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Landform in Navajo County, Arizona Physical feature in Arizona, United States
Alchesay Flat, Arizona
Physical feature
Alchesay Flat, Arizona is located in ArizonaAlchesay Flat, ArizonaAlchesay Flat, ArizonaLocation of Alchesay Flat in Arizona
Coordinates: 33°55′56″N 109°56′22″W / 33.93222°N 109.93944°W / 33.93222; -109.93944
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyNavajo
Elevation5,774 ft (1,760 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
ZIP codes85935
Area code928
GNIS feature ID570

Alchesay Flat is a physical feature, named flat, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Whiteriver along Arizona State Route 73 in Navajo County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 m) above sea level.

It is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, and is named for Chief Alchesay of the White Mountain Apache tribe, who is buried there.

The area is sparsely populated with the primary activity in the area being corn cultivation.

From 1959 to 1972 the Alchesay National Fish Hatchery operated there, before it combined with the nearby Williams hatchery.

References

  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Alchesay Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Sinone Norman Tortice Sr". Arizona Republic. 17 September 1985. p. 17.
  3. "Feature Detail Report for: Chief Alchesay Baha Grave". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. (U.S.), Geological Survey; Names, United States Board on Geographic (1987). The National gazetteer of the United States of America: Arizona 1986. U.S. G.P.O. pp. 1438–.
  5. Baeza, Jo (2005-08-01). "Ceremony honors Chief Alchesay". White Mountain Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. Marley, Tennille (2013). Indigenous Knowledge, Land, History, and Health: the Construction of Diabetes on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation (PhD thesis). University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  7. Resolution of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (PDF) (Report). White Mountain Apache Tribe. 2002-04-23. 04-2002-88. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  8. "Alchesay-Williams Creek NFH Complex". US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Municipalities and communities of Navajo County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Holbrook
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