Lee Moore Wash

 The Lee Moore Wash watershed extends from the Santa Rita Mountain ridge in the southeast, meeting the Santa Cruz River just north of the Town of Sahuarita. Its many tributaries, in-cluding the Cuprite, Flato, Franco, Fagan and Sycamore washes are distributary in nature, resulting in very wide floodplains and alluvial fans throughout the Corona de Tucson area. Numerous properties and homes have flooded in this area. Sheetflow flooding is the dominant type of flooding affecting residents of this area. While sheetflow flooding is generally fairly shallow, it is also very widespread and makes accessing properties difficult. This is especially true due to the semi-rural nature of the area and the prevalence of unmaintained dirt roads. In sheetflow floodplains, it is important to protect your home from flooding and obtain flood insurance, but it is not appropriate to prevent your property from flooding as this makes flooding worse for neighbors. This watershed is comprised of 336,918 acres and contains 11,475 acres of SFHA, 44,946 acres of locally identified floodplain and 48,968 acres of Pima County Regulated Riparian Habitat.