have backyards facing the canal have really big, healthy trees.
Nice work integrating historical and capacity facts. Not to much, not to little. Good music too! Your passion for Arizona comes through very clear to me. So yes, please create more videos about the parts of Arizona, and the Southwest, that you are interested in. I share your same interests. Gary
hey thank you for those kind words! I love Arizona and showcasing. Especially when we get all this water.....ya never know when we might see it like this again!.......Important to document, and yes! I will keep the videos coming, thanks again! Jessie
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464sweet! Looking forward to your video 😀 also if you take the 60 up through Superior you should get some drone footage of devils canyon and the old highway tunnels up through there. It’s a really popular place for hiking and rock climbing
I'd love to see some drone shots of the 202 & McKellips with the water washing over the road; as well as near that cement/gravel factory! Great videos, earned a sub!
I will keep that in mind!...I think a couple other people mentioned that location as well.........as long as I can legally fly a drone there....I'll do it!....thank you for the recommendations 🙏
The water doesn't soak into the desert and evaporate. The salt flows into the Gila River and into Painted Rock lake behind painted rock dam. (The largest lake in the state). It's then released down the gila River and into the Colorado at Yuma. Then down through Mexico and into the gulf of California. P.S. I did enjoy the video
I ❤ seeing the before and after vids/pics. Do you get up into the backcountry creeks and such or is not as dramatic as downstream? That little hydro-dam serving 100-150 homes is simply spectacular. Thanks
not too often do i get up into the back country creeks, but I've been contemplating it. There is multiple creeks up in the Payson area I shot a lot of footage at and everyone is saying they are flowing pretty heavy up there. I'll have to try and make a trip up there.
Buddy!!! Thank you! appreciate you checking out the videos...Glad you enjoyed.......as far as the Gila River...........Its coming! if you can think of any other places to visit in arizona in regards to Dams, Bridges, Rivers, reservoirs, be sure to let me know! 👍
Didn't a major bridge across the Salt River wash out in maybe '87? How about checking out the Hassayampa? I remember seeing it dry one year, the next year ripping bank to bank in Wickenburg and dry again not even 25 moles diwn river...
You're missing two really cool dams along the Salt River, Mormon Flat and Horse Mesa. In a lot of ways they're a lot cooler than the other two since they're pumped storage generators. Architecturally they are both really cool, and the cliffs around Horse Mesa are about 1000ft tall. Film the drive to horse mesa if you do go.
Great video! You were concise and to the point with lots of information. The only thing I would have added is where does the Salt river go? All the way to Mexico? Any water actually flows out to the ocean or does it just peter out in the desert?
A lot of people have been requesting the numbers in metric format.....I'll have to do the conversions but it shouldn't be too difficult....that's what we have Google for!
Great video,, appreciate the perspective. So if there is more water than can evaporate in the Salt and Gila River bed, then where’s it go? Show us Painted Rock Dam,, and talk about our water treaty with Mexico…..
Los Angeles River being recreated remains the gold standard in how to change these systems into an actual aquifer and *"living space"* meaning no trash and a vast green space for walking, fishing, bird watching...apparently rattlesnake watching...but yes something you want to experience and not have be *"lived in"* per se. There are options related to rent control etc which both New York City and New York State implemented long before I was even born that have been proven to work so I don't understand why more Cities don't try out these approaches as #over_development causes an enormous amount of poverty amongst many other issues of course as well.
Probably depends on whether Painted Rock reservoir NW of Gila Bend is full yet or not. If so, then they would have to be releasing water there and then yeah it would probably make it to the Colorado.
Yeah all the tributaries in the Phoenix metro area, empty into the Gila and make their way to Colorado near Yuma, eventually if they are released from the Painted Rock Reservoir.
Absolutely! lot of the water is being stored at painted rock reservoir and they are currently releasing water as well. I just uploaded a video on painted rock reservoir as well
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 my great great grandparents lived in Florence back in the 1800’s, before they dammed all the rivers. They told my grandpa that paddle boats and steamers like you see on Mississippi, would travel from the Sea of Cortez, up the Colorado and onto the Gila to bring supplies and people to the Florence area. I can’t even imagine how cool it would’ve been to see all AZ’s rivers flowing freely.
