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Beauty surrounds Fountain Hills with Red Mountain, Four Peaks, Superstition and McDowell Mountain ranges. Fountain Hills is home to the world famous fountain. The Fountain Hills Fountain has been in operation since the 70s. Three 600-horsepower turbine pumps deliver nearly 7000 gallons of water per minute through an 183 nozzle. Though the fountain is capable of soaring 560 feet into the air, the daily height is generally around 300 feet using two of the three pumps. Hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily, every hour on the hour for 15 minutes.
Fountain Hills became incorporated in 1989. The population is estimated to be 24,669 according to the 2006 census. In the May 2006 issue of Phoenix Magazine, Fountain Hills was named the Best Place to Live in the Phoenix Metro area! Fountain Hills was determined to have the best quality of life of any Valley city when factoring things like median home price, crime rates and school test scores.
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