Cellar Fire – July 17 PM Update
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely, 928-925-1111Fire Information (928) 925-1111 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Location: 16 miles south of Prescott, AZ on the Bradshaw Ranger District (T10N, R2W, S5)
Start Date: July 14th
Size: Approximately 6,450 acres
Percent Contained: 0
Cause: Lightning
Vegetation: Grass and Brush
Resources […]
Email from Roger, the Walker Fire Chief:
Walker Fire attended a second meeting at 1600 for the Cellar Fire. The purpose was to transition from the Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) to a Type 1 IMT–this represents an escalation in response.
The first image (Link Below) is the same view point as last night and you […]
We attended a briefing today at noon and got some information.
There was not a ton of information and we’ve been asked to go back for another briefing at 4pm. We were told the fire is at 6500 acres.
The blow up we saw yesterday was caused by erratic weather conditions.
The smoke right now […]
I got this email from the Sheriff’s Department today.
This is a Ready Message from the Sheriff’s Office.
There is a wild fire in the area. There are no mandatory evacuations at this time.
This message is for the communities of: Walker, Groom Creek, Wolf Creek, Potato Patch and Indian Creek.
Stay aware of the latest […]
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely: (928) 499-4736
Fire Information (928) 925-1111 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Location: 16 miles south of Prescott, AZ on the Bradshaw Ranger District (T10N, R2W, S5)
Start Date: July 14th
Size: Approximately 7,000 acres
Percent Contained: 0
Cause: Lightning
Vegetation: Grass and Brush
Resources Assigned: Air Attack, 2 – […]
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely, (928) 443-8130
Fire Information (928) 925-1111 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Location: 16 miles south of Prescott, AZ on the Bradshaw Ranger District (T10N, R2W, S5)
Start Date: July 14th
Size: Approximately 1,000 acres
Percent Contained: 0
Cause: Lightning
Vegetation: Grass and Brush
Resources Assigned: Air Attack, 2 – […]
Roger posted in the Walker Fire group:
Regarding the smoke southeast of here; that is the Cellar Fire which is burning (and putting up a ton of smoke) six miles east of Crown King. Crown King is 30 miles south of Walker and a little to the east and the fire itself is even further […]
From the Forest Service:
Lightning-caused Cellar Fire Being Managed to Assist in Forest Restoration
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely: 443-8130
Location: 19 miles south of Prescott, AZ on the Bradshaw Ranger District (T10N, R2W, S5)
Start Date: July 14th
Size: Approximately 36 acres
Percent Contained: 0
Cause: Lightning
Vegetation: Grass and BrushThe Prescott National Forest is planning to allow the lightning caused […]
Fire Service Says:
Lightning Strikes Keep Firefighters Busy Chasing Smoke Reports
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely: 928-443-8130
As monsoon thunderstorms crossed portions of the Prescott National Forest this afternoon, firefighters have been busy chasing smoke reports across the forest.
The 100 acre Castle Creek Fire is burning approximately 6 miles east of the community of Crown […]
At 2:06pm on Sunday afternoon, there was a power outage in Walker.
It was restored about 6:10pm, so it lasted about 4 hours.
We have had a little rain for the last 4 days, with overcast skies.
Today we had some thunder and lightening along with the rain.
Rain was intermittent, but seemed to be […]
