| Kansas Settlement, Arizona | |
| Settlement Type: | Populated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Arizona#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Kansas Settlement |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Arizona |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cochise |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4216 |
| Coordinates: | 32.065°N -109.7628°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Area Code: | 520 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 24476 |
Kansas Settlement is a populated place located in Sulphur Springs Valley in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[1]
After World War II, farming around Kansas Settlement expanded greatly, due to opening markets and better irrigation techniques.[2] However, by 1985 less than 25% of the area's irrigated farmland was still in production. The largest reason for this was the dropping levels of aquifers, which significantly increased the cost of pumping water for irrigation.[3] In one year alone, 1963, water levels in Kansas Settlement dropped by fifty feet.[4] One of the crops grown in and around Kansas Settlement are orchards of Western Schley pecans. Between May 2005 and December 2008, a large study was done in Kansas Settlement on the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the Western Schley pecan.[5]