Land Ownership in the Coconino Plateau Basin

Indian Reservation

• 37.3% of the land is under tribal ownership.

• The basin includes all of the Havasupai Indian Reservation and parts of the Hualapai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Indian Reservation.

• This basin contains the largest percentage of tribal lands in the planning area.

• Land uses include domestic, commercial, recreation and ranching.

Private

• 22.0% of the land is private.

• The majority of the private land is in the center of the basin and is interspersed with state trust lands.

• Land uses include domestic, commercial and ranching.

Click for Figure 6.1-2 Coconino Plateau Basin

Land Ownership

National Forest

• 17.8% of the land is federally owned and managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS). 

• Forest lands in the basin are part of the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests.

• The basin contains approximately 25,000 acres in two wilderness areas, Kendrick Mountain in the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests and Kachina Peaks in the Coconino National Forest.  (see Figure 6.0-14)

• Land uses include recreation, grazing and timber production.

State Trust Land

• 15.4% of the land is held in trust for the public schools and seven other beneficiaries under the State Trust Land system.

• Most state land is located in the center of the basin interspersed in a checkerboard pattern with private land.

• Primary land use is grazing.

National Park Service (NPS)

• 7.4% of the land is federally owned and managed by the National Park Service as the Grand Canyon National Park.

• Land uses include resource conservation and recreation.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• 0.1% of the land is federally owned and managed by the Hassayampa Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.

• The small portion of BLM land is southwest of the Grand Canyon.
• Primary land use is grazing.