In-depth guides to the Valley’s flood irrigated communities — their history, their water, and the legacies I’m working to continue. Want the broader overview of which Phoenix & Mesa areas have flood irrigation? Start with the neighborhoods overview.
Mesa’s first exclusive postwar subdivision — custom ranch homes on oversized lots, National Register listed, and still flood irrigated. It began with $80 and a mare.
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Phoenix’s original citrus neighborhood, platted as orchards in 1919 and still flood irrigated in its core. Where Arcadia Proper ends, Arcadia Lite begins, and why the line matters.
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The Valley’s grandest irrigated corridor: Murphy’s olive trees, the Bridle Path, and flood irrigated streets between the 7’s. Despite the name, there’s no mandatory HOA here.
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Canal-era water rights, the Diller orange, and 1,400 households keeping an open, rural feel between 7th and 19th Avenues — with a 29-acre park the neighbors built themselves.
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Named for a castle restaurant on the Grand Canal — and hiding some of the Valley's most affordable SRP-irrigated lots, if you know how to find them.
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More neighborhood guides are on the way. Until then, I’m happy to talk through any flood irrigated neighborhood in the Valley — just ask.
Not all properties in these areas are flood irrigated. I can help you identify which ones are — including properties that aren’t correctly flagged in the MLS.
Guides are rolling out neighborhood by neighborhood. Built guides are linked; the rest are on the way — hover a tag to see what's coming.
Flood irrigation is never uniform within an area. I can help you identify specific streets and properties anywhere in the Valley, including those not correctly labeled in the MLS.