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Lake Havasu City, Arizona
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Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 56,355.[2] It was founded in 1964 on the shores of Lake Havasu.
Lake Havasu City was established in 1964 by Robert P. McCulloch (of McCulloch Chainsaws) as a planned community. McCulloch had purchased 3,500 acres (14 km²) of property on the east side of Lake Havasu along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into "the island". The city was incorporated in 1978. The present city grew around an old mining town established in the early 20th century.
The lake was formed in 1938 by Parker Dam on the Colorado River. One cannot reach the Grand Canyon from Lake Havasu, however, due to the dams: Davis Dam (creating Lake Mohave) and Hoover Dam (creating Lake Mead) and Parker Dam.
A popular tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City is the London Bridge, which crosses an 8ft (2.4m) deep man-made canal that leads from Lake Havasu (on the Colorado River) to Thompson Bay. Many boats are out on the water to drive around. It was bought for US.5 million from the City of London when the bridge was replaced in 1968. The bridge was disassembled, and the marked stones were shipped to Lake Havasu City and reassembled for another US million. It opened in October 1971. It is a popular rumour that the bridge was bought in the belief that it was, in fact, London's more recognisable Tower Bridge[1][2][3], but this has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, who sold the bridge. [4]
Lake Havasu City is an active destination for a wide range of people. During the spring months, the community is joined by university students during Spring Break (indeed, the city has something of a reputation for being a spring break party town) while the California boaters begin to stream in as the weather warms. March to September are the prime boating months on Lake Havasu. The city is also home to the International World Jet Ski Final Races, multiple professional fishing tournaments, custom boat regattas, the Western Winter Blast pyrotechnics convention, and the Havasu Half Marathon [5].
During the winter months, the community is joined by retirees from colder regions of the country and Canada. During this period, multiple events are held on McCulloch Boulevard.
Lake Havasu City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 34°29′24″N 114°18′32″W / 34.49, -114.30889.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.1 square miles (111.6 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
The only access to Lake Havasu City by road is via Arizona State Route 95, which meets Interstate 40 to the north of the city and Interstate 10 to the south. The city is served by several intersecting loop roads which connect with AZ 95. This somewhat unorthodox road layout has been a source of confusion for many newcomers. Many of the houses in the city are vacation homes.Lake Havasu City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 34°29′24″N 114°18′32″W / 34.49, -114.30889.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.1 square miles (111.6 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
The only access to Lake Havasu City by road is via Arizona State Route 95, which meets Interstate 40 to the north of the city and Interstate 10 to the south. The city is served by several intersecting loop roads which connect with AZ 95. This somewhat unorthodox road layout has been a source of confusion for many newcomers. Many of the houses in the city are vacation homes.
Lake Havasu City has an arid desert climate. In the winter months, daytime highs are usually in the mid to upper 60s, with an occasional day not reaching 60°F (16°C). Lows in winter average about 43°F (6°C); temperatures do occasionally dip below 40°F (4°C), but frost is uncommon for the area. The city has extremely hot summers, with highs remaining between 100°F (38°C) and 110°F (43°C) for about four months. Highs above 115°F (46°C) are not rare in the city during the summer months. Low temperatures tend to stay above 80°F (27°C) for the months of July and August, lowering to a more tolerable 70°F - 80°F range in September.
Lake Havasu City reached 124°F (51°C) on July 1, 1950, the all-time highest recorded temperature in the city. Earlier that very same year on January 4, Lake Havasu City had reached its all time low temperature of 25°F (-4°C), though this was recorded again in 1990 for three consecutive days -- December 22, 23, and 24.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile (376.2/km²). There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8/sq mi (206.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.35% White, 0.31% Black or African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.51% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 7.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 17,911 households out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.69.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was ,499, and the median income for a family was ,393. Males had a median income of ,594 versus ,576 for females. The per capita income for the city was ,403. About 6.6% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Havasu_City,_Arizona
Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore. The lake has a capacity of 648,000 acre feet (799,000,000 m3). The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1934 and 1938. The lake's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two aqueducts.
Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant pumps water into the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct. Whitsett Pumping Plant is located on the lake and lifts the water 291 feet (89 m) for the Colorado River Aqueduct. Gene Pumping Plant is just south of Parker Dam and gives the water an additional boost of 303 feet (92 m). The Colorado River Aqueduct has three more pumping plants, Iron Mountain, 144 feet (44 m), Eagle Mountain, 438 feet (134 m) and Julian Hinds, 441 feet (134 m). The total lift is 1,617 feet (493 m).