I dont know the numbers behind it, but im sure some of it does. But im also certain that a lot of that water is pulled out for agriculture, drinking and other uses
These subdivisions has flooded 2 or 3 times in my 70 years. The developers just rebuild and sell new homes to a new batch of people who don't ask the right questions.
How much of the water makes it down to Mexico? The Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona is probably the last major towns before the river crosses the border into Mexico.
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The original canal system was created by the Native Americans and the existing canals were basically improvements on what already existed. I grew up near the Salt River in Mesa and fish below saguaro lake still. These videos are fascinating as I can't explore like this myself. This does not happen often and for this long so it is awesome you are documenting it.
I have lived in phoenix since 1967 this happens more then your giving credit.
@@a64750 Every lake in Arizona is full so we don't need it. 100 years of water underground and 50+ years of water in the lake's. And yes it going to the Colorado River then trickle into the ocean. The Government is pushing farming out of Maricopa County so you will have to pay even more for food.
I have something more fun to do in the Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam. First you need a tube for your ice chest......
Hey thanks!....I appreciate you sharing that with us! ill try to keep the videos coming!
I lived in Glendale, from 1956 to 68, my Grandfather lived in Mesa. So, needless to say I know what it used to be.
I love seeing it like this. Been more than 20 years since we were this full.
Alot of the present day canals follow the course of the Hohokam canals. Which is a marvel in it self seeing as they didnt have surveyors to help with elevation changes.
I'm reading more up on that....the Hohokam indians dug them......remarkable!
love these videos! always wondered why AZ had so many bridges going over all the sand bars
lol! for the longest time I thought that same thing!
Your videos are great! I'm a local so it's fun to see these areas from the drone perspective. Thanks for just going out and doing this. It is fun to watch.
hey thank you for sharing those kind words! Ill try to keep the videos coming and explore other parts around the valley.......thanks for watching!
I am a native I love it ❤️ Thank you rain 🌧️
Glad you enjoyed the video!
In wwii, German POWs were held in Papago Park. They planned their great escape, they saw on a map that they were close to the salt river, so they dug an escape tunnel, they managed to get a raft and headed to the salt river. It didn’t work out like they had hoped.
Never heard of this.....I will have to look into it. thanks for sharing
I moved to Phoenix/Tempe in 1985. That was before Tempe Town Lake was created. The area has greatly improved since that time. I like his horror movie advice about not going into the bushes near the water to investigate a sound. Turnaround and walk the other way, quickly.
haha, hey thanks! yea , I've seen enough horror movies to know what NOT to do. and the sound I heard didnt sound like a small animal rusting through brush either. I made like a banana and got the heck out of there!
Great footage Jessie. I love you you present the info.
Thank you!
I like the videos . Keep them informative and educational and keep 'em coming.
glad you enjoy them! and yes! i will definitely keep them coming! lots more coming!
Tempe is such an awesome place to live. I love hanging out around Mill Ave on the weekends
its the place to be!
Yeah I run along the Tempe Beach path canal and it’s been crazy as I run past it now. I used to see plenty of homeless people living under there so I’ve been seeing more homeless people on the path than in the area below
I saw a lot the further east I went on the trail. I always sled up every time I rode past them. Can't be too careful
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Yeah, I rarely go east of the Tempe marketplace parking lot. Even going under the bridge on McClintock can be sketch
Theres is normally not much water in the salt river once it reaches the city it normally ends at the tempe town lake damn this water is temporary and came super fast
Yes sir we love these videos. Just documenting the drought conditions and the levels of the dams and reservoirs is awesome. I have been looking for this information in video form. The news doesn't even really cover this topic much detail. And I am sure we all wonder after it rains, " how much had it rained and has it helped towards our drought"
thank you! I'll try to keep the videos coming
Nice thank you. 2005 the dessert was at bloom first time in a long time.
I once floated Salt River Canyon to the diversion above Roosevelt with dudes..cool trip,we had water ..late ‘70s
thank you for sharing!
Great coverage! Thank you! I'd love to hear even more details about the Salt river's last stages (downriver) and how much of it reaches the aquafirs on its path. Also about the treatment plants/wetlands (like at Gilbert library). (Just in case you want to do more videos on this subject.)
