April 27, 2022
Location: 11 nautical miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 1), near Mt Union.
Start Date: April 18, 2022
Size: Approximately 8018 acres, 20% Containment
Cause: Under Investigation
Vegetation: Timber (Litter and Understory), Chaparral (6 feet)
Number of Personnel Assigned: 786
On Tuesday, a combination of southerly winds and difficult terrain […]
April 26, 2022
Location: 11 nautical miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 1), near Mt Union.
Start Date: April 18, 2022
Size: Approximately 6454 acres, 16% Containment
Cause: Under Investigation
Vegetation: Timber (Litter and Understory), Grass-Shrub
Number of Personnel […]
No idea how this happened, but I was sitting in my truck, waiting to go home, and this reporter walks up and asks me some questions. We talk.
I ended up on the […]
YCSO UPDATE: EVACUATED RESIDENTS MAY RETURN TO THE FOLLOWING STREETS. ALL OTHERS STILL IN EVACUATED STATUS
For further clarification the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has released a list of streets in the area that are open for evacuated residents to return home today beginning at 3 PM. (see attached photo for list).
Only residents with […]
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has authorized a limited repopulation of certain locations in the Walker area. If you have received this message through official CodeRed notifications, then you are in an approved area. Residency in the approved area will be verified at the checkpoint on Walker Rd near the South Shore area of Lynx […]
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Location: 10 miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 12), near Mt Union.
Start Date: April 18, 2022
Size: Approximately 3,914 acres, 22% Containment
Cause: Under Investigation
Vegetation: Brush, […]
Fire manager are reporting 22% containment (black line). The fire is still pushing south. To the east there’s several burn scars if somehow the fire did something crazy in that direction.
To the west of the fire they are putting successive handline, dozer line and have dropped a line of retardant in case the fire […]
Sheriff David Rhodes’s office announced this evening that people evacuated from Walker Rd north of South Spruce Hollow and west of Big Bug Mesa will be allowed to return to their homes beginning tomorrow at 3pm. (Please see attached map).
Residents, and at this time only residents, can drive to the checkpoint on Walker […]
A Large Air Tanker drops retardant along a ridge above the Ash Creek drainage on the southwest corner of the Crooks Fire. “Painting a ridge” with retardant helps slow fire growth and keep the fire in check so that ground resources […]
