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, […]
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 […]
Crooks Fire Daily Update
April 24, 2022
Location: 10 miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 12), near Mt Union.
Start Date: April 18, 2022
Size: Approximately 3,091 acres, 15% Containment
Cause: Under Investigation
Vegetation: Brush, Ponderosa Pine, and Mixed Conifer
Number of Personnel Assigned: 615
Yesterday, drier fuels with lower humidity led to […]
A community meeting will be held Sunday, April 24th, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., at Embry Riddle University in the Hanger, 3700 Willow Creek Dr., Prescott, Arizona. The meeting will be live-streamed to the Prescott National Forest Facebook. If you are unable to attend, the recording will be available to view afterward, visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzbIoBB-yAclQO_Hz0hBMQQ or […]
#CrooksFire Update – 4/23/22
April 23, 2022
Location: 10 miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 12), near Mt Union.
Start Date: April 18, 2022
Size: Approximately 2,804 acres, 5% Containment
Cause: Under Investigation
Vegetation: Brush, Ponderosa Pine, and Mixed Conifer
Number of Personnel Assigned: 535
Despite the significant wind event yesterday, there was […]
#CrooksFire 4/22/22 Morning Operational Briefing with Kyle Jacobson, Operations Section Chief with California Interagency Incident Management Team 4
Good morning Kyle Jacobson, the operations section chief with Team Four on the crooks fire.
Current fire acreage is 2356 acres with 0% containment. […]
