The Department plans to pursue NHL designation for the remaining 84 acres under the jurisdiction of Reclamation. NHL designation will increase the site's eligibility for preservation grant opportunities. In addition, the Department plans to investigate the possibility of partnership opportunities with local organizations for the management of the site. Gila River Gila River is located on the Gila River Indian Tribal lands in Arizona and is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is sacred to the Tribe and access is restricted.
Few features remain at the relocation center site.
Concrete slab foundations, manholes, cisterns, ditches and other landscaping features exist. An honor roll monument at the Butte Camp was built by the evacuees to honor those Japanese Americans from the Gila River Relocation Center who served in the military during World War II and included a reflecting pool and a ramada with concrete benches. The ramada, flagpole, and wooden facade of the monument that held the list of names are now gone. The Tribe allowed memorial markers to be placed at the two camps with the condition that the Japanese American community never ask for NHL official designation. A permit from the Gila River Indian Tribe must be obtained in order to visit the site.