Same
Thank you! I'll try to incorporate some of that in future videos
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 🙂
Great video Jessie, I appreciate the follow-up video from the other week! I hope you can show where the current flow ends, i.e. diverted or just eventually drying up.
It's in the works 👌
Thanks for that info !😊
Your welcome! Thanks for checking out the video! 👍
Watson Lake Dam near Prescott is a fun hike and easy to get to.
I completely forgot about Watson Dam!!!! I love that area. Totally making a trip up there soon!....thanks 👍
I just love water being in Arizona they really need all the help with 💦
Great video Jessie, just became a sub. I am a Cali guy but I have 3 sons that live in that area with their families. Chandler, Marana, Maricopa. Excellent information, looking forward to your weekly updates.
hey thank you! the chandler Arizona area is my stomping grounds. nice area, great community and the parks are well kept.....most of them haha. thanks for checking out the video.....will have more coming this summer!
Great job! Thanks for doing this. I’m a native. Born in Mesa, 1970. Grew up going to the Salt River and lakes. I don’t recall ever seeing it this full. It’s awesome! I recently discovered Tres Rios wetlands so I’m trying to figure out what the story is with that. It’s the convergence of the Salt, Agua Fria, and Gila, rivers. I think it was their website that said that’s where much of our water is stored underground. Would love drone footage of that area.
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed the Video! ill see If i can capture some of those areas on the drone! 👍
Thanks for the GREAT drone footage!...
anytime! thank you for watching!......Glad you Enjoyed!
Great videos. Don't let the out of staters know we have water...
copy that!.....will keep on the down low!
Good video. Very informative
Thank you
Excellently informational!!@ Subscribed from watching just this first video😂 really appreciate the before and after video
Hey thank you a Million!!! greatly appreciate it! ill try to compile more before and after videos in the future!
Another informative video. Thank you.
glad you enjoyed!
I enjoy these videos 👍🏼
hey thank! I'll Try to keep them coming!
would love a video on the Painted Rock reservoir near Gila Bend where all this water is headed.
Just uploaded a video on painted rock reservoir!....go check it out!
Really nice job! Educational for me. A lot of work. Thank you for sharing!!
hey thank you for watching!
Was just in the Phoenix, Scoots dale and Sedona areas last week and there was noticeably more water in every stream we observed throughout our travels and talking to people in these areas they said they expect more water as the mtn snow melts and flows downstream
Nice video covering some pretty interesting water-related info in our area. You have a professional delivery! Thanks! :)
Thank you!
Great video!
Thank you! Just uploaded another!
Dude, great video, thank you.
hey thank you for watching!
Be cool to see where the Salt meets the Gila what it looks like, love the vid, moved out of the valley like 15 years ago.
hoping to make it out to that area this weekend
Great video. I agree, Delta does have some hot flight attendants.
Haha, right! I would rank American airlines second 👍
Heading into Tempe on Mill Ave just before the Salt River, looking to the right, there used to be an old house that was built in the Art Deco style. It was right where the 202 stands today. All by itself, now long gone. I do not know who lived there. This was long before Tempe Town Lake. It always caught my eye. I left the Phoenix area in 1973. Still come back every now and then. When we moved there, the population was 350,000 people in phoenix itself. I miss the Desert.
I worked at the airport and the parking lot was right next to the Salt River. the Salt River was dry at that time About three years ago.
Would recommend sycamore creek, where bush highway meets the 87. Its normally bone dry OHV area, but when it rains it gets pretty wild.
Wow, I've not seen any water flowing in the Salt River in the 14 years of being in PHX. BTW, great videos! Love learning about the history, the scenery and how they bring back memories! I've traveled across the Salt River at Granite Reef Dam many times and it's always was bone dry. And enjoyed my journeys along numerous lengths of the canals. From the beginning of the Arizona canal to the end of it in Glendale.
thank you!....hoping I can make it out to granite reef dam this weekend.....as long as its legal to fly a drone there " which im hoping it is" then I can feature it in one of my next videos!........thanks for watching
Just want to clarify something I think you skipped over. Most of the runoff will be absorbed into the aquifer and recharge our underground wells which is where the majority of us get our water.