Robert Paxton McCulloch (May 11, 1911 – February 25, 1977) was an American entrepreneur most notable for McCulloch Chainsaws and purchasing the old London Bridge and moving it to one of the cities he founded, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Lake Havasu sparked the imagination of McCulloch, who purchased 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of lakeside property along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into "the island".
Lake Havasu is well known for its recreational fishing and boating, which bring in 3.5 million visitors a year. Fishing tournaments are often held on the lake, where bass and stripers are the main catch. In addition, white sturgeon were stocked in Lake Havasu in 1967 and 1968 from stock obtained from San Pablo Bay, California. While some dead sturgeon were found downstream from Havasu (probably killed during passage over dams), living fish have not been recorded, but may still exist along the southern end of Lake Havasu near Parker Dam.[1] Sturgeon have been known to grow upwards of 20 feet and can live in excess of 100 years and many in and around Lake Havasu continue in their efforts to catch a glimpse of the majestic animal.
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Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Image by Ken Lund
Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 56,355.[2] It was founded in 1964 on the shores of Lake Havasu.
Lake Havasu City was established in 1964 by Robert P. McCulloch (of McCulloch Chainsaws) as a planned community. McCulloch had purchased 3,500 acres (14 km²) of property on the east side of Lake Havasu along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into "the island". The city was incorporated in 1978. The present city grew around an old mining town established in the early 20th century.
The lake was formed in 1938 by Parker Dam on the Colorado River. One cannot reach the Grand Canyon from Lake Havasu, however, due to the dams: Davis Dam (creating Lake Mohave) and Hoover Dam (creating Lake Mead) and Parker Dam.
A popular tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City is the London Bridge, which crosses an 8ft (2.4m) deep man-made canal that leads from Lake Havasu (on the Colorado River) to Thompson Bay. Many boats are out on the water to drive around. It was bought for US.5 million from the City of London when the bridge was replaced in 1968. The bridge was disassembled, and the marked stones were shipped to Lake Havasu City and reassembled for another US million. It opened in October 1971. It is a popular rumour that the bridge was bought in the belief that it was, in fact, London's more recognisable Tower Bridge[1][2][3], but this has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, who sold the bridge. [4]
Lake Havasu City is an active destination for a wide range of people. During the spring months, the community is joined by university students during Spring Break (indeed, the city has something of a reputation for being a spring break party town) while the California boaters begin to stream in as the weather warms. March to September are the prime boating months on Lake Havasu. The city is also home to the International World Jet Ski Final Races, multiple professional fishing tournaments, custom boat regattas, the Western Winter Blast pyrotechnics convention, and the Havasu Half Marathon [5].
During the winter months, the community is joined by retirees from colder regions of the country and Canada. During this period, multiple events are held on McCulloch Boulevard.
Lake Havasu City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 34°29′24″N 114°18′32″W / 34.49, -114.30889.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.1 square miles (111.6 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
The only access to Lake Havasu City by road is via Arizona State Route 95, which meets Interstate 40 to the north of the city and Interstate 10 to the south. The city is served by several intersecting loop roads which connect with AZ 95. This somewhat unorthodox road layout has been a source of confusion for many newcomers. Many of the houses in the city are vacation homes.Lake Havasu City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 34°29′24″N 114°18′32″W / 34.49, -114.30889.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.1 square miles (111.6 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
The only access to Lake Havasu City by road is via Arizona State Route 95, which meets Interstate 40 to the north of the city and Interstate 10 to the south. The city is served by several intersecting loop roads which connect with AZ 95. This somewhat unorthodox road layout has been a source of confusion for many newcomers. Many of the houses in the city are vacation homes.
Lake Havasu City has an arid desert climate. In the winter months, daytime highs are usually in the mid to upper 60s, with an occasional day not reaching 60°F (16°C). Lows in winter average about 43°F (6°C); temperatures do occasionally dip below 40°F (4°C), but frost is uncommon for the area. The city has extremely hot summers, with highs remaining between 100°F (38°C) and 110°F (43°C) for about four months. Highs above 115°F (46°C) are not rare in the city during the summer months. Low temperatures tend to stay above 80°F (27°C) for the months of July and August, lowering to a more tolerable 70°F - 80°F range in September.
