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Ironwood Forest National Monument
Saguaro forest in Ironwood Forest National Monument
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
LocationPima County & Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Nearest cityTucson, AZ
Coordinates32°27′32″N 111°34′00″W / 32.4589576°N 111.5667845°W / 32.4589576; -111.5667845[1]
Area129,055 acres (52,227 ha)[2]
EstablishedJune 9, 2000
Governing bodyU.S. Bureau of Land Management
WebsiteIronwood Forest National Monument
U.S. National Monument

Ironwood Forest National Monument is located in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Created by Bill Clinton by Presidential Proclamation 7320 on June 9, 2000, the monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. The monument covers 129,055 acres (52,227 ha),[2] of which 59,573 acres (24,108 ha) are non-federal and include private land holdings and Arizona State School Trust lands.

A significant concentration of ironwood (also known as desert ironwood, Olneya tesota) trees are found in the monument, along with two federally recognized endangered animal and plant species. More than 200 Hohokam archaeological sites have been identified in the monument, dated between 600 and 1450.

  1. ^ "Ironwood Forest National Monument". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  2. ^ a b https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Monuments_Q2_2020.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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