Great point, people get up in arms about us release water into the desert. They don’t understand that it goes back to replenishing the natural resources in one form or another. Either by absorption or evaporation. The evaporation carries it to higher ground where precipitation refills the reservoirs, lakes, rivers and canals. Absorptions refills our natural underground water tables.
your correct. I'm doing more research on aquifers so I can brief people in on it a little more in my future videos!
Excellent video ... Well Done!
hey thank!......much appreciate 🙏
Lived in PHX for 20 years until 1992 or 1993. I used to use the canals daily on my dirtbike as my personal freeway around town. Could easily commute from 7th Ave and Camelback to ASU in about 7-10 minutes.
Tempe Town Lake was just starting to be excavated, but most had no idea what was to come. Mill Avenue bridge was the only bridge in Tempe, and it ran both directions.
Alma school had NO bridge...the road just dipped across the riverbed. When it flooded, you found another way.
The big flood in 1980 wiped out EVERY-SINGLE bridge in the valley except for the Mill Ave bridge, and Central Blvd's bridge.
Thanks for sharing! and that would be sick to ride in the canals
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Thx! Not "IN"the canals...the canals have perfectly groomed dirt roads that were access roads on both sides of them,... that are closed to traffic.
I'm sure by now they have been turned into bike-paths.
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Here is some footage from the time!
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@@ruserious9577 ahhh...I see what your saying.....my bad
I would really like to see San Carlos full. Maybe for once. And in the early seventies when there were only two bridges across the Salt (Tempe Bridge and I-10) that was one wet summer. The Indian Bend Wash really flowed.
Great videos. please keep making such awesome videos
I will!....glad your enjoying them!
like the before and after shots,
thank you! I'll try to do more in the future
I got to Phoenix in Oct 1980, stationed at Luke AFB. At that time, the Camelback bridge over the New River was collapsed from 300 year floods the previous Spring. We used to go tubing down the Salt River starting at the dam.
@@dawhaynereddingoiv9039 I started out in the 310th with F-4’s and moved down to the 311th when the 310th shut down to prep for the transition to F-16’s. Later I went to Phase in the 58th EMS.
The water flowing through the salt meets with the gila in the west valley. The water passes through a broken dam in Goodyear. It then passes through painted rock dam and reservoir, that is closed to the public because it is gov property. It's allegedly closed because of high levels of DDT in the soil.
I just uploaded a video of painted rock dam and reservoir too! be sure to check it out
Great video
thank you 🙏
Thoroughly enjoyed the video! Would love to see one of what the protected wetlands in the West Valley are looking like, at this time. There are some wildlife preserver areas at the convergence of the Gila, Salt River, and Agua Fria River. Also, the nearby Phoenix Raceway areas as well.
already in the works! 👍
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 awesome... I will definitely be watching
As a Floridian, it always is so weird seeing canals filled with water but with the banks completely sterile of any plant life. Used to flat, wide rivers, though.
I never thought of that till you said something. I've only lived in AZ a few years, but yea, weird how there isnt any plant life
Lack of plant life along the canals is by design. The type of plants that live along canals suck up a lot of water, and the canals in the metro area are to move water, not lose it to the plant life. Most (if not all by now) of the canals are concrete lined to prevent water loss.
We had trees along the canals for about 70 years, however they were an invasive tree and caused many problems. I am not sure why we have not planted native plants back.
Old timers say they once had cottonwoods along them. But cottonwoods are thirsty trees and get very big. There's probably a little bit of seepage anyways. I always notice that people in Mesa who have backyards facing the canal have really big, healthy trees.
It would be awesome to get some video of Painted Rock Dam and reservoir. That is where all the water is going.
Coming Soon 👍
I love Arizona Tempe is my home but I do have some land in the north east (st johns) next to the little Colorado river
You sound like a network reporter, do you have a background in news, commentary? Thanks good work.
I don't haha, just RUclips, but someone commented on one of my other videos and said I should do Radio work......thaanks for watching 👍
I have seen the salt river flooding and filled with water. It was in the early mid 80’s.
