Most people consider the Arizona desert a dry place.
Those who have been in the state very long know when it does rain, whether it be summer monsoons, winter rains or even the remnants of Pacific hurricanes, it can come with a vengeance.
There are about seven square miles of watershed in the western part of Fountain Hills. There are several major wash channels that collect rainwater that falls in the McDowell Mountains and send it toward the Verde River. Three of those washes, Ashbrook, Bristol and Cloudburst come together where Golden Eagle Park was built.
