Avra Valley, Arizona

Brawley Wash is an ephemeral stream, tributary to the Santa Cruz River, located in Pima County. Its source is in the Altar Valley between the Sierrita and Coyote Mountains at 31°58′20″N 111°23′29″W, at the confluence of the Altar and Alambre washes along Arizona State Route 286. It flows north-north east through the Altar Valley and turns north as it enters Avra Valley near Robles Junction (also known as Three Points) where Arizona State Route 86 crosses the streambed. The wash traverses the Avra Valley between the Roskruge Mountains and the Tucson Mountains. It joins the Santa Cruz east of the Samaniego Hills of the Silver Bell Mountains. The wash is known as the Los Robles Wash near its junction with the Santa Cruz approximately six miles west of Avra and Interstate 10.The name is supported by the Geographic Names Information System.

KSAZ (580 AM) is a commercial radio station located in Marana, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona, area. It is currently under ownership of KASA Radio Hogar, Inc. KSAZ airs a Spanish-language religious talk and music format.

Nelson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 259 at the 2010 census.

Dobson is a populated place situated in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,913 feet (583 m) above sea level.

The Avra Valley Solar Generating Station is a 34 MW (DC, 25 MW AC) photovoltaic power plant in Avra Valley, Pima County, Arizona, owned by NRG. It uses single axis tracking that is designed to be maintenance free over the twenty year design life of the system. The panels are mounted on a north-south axis and rotate each day to follow the sun from sunrise to sunset, increasing the output by about 20%. Power is being sold to Tucson Electric Power in a 20-year power purchase agreement.

Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility (MCCTF) is one of 13 prison facilities in Arizona housing prisoners of the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The facility is located in Marana, Pima County, Arizona, approximately 100 miles south of Phoenix, Arizona. The facility is a secure, minimum custody private prison under contract with the Arizona Department of Corrections to provide custody and substance abuse treatment for 450 adult male offenders who have demonstrated a need for substance or alcohol abuse intervention. The facility opened on October 7, 1994. It is operated and managed by Management and Training Corporation of Utah. MCCTF has an inmate capacity of approximately 450 in 1 housing unit at security levels 2. The ADC uses a score classification system to assess inmates appropriate custody and security level placement. The scores range from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest risk or need.

Nariska is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,952 feet (595 m) above sea level.

On 8 April 2000, a V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the United States Marine Corps crashed during a night training exercise at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona. The crash killed all 19 U.S. Marines on board and intensified debate about the reliability of the Osprey. It was later determined that the aircraft had entered an aerodynamic condition known as vortex ring state, which resulted from a high rate of descent compounded by pilot error. As a result of the investigation findings, the V-22 was subject to further redesign, and eventually entered operational service in 2007.

Marana Regional Airport (IATA: AVW, ICAO: KAVQ, FAA LID: AVQ), also known as Marana Northwest Regional Airport or Avra Valley Airport, is a non-towered, general aviation airport about 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona in Marana a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. In 1999, the airport was purchased from Pima County by the town of Marana. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is categorized as a relief airport. It is not served by any commercial airlines at this time. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marana Regional Airport is assigned AVQ by the FAA and AVW by the IATA.

Marana High School is one of three high schools for the town of Marana, Arizona. It was established in 1975.

Marana Unified School District (MUSD) is an above average, public school district located in Marana, AZ, comprising 17 schools in Pima County, Arizona. It has its headquarters in Marana. It has 12,293 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1, about 650 teachers. According to state test scores, 42% of students are at least proficient in math and 42% in reading. Founded in the early 1920s, MUSD's boundaries include 550 square miles (1,400 km2) of land.

Picture Rocks is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States, home of the Tucson artifacts. The population was 9,551 at the 2020 United States census.