Nice work integrating historical and capacity facts. Not to much, not to little. Good music too! Your passion for Arizona comes through very clear to me. So yes, please create more videos about the parts of Arizona, and the Southwest, that you are interested in. I share your same interests. Gary
hey thank you for those kind words! I love Arizona and showcasing. Especially when we get all this water.....ya never know when we might see it like this again!.......Important to document, and yes! I will keep the videos coming, thanks again! Jessie
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I used to live in Phoenix and it's nice to see the area get wet for a change.
Greetings!
Thanks
No problem 👍
You should go check out San Carlos Reservoir on the Gila, and Coolidge Dam.
Consider it done 👍
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464sweet! Looking forward to your video 😀 also if you take the 60 up through Superior you should get some drone footage of devils canyon and the old highway tunnels up through there. It’s a really popular place for hiking and rock climbing
Nice Work... Thanks
Welcome!
Love what you do bro! Can you create a video on where Tucson gets it water and are their dams full also? Thanks!
I'll try! I'm always open to suggestions from my viewers!
Would love to see you follow the floods further out.
Consider it done 👍
I'd love to see some drone shots of the 202 & McKellips with the water washing over the road; as well as near that cement/gravel factory! Great videos, earned a sub!
I will keep that in mind!...I think a couple other people mentioned that location as well.........as long as I can legally fly a drone there....I'll do it!....thank you for the recommendations 🙏
I’m curious, since there is this much flow have the inflatable dams at Tempe Town Lake been deflated as they were design to do?
Great video sir.
Glad you liked it!
The water doesn't soak into the desert and evaporate. The salt flows into the Gila River and into Painted Rock lake behind painted rock dam. (The largest lake in the state). It's then released down the gila River and into the Colorado at Yuma. Then down through Mexico and into the gulf of California. P.S. I did enjoy the video
I ❤ seeing the before and after vids/pics. Do you get up into the backcountry creeks and such or is not as dramatic as downstream?
That little hydro-dam serving 100-150 homes is simply spectacular.
Thanks
not too often do i get up into the back country creeks, but I've been contemplating it. There is multiple creeks up in the Payson area I shot a lot of footage at and everyone is saying they are flowing pretty heavy up there. I'll have to try and make a trip up there.
AZ Falls powers 150 homes or more? I mean 150 is still a lot, but not much... Guess it is small so take what you can! Cool vid and facts!
hey thank! glad you enjoyed!
Jessie, just came across the two arizona flood videos. The are AWESOME. Amazing drone footage, and some arizona history. What about the Gila river?
Buddy!!! Thank you! appreciate you checking out the videos...Glad you enjoyed.......as far as the Gila River...........Its coming! if you can think of any other places to visit in arizona in regards to Dams, Bridges, Rivers, reservoirs, be sure to let me know! 👍
Ive only lived in Az (Tempe) for a decade and havent explored a whole lot. But if you ever want some company on one of your treks, let me know!
so many places where the placer prospecting will be REAL good.
nice job
Thank you!
Does any off these rivers percolate into the grounds. Does it help, your states water levels.
Didn't a major bridge across the Salt River wash out in maybe '87?
How about checking out the Hassayampa? I remember seeing it dry one year, the next year ripping bank to bank in Wickenburg and dry again not even 25 moles diwn river...
That's miles down river.
Used to party at the river bottom back in the 80's.
bet it was an amazing time!
Good Job
thank you!
You're missing two really cool dams along the Salt River, Mormon Flat and Horse Mesa. In a lot of ways they're a lot cooler than the other two since they're pumped storage generators. Architecturally they are both really cool, and the cliffs around Horse Mesa are about 1000ft tall. Film the drive to horse mesa if you do go.
I'll get back out there eventually!!!
Go the Gillespie Dam and Painted Rock
I did! and I just uploaded that video...go check it out!
Film the head waters of the San pedro River curious how it looks flowing from tuscon
Noted!....thank you!
Tempe town lake was full in 2012
do a report on the rim lakes
I'll see what I can do 👍
Great job merging and sound on the videos. You don't fly that Nikon, do You?
thank you! and no lol, i dont fly the nikon, although that would be some nice footage. I fly using the DJI Mavic Air 2
Great video! You were concise and to the point with lots of information. The only thing I would have added is where does the Salt river go? All the way to Mexico? Any water actually flows out to the ocean or does it just peter out in the desert?
