Prescott

While many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires result in damage that requires special efforts to reduce impacts afterwards. Loss of vegetation exposes soil to erosion; water run-off may increase and cause flooding, soil and rock may move downstream.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Facebook Live with the IC and Operations Friday, July 9 at 8pm. Prescott National Forest Facebook Page. 

With the community of Crown King in a “Set” status, the town is now closed to the public. Only residents will be allowed in and out. 

Fire activity increased yesterday from the effects of a high-pressure weather system moving over Arizona, resulting in higher temperatures and lower humidity. Smoke columns within the fire perimeter were more visible. Crews completed a firing operation on the western perimeter to moderate fire movement westward into Horse Thief Basin.    

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

This will be the final daily update from the Rafael Fire.  According to Incident Commander Troy Mueller, fire managers at Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott National Forests will assume management of the Rafael Fire Tuesday morning at 6 a.m.

Management of the Tiger Fire has been transitioned to Dave Gesser’s  Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3  

Passing thunderstorms across the Prescott National Forest ignited several fires across the forest.   The Tiger Fire started June 30, 2021 at 1:52 p.m. from a lightning strike in the Castle Creek Wilderness. The 1,700-acre fire is burning in steep rugged terrain 11 miles east of Crown King, burning chaparral and grass. Remote access to this part of the forest is limiting full suppression efforts.

Due to increasing fire danger the Prescott National Forest will implement Stage II fire restrictions effective Friday, June 11, 2020 at 8 a.m. These additional fire restrictions will remain in effect until forest officials determine that conditions have changed sufficiently to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfire.

Stage II fire restrictions prohibit the following:

1.      Igniting, building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire.

Effective Tuesday, May 18th at 6:00 am, the Prescott National Forest will lift the Tussock Fire Public Safety Closure.  

Public Lands within the BLM Hassayampa Field Office remain closed to include the following roads and areas: