Sitgreaves National Forest Explained

Sitgreaves National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona on July 1, 1908 with 749084acres from portions of Black Mesa and Tonto National Forests. In 1974 entire forest was administratively combined with Apache National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The Sitgreaves National Forest is located in the southern parts of Navajo, Coconino, and Apache counties. It had an area of 818,749 acres (3,313.4 km²) as of 30 September 2008.^[1] There are local ranger district offices in Lakeside and Overgaard.

The forest was named after Lorenzo Sitgreaves (d. May 14, 1888). Sitgreaves was a lieutenant who made the first topographical mission across Arizona in 1851.^[2]

See also

• Sitgreaves Expedition
• Travis Walton UFO incident

External links

• Forest History Society
• Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743–788.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2008/TABLE_6.htm Table 6 – NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District, and County, 30 September 2008
2. Book: Byrd H. Granger. Arizona Place Names. registration. 9 December 2011. 1960. University of Arizona Press. 21.