The Salt flows into the Gila, which flows into the Colorado at Yuma.
precisely!
@@thomasrinschler6783 👍
Tempe AZ
Does any of this water make its way to the Colorado River and the Colorado River Delta?
eventually.......yes! the salt river eventually catches up with the gila river which eventually pours into the colorado river further downstream
This videos are very good, but the m/d/y and the imperial system are a nail in the eyes
thank you!........and sorry about that.......I'll try to make it more visually appealing
@Jessie's Drone Adventures i meant that the rest of the world uses the standard format, so metric system 🤣
A lot of people have been requesting the numbers in metric format.....I'll have to do the conversions but it shouldn't be too difficult....that's what we have Google for!
Great video,, appreciate the perspective. So if there is more water than can evaporate in the Salt and Gila River bed, then where’s it go? Show us Painted Rock Dam,, and talk about our water treaty with Mexico…..
just uploaded a NEW video showcasing Painted rock dam and reservoir!.....go check it out!
How about a trip to see San Carlos lake and the dam?
Ahhh! Didn't know there was a dam over there until I looked this up, " only lived in AZ a few years" but I will put that one on the list!
7:52 mark - where is that located?
It's called Arizona Falls. It's located just south of camelback mountain...here's the address 5802 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018
I should have watched the remainder of the video before commenting 🤣 thank you!
Lol, it's ok...... Hope you get to make it out there. Pretty cool place with lots of history 👍
Los Angeles River being recreated remains the gold standard in how to change these systems into an actual aquifer and *"living space"* meaning no trash and a vast green space for walking, fishing, bird watching...apparently rattlesnake watching...but yes something you want to experience and not have be *"lived in"* per se. There are options related to rent control etc which both New York City and New York State implemented long before I was even born that have been proven to work so I don't understand why more Cities don't try out these approaches as #over_development causes an enormous amount of poverty amongst many other issues of course as well.
It’s gotta be making it all the way to Yuma I’d imagine?
Probably depends on whether Painted Rock reservoir NW of Gila Bend is full yet or not. If so, then they would have to be releasing water there and then yeah it would probably make it to the Colorado.
@@CPcamaro 👍🏻
Yeah all the tributaries in the Phoenix metro area, empty into the Gila and make their way to Colorado near Yuma, eventually if they are released from the Painted Rock Reservoir.
Absolutely! lot of the water is being stored at painted rock reservoir and they are currently releasing water as well. I just uploaded a video on painted rock reservoir as well
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 my great great grandparents lived in Florence back in the 1800’s, before they dammed all the rivers. They told my grandpa that paddle boats and steamers like you see on Mississippi, would travel from the Sea of Cortez, up the Colorado and onto the Gila to bring supplies and people to the Florence area. I can’t even imagine how cool it would’ve been to see all AZ’s rivers flowing freely.
With all the water, does any of it reach the Sea of Cortez?
I dont know the numbers behind it, but im sure some of it does. But im also certain that a lot of that water is pulled out for agriculture, drinking and other uses
How is tubing on the Salt River? I did it several years ago the water was low, but we still got through.
cant say ive ever been tubing on the salt river............yet!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 It's really fun, you'll love it.
Hay were does the Salt river end at
It is a tributary to the Gila river. They join just SW of Phoenix. The Gila flows into the Colorado River just north of Yuma AZ.
These subdivisions has flooded 2 or 3 times in my 70 years. The developers just rebuild and sell new homes to a new batch of people who don't ask the right questions.
the easy image of an acre foot is a fotoball field 1ft. deep in water.
thank you!
have you found any good mtbing in these areas??
i know there is a mountain bike trail along the salt river. I always see people out there on it. I've just never rode it myself
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 ya i ridden all those trails i was looking for something more scenic like in your video.
😂”someone lost their Walker ,hopefully they didn’t go in there “ bro
lol, hopefully!
I liked this video but It would be nice to also have some metric figures for us in Europe :)
Working on it 👍
How much of the water makes it down to Mexico? The Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona is probably the last major towns before the river crosses the border into Mexico.
I dont know the numbers behind it, but im gonna say not much