Welcome to Walker Community!
Located in the Bradshaw Mountains, south of Prescott, AZ, Walker Community is an old mining district, filled with history. It’s named after Joseph Walker, mountain man, explorer, and guide. He led a party to this valley to discover gold in the summer of 1863.
Today, the valley is filled with rustic cabins and elegant homes. There’s a vibrant community of people here, with an active social calendar. Some live here full-time, while others have second homes here.
Everyone loves it here. The community is great, with pancake breakfasts and other social events.
Crooks Fire Resources
Crooks Fire near Prescott spreads to 2,000 acres; homes threatened
Walker Fire Dept. is in the news.
Nearly three days later, firefighters are battling windy weather and the flames of the Crooks Fire 11 miles south of Prescott. According to the Prescott National Forest website, the fire is up to 2,000 acres on Thursday afternoon. Officials say strong winds pushed the fire in all directions and have forced many residents to evacuate. There is zero containment.
Several areas have been evacuated, including Potato Patch, Breezy Pines and Walker Road, which is south of Lynx Lake. Areas that were first told to evacuate were Lookout Mountain, Mt. Tritle, Mt. Pines, Mount Union, […]
Walker Fire Update – April 21, 2022
Yesterday was productive. The we’re able to drop slurry around the north end of the fire. There will be even more resources in Walker than yesterday, the fire apparatus pictured are from outside the area. The collage pictures compare yesterday on top to today on the bottom from similar vantage points. Dozer work being done yesterday and today, they cut massive fire breaks.
We’re seeing some frustration on the community pages about the evacuation and the uncertainty of that. For a little context, the fire only started 72 hours ago and the reality is the threat from this one is […]
Crooks Community Meeting for April 20, 2022 Transcript
This is what I caught from the notes from the meeting this evening.
As soon as the post the video, I’ll run it through a transcript processor and update this page.
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to be quickly responsive to those calls for evacuation. We know that many of you also evacuated when you were in the SET stage.
That, I cannot tell you how much comfort that gives for our first responders to know that that community, that at-risk, that […]
Crooks Fire Personal Experience on April 20, 2002
Of course, we forgot things in the rush to leave after the evacuation order came through, so we went back to our cabin this afternoon.
We stopped at the YCSO traffic stop on Walker Road. There were probably 6 sheriff cars and a pop up.
We asked the nice officer if we go go in, and after answering a few questions, and showing him my drivers license with my address on it, he asked another sheriff to escort us.
As we drove down Walker Road, twice we saw a huge DC-10 tanker fly over. I wanted to stop and get a […]
Yavapai County Sheriff – Evacuate
THIS IS A GO MESSAGE FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THERE IS A WILDFIRE THREATENING. A MANDATORY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RESIDENTS OF WALKER. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO YOU – GATHER NECESSARY ITEMS AND GO. SHELTER HAS BEEN SET UP AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE GYMNASIUM IN PRESCOTT. FOR ASSISTANCE EVACUATING CALL 928-771-3260 OR 911
Evacuate – Walker Fire
Walker and Potato Patch are a GO for evacuation due to a spot fire. More information to come.
Walker Fire Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/
For those of you who do not use FaceBook, here’s what is being posted on the Walