Fewer than 1% of Arizona homes have flood irrigation. The people who own them almost never want to leave. I can help you find yours — and make sure you know exactly what you're buying.
Flood irrigation delivers 2–3 inches of water across your entire property every two weeks — pushing water deep into the soil where roots grow strong and trees thrive in ways no drip system can replicate.
The water rights are appurtenant to the land, which means when you buy a flood irrigated property, you're not buying extra water. You're buying land that has the legal right to receive it — forever.
The result? Mature citrus groves, established fruit orchards, and the kind of lush green backyards that look like they belong in a completely different climate. In the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
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That's not a criticism — it's a genuinely specialized property type. Water rights, delivery schedules, infrastructure inspections, berm conditions, district relationships — these aren't things you learn from a weekend course.
Water shares must transfer cleanly at closing. An active, paid account with no disputes is essential — and not every agent knows to confirm this.
Berms, valves, gates, ditches, and standboxes all need inspection. A specialist knows what to look for — and what repair bids to get during the inspection period.
Mature flood-irrigated fruit trees are irreplaceable assets. A generalist might suggest removing them. A specialist knows they're worth more than the irrigation system itself.
These established communities are home to some of the most coveted — and most undervalued — real estate in Arizona.
Not all properties in these areas are flood irrigated. I can help you identify which ones are — including properties that aren't correctly flagged in the MLS.
Christy and Jordano had been working toward a dream: a regenerative food forest and community event space in Arizona. The math of building it from scratch didn't work. The time didn't work. Then they found a flood irrigated property in Queen Creek with over 100 established fruit trees — including heritage citrus from one of Arizona's original orchards.
Six months after closing, that yard hosted the first GLEAN Sanctuary harvest day — dozens of volunteers, thousands of pounds of tangerines for the St. Mary's Food Bank.
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I'm not just a REALTOR® who happens to list flood irrigated properties. I'm someone who grows oranges, lemons, limes, peaches, apricots, apples, mulberries, loquats, guava, and a few experimental tropicals in my own backyard — watered entirely by the flood irrigation system that's been serving this land for over a century.
I became a GREEN Certified REALTOR® because I believe the highest and best use of flood irrigation water is to grow food, build community, and live more intentionally in the desert. I started @floodirrigationaz because I kept watching buyers and sellers misunderstand the most valuable feature of these properties.