19597 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

19597 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE GILA COUNTY TOWNSITE APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, is considering an application by the Gila County Board of Supervisors, State of Arizona, for the conveyance of land for townsite purposes, pursuant to the Townsite Act of July 31, 1958 (72 Stat. 438; 7 U.S.C. 1012a; 16 U.S.C. 478a) as amended by the Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2760). The application includes the following lands under jurisdiction of the Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Gila County, State of Arizona. A portion of Section 2 and a portion of the East half of Section 3, Township 11 North, Range 9 East and a portion of Protracted Block 50 located within Township 11.5 North, Range 9 East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a General Land Office Brass Cap marking the Northwest corner of said Section 2, from which a General Land Office Brass Cap dated 1919 marking the North quarter corner of said Section 2 bears South 89 Degrees 21 Minutes 35 Seconds East, a distance of 2645.55 feet, and from which a General Land Office Brass Cap dated 1919 marking the West quarter corner of said Section 2 bears South 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 17 Seconds East, a distance of 2632.55 feet; Thence South 89 Degrees 21 Minutes 35 Seconds East, along the North boundary of the Northwest quarter of said Section 2, a distance of 2645.55 feet to a FOUND General Land Office Brass Cap dated 1919, marking the North quarter corner of said Section 2; Thence South 89 Degrees 41 Minutes 37 Seconds East, a distance of 543.16 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 3 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 00 Degrees 09 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a distance of 849.80 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 4 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 65 Degrees 55 Minutes 09 Seconds East, a distance of 1281.46 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 5 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 88 Degrees 19 Minutes 47 Seconds East, a distance of 607.40 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 6 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 22 Degrees 56 Minutes 21 Seconds West, a distance of 1526.62 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 7 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 00 Degrees 47 Minutes 25 Seconds, a distance of 272.91 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 8 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 89 Degrees 23 Minutes 13 Seconds West along the Southerly boundary of said Special Use Permit, a distance of 200.00 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 9 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 00 Degrees 47 Minutes 26 Seconds West along the Easterly boundary of said Special Use Permit, a distance of 1550.00 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3- inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, Angle Point No. 10 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 89 Degrees 07 Minutes 37 Seconds West along the South boundary of said Special Use Permit, a distance of 221.57 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 11 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 17 Degrees 54 Minutes 24 Seconds East leaving the South boundary of said Special Use Permit, a distance of 193.90 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 12 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 44 Degrees 55 Minutes 48 Seconds East, a distance of 905.81 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 13 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 64 Degrees 10 Minutes 06 Seconds East, a distance of 706.53 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No 14 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 01 Degrees 04 Minutes 48 Seconds West along the East boundary of the Southeast quarter of said Section 2, a distance of 1022.32 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 15 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 89 Degrees 18 Minutes 22 Seconds West leaving the East boundary of the Southeast quarter of said Section 2, a distance of 2421.44 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 16 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 17 Degrees 51 Minutes 59 Seconds West, a distance of 698.09 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 17 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 43 Degrees 55 Minutes 23 Seconds West, a distance of 928.00 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 18 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 00 Degrees 54 Minutes 17 Seconds East, a distance of 659.17 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No 19 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 89 Degrees 14 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a distance of 1313.14 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No 20 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 00 Degrees 49 Minutes 06 Seconds West, a distance of 1981.69 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No 21 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence North 89 Degrees 20 Minutes 01 Seconds West, a distance of 1811.43 feet to a SET 5/8-inch Rebar with 3-inch United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #49864 dated 2024, marking Angle Point No. 22 of Buckhead Mesa Tract and the beginning of a non-tangent curve, concave to the Northeast, having a radius point bearing North 68 Degrees 57 Minutes 30 Seconds East, a distance of 2900.00 feet; Thence clockwise along said curve being the East boundary of Arizona Department of Transportation State Route 87 Right-of-Way, an arc distance of 622.50 feet, through a central angle of 12 Degrees 17 Minutes 56 Seconds to a FOUND Aluminum Cap dated 2009, marking Angle Point No. 23 of Buckhead Mesa Tract and Station 586+22.27 of said State Route 87; Thence North 08 Degrees 44 Minutes 34 Seconds West along the East boundary of said Right-of-Way, a distance of 1047.01 feet to a FOUND Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #21080 dated 2009, marking Angle Point No. 24 of Buckhead Mesa Tract and Station 596+69.28 of said State Route 87 and the beginning of a tangent curve, concave to the Southwest, having a radius of 8100.00 feet; Thence counterclockwise along said curve being the East boundary of said Right-of-Way, an arc distance of 1072.15 feet, through a central angle of 07 Degrees 35 Minutes 02 Seconds to a point of tangency, Angle Point No. 25 of Buckhead Mesa Tract(referenced by a FOUND United States Department of Agriculture Brass Cap, marking an Equation Station 607+28.17 Back and Station 607+15.75 Ahead of said State Route 87, which bears North 18 Degrees 18 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a distance of 1.02 feet from the point of tangency); Thence North 16 Degrees 19 Minutes 36 Seconds West along the East boundary of said Right-of-Way, a distance of 1339.07 feet to a FOUND 3-inch Aluminum Cap stamped R.L.S. #21080, marking Angle Point No. 26 of Buckhead Mesa Tract; Thence South 89 Degrees 21 Minutes 52 Seconds East along the North boundary of the Northeast quarter of said Section 3, a distance of 2111.82 feet to a FOUND General Land Office Brass Cap, marking the Northwest corner of said Section 2, Angle Point No. 1 of Buckhead Mesa Tract, and the POINT OF BEGINNING. The area described contains 521.2 acres more or less. Any or all of the above described land may be conveyed to Gila County for a price at not less than the fair market value thereof and subject to the restrictions imposed by the above act and the Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture (36 CFR 254.20). Conveyance will be limited to those lands essential to community needs. A prerequisite to the conveyance will be an approved development plan and zoning ordinances, covenants, or standards needed for protection of the adjacent or contiguous National Forest System lands and to protect or mitigate valid existing rights and uses. The townsite application states the planned use of the property as: a land area for the existing landfill, adjoining material pit, additional land for a landfill expansion, and other Gila County buildings/services. The services provided at the landfill include solid waste disposal, redirecting green waste, recycling scrap metal, collecting and redirecting used oil, and collecting and redirecting tires. A map of the above described land is available for public review at the Payson Ranger District Office, 1009 E. Highway 260, Payson, Arizona. A Designation Order setting the above described lands aside for townsite purposes was issued by the Forest Supervisor, Tonto National Forest on November 6, 2025. In accordance with 36 CFR 254.22(b) and (c), this Designation Order segregates the described lands from mineral entry, but has no effect on valid, prior existing rights. The Designation Order will remain in effect until the described lands are conveyed or until it is cancelled by the Regional Forester. In accordance with 36 CFR 254.22, public comments must be filed within 45 days from first date of publication of this Notice. Public comments must be sent to Robert Trujillo, Forest Supervisor, Tonto National Forest, 2324 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85506. s/s Robert Trujillo Forest Supervisor Tonto National Forest Publication dates: 11/14/2025 , 11/21/2025 , 11/28/2025 , 12/5/2025