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Painted Rock Dam
An earthfill embankment dam west of Gila Bend, in Maricopa County, used primarily for flood control.
- Rank in Arizona
- #460of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 33.1 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Landmark
The Painted Rock Dam is an earthfill embankment dam west of Gila Bend, in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is used primarily for flood control.
Where it is
Painted Rock Dam is a landmark near Dateland, in Maricopa County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Painted Rock Dam, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Dateland
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 33.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 18.9
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.0728, -113.0160
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12