Lake Havasu City reached 124°F (51°C) on July 1, 1950, the all-time highest recorded temperature in the city. Earlier that very same year on January 4, Lake Havasu City had reached its all time low temperature of 25°F (-4°C), though this was recorded again in 1990 for three consecutive days -- December 22, 23, and 24.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile (376.2/km²). There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8/sq mi (206.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.35% White, 0.31% Black or African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.51% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 7.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 17,911 households out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.69.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was ,499, and the median income for a family was ,393. Males had a median income of ,594 versus ,576 for females. The per capita income for the city was ,403. About 6.6% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Havasu_City,_Arizona
Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore. The lake has a capacity of 648,000 acre feet (799,000,000 m3). The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1934 and 1938. The lake's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two aqueducts.
Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant pumps water into the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct. Whitsett Pumping Plant is located on the lake and lifts the water 291 feet (89 m) for the Colorado River Aqueduct. Gene Pumping Plant is just south of Parker Dam and gives the water an additional boost of 303 feet (92 m). The Colorado River Aqueduct has three more pumping plants, Iron Mountain, 144 feet (44 m), Eagle Mountain, 438 feet (134 m) and Julian Hinds, 441 feet (134 m). The total lift is 1,617 feet (493 m).
Robert Paxton McCulloch (May 11, 1911 – February 25, 1977) was an American entrepreneur most notable for McCulloch Chainsaws and purchasing the old London Bridge and moving it to one of the cities he founded, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Lake Havasu sparked the imagination of McCulloch, who purchased 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of lakeside property along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into "the island".
Lake Havasu is well known for its recreational fishing and boating, which bring in 3.5 million visitors a year. Fishing tournaments are often held on the lake, where bass and stripers are the main catch. In addition, white sturgeon were stocked in Lake Havasu in 1967 and 1968 from stock obtained from San Pablo Bay, California. While some dead sturgeon were found downstream from Havasu (probably killed during passage over dams), living fish have not been recorded, but may still exist along the southern end of Lake Havasu near Parker Dam.[1] Sturgeon have been known to grow upwards of 20 feet and can live in excess of 100 years and many in and around Lake Havasu continue in their efforts to catch a glimpse of the majestic animal.
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always look on the bright side of life
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If we cannot swiftly abandon our current suicidal attempt to ensure endlessly growing consumption, and direct our efforts into energetically devising and implementing a sustainable society, humankind (and not the non-human component of biodiversity) will discover, in short order, that it is not sustainable. At least, not sustainable at the present levels of population and rates of consumption; perhaps we will discover that thinly scattered New Palaeolithic settlements can be sustained. Provided, of course, that we can remember how to make stone choppers, or catch animals that don't want to be caught, neither of which is a given.
What might help us to determine that we have established a sustainable relationship with the non-human elements of biodiversity? I suggest we should be looking for indicators like this: the wild populations of every species of non-human primates are growing, and at a rate faster than the human population, and the area of the planet occupied by healthy coral reef is constant or increasing.
The reductionist approach to our world has not only given us every scientific advance since Descartes, but has simultaneously contributed in very large measure to our present predicament. We have led ourselves sadly astray by divorcing ourselves (but only in our minds) from nature, and in divorcing our drive for technology from our understanding of its consequences on the rate of growth of the human population and of its appetites.
Nature was never different from us. But she gave us the rope on which we have hanged ourselves: abundant cheap energy in the form of coal, gas, and especially oil. We have glutted ourself on fossil fuels, pouring it into our cities, fields, and bellies as though tomorrow would never come. We have used it to fuel exponential economic growth which has now reached the end of whatever surplus the planet could provide.
It is not just that we need interdisciplinary research, which we do, but more; we must understand at a very fundamental level that "society" and "nature" are not separate. They are simply different perspectives on the same reality. A complex reality, yes, but it does not help our understanding of that reality to treat it simplistically. The world, Nature, or biodiversity will not be dominated, and we have been fooling ourselves to imagine ourselves separate. Aldous Huxley said that “facts do not cease to exist because they're ignored” and we must not use science or technology to ignore our intimate entanglement with nature.
While we need biodiversity, biodiversity does not need us.
Any targets we set to guide our behaviour must serve on a conceptual scale that goes far beyond protecting wildlife. A target must give us direction and hope. It must be of practical benefit to guide everyday behaviour. It must be something that all of us individually and collectively feel ownership for. It must be something that helps to move us swiftly away from unsustainable behaviour – perhaps by making such behaviour socially unacceptable. Finding such a target will not be easy, and will require a great deal of research, involving natural and social scientists, economists, historians, artists, philosophers and lawmakers working together in an urgent and important effort. It will not be easy to turn this great fleet of humanity from its present dangerous course, but I am not alone in believing that if we do not do so, and quickly, there is little cause for optimism about the human future.
