Prescribed Fire

Beginning Wednesday, May 31, Kaibab National Forest fire managers plan to re-initiate prescribed fire treatments on the Three Sisters Prescribed Fire Project located just north of the City of Williams and Interstate 40, east of forest road 124, and west of Airport Road and Highway 64. This project has been inactive since crews completed treatments on 2241 acres in the fall of 2019.

Prescribed fire planned across the forests

The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is currently working to begin prescribed fire operations beginning May 22 through June 10, 2023. The following prescribed fires will be initiated if conditions and approvals allow:

Fire crews began ignitions on the Reed Prescribed Fire Project Monday, which is located approximately three miles east of the town of Tusayan on the Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest.

The Coconino National Forest plans to conduct several prescribed fires over the coming weeks while weather conditions are favorable.

Seasonal prescribed burns will kick off if conditions are within the ranges outlined in the burn plan the morning of April 26 on the Flagstaff Ranger District (FRD) with the Horseshoe Burn Project.

Fire officials are planning a prescribed fire operation on the Mesa Ranger District, April 25-29, 2023. There is a closure order in place for the affected area. 

Fire specialists will be burning a prescribed fire unit on the west and east sides of Forest Road 357 on the slopes of Comet Mountain near the community of Queen Valley. 

Fire officials are planning a prescribed fire operation on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District, April 26-28, 2023.

Fire specialists will be burning a prescribed fire unit north of Nail Ranch along Forest Road 512, a total of 938 acres of broadcast burning of pine needles and brush.

The Tonto National Forest and San Carlos Apache Tribe will begin a 1,174-acre cross-boundary prescribed fire operation at the Timber Camp Recreation Area and Group Campgrounds beginning Saturday, April 15-29, 2023, for the Highway Tanks Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) fuel reduction project.

Fire managers on the Verde Ranger District plan to burn 1,966 acres of the Marlow West RX.  Ignitions are planned to start on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, and continue through Sunday, March 12, 2023, pending favorable weather conditions. The burn unit is located near Dugas, east of Interstate 17 and north of Cordes Junction; next to Forest Service Road 68E and Horner Mt. Ranch (T12N, R4E, Sec 27).

Tonto National Forest fire officials are planning to burn the community green waste pit in Gisela, Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Fire specialists will be burning a pit containing brush, branches, and grass materials. Property owners who gather this dry fuel from around their homes and property can take it to the community green waste pit to have it burned. Removing this material creates defensible space around structures which increases the likelihood that a home will survive a wildfire.