Yuma

Yuma straddles the Colorado River corridor in southwestern Arizona, a position that made it a long-standing crossing and trading point near the California and Mexican borders. The city lies in the Sonoran Desert, yet irrigation from the Colorado supports intensive agriculture in the surrounding Yuma Valley; winter lettuce and other vegetables are central to its identity. Downtown retains links to the river-route era, while Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park preserves the site of a prison that operated from 1876 to 1909. The nearby Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area interprets the historic crossing and riverfront. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Yuma’s Colorado River setting relates to the desert borderlands around it.

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