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Old 05-27-2010, 03:51 AM
 
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What spot in AZ receives the most precip in the entire state and about how many inches a year are we talking? Even if it's just a blip on the map. I'll bet it's at a high elevation somewhere. And what kind of vegetation will one find at the given area? I'm sure there would be Douglas Firs, Spruce, and aspens, but would there be any Western Red Cedars or anything else of note?

Pics would be really nice too!
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Old 05-27-2010, 04:10 AM
 
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Flagstaff is pretty green...and cool as well.
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Old 05-27-2010, 08:15 AM
 
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Maybe the Mogollon Rim?

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Old 05-27-2010, 10:37 AM
 
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A google search for 'arizona precipitation map' found the link below. The Rim, White Mountains and the San Francisco Peaks look like the wettest spots.

The top of Humphreys Peak in the San Francisco Peaks is above the tree line. You'll only find small tundra shrubs and low-growing wildflowers.

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printab...precip_az3.pdf
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Old 05-27-2010, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Tokyo (but will always be) Phoenix, Az
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Mcnary, in Northern Arizona recieves like 30 inches or so of rain. Last I looked. But there are wetter areas in Arizona than that, I just can't think of them right now.
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Old 05-27-2010, 10:51 PM
 
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What about Mt Graham? It looks pretty green there too from the pics I saw.

Also, does the mountain near the chiricahua national monument get a lot of rain?

Mcnary looks like a neat area. Probably the rainiest town in AZ.
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Old 05-28-2010, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ
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McNary is very neat, but on the Apache Rez, you won't be able to live there. The closest is Pinetop. I loved it there and will return some day. You won't find any WRC in Arizona IIRC, however the closest cousins are probably in the juniper family, Utah (shaggy) and Aliigator.

I would venture to say that towards Alpine might be near the wettest. Hannigan Meadow is drop dead beautiful in the fall! You
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Old 06-02-2010, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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Prescott has lots of trees of all types and is very green.
And the Rim of course is very green also.
Mount Graham is pretty but you cannot go up there very far as it's closed from Oct-Apr depending on the WX.
It's much cooler up there than the valley below but it's also a pretty rough road and a two hour drive up to the lake at the top.

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Old 06-02-2010, 04:24 PM
 
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Hmmm...do you want green, rainfall or groundwater? They are not always correlating.
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Old 06-03-2010, 09:36 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Looking at the map AZDreamer provided it looks like the Chiricahuas, Catalinas, Grahams and the San Francisco Mtns get the most. All higher elevations.

Kinda makes sense. I can remember watching the San Francisco Mtns during summer days from the neighboring forest. It seemed like they attracted clouds to them.
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