About Yuma District

The Yuma District, border California and Mexico. The district consists of over 3,000 total lane miles with over 1,000 Interstate lane miles and five Interstate Rest Areas. It emcompasses aras form San Luis to the Bill Williams River along SR/UR 95, and from the Arizona/California state line to Buckeye along I-10, Yuma to the Maricopa/Pinal County line on I-8, SR 85 from the Maricopa/Pima County line to north of the Gila River. The Yuma District also maintains portions of SR 72, US 60, B8, and SR 195.

Yuma District contains 5 different Indian tribes (Mohave, Cocopah, Quechan, CRIT, Tohono Odom ) within its borders.  The Colorado River runs along the district boundaries from Parker to Yuma and the Gila River runs from SR 85 to the confluence with the Colorado River near Yuma.  Some attractions of the district would be the Yuma Territorial Prison, Kofa Wildlife Refuge, Imperial Wildlife Refuge, Buckskin and River Island State Parks near Parker.  There are 5 dams in our area, Parker, Laguna, Imperial, Morales, and Painted Rock Dams.

Yuma is home of two Military bases, Marine Corp Air Station and US Army Yuma Proving Grounds. MCAS is one of the top aviation training bases.  Established in 1928, it supports 80 % of the Corps air to ground aviation training.    YPG is proud to be the Army's test and evaluation facility that brings together a large range of ground combat systems at a location with the size and isolation to permit realistic, unconstrained use and interoperability of systems.

During the winter season our traffic volumes double mainly because the winter visitors and agricultural workers are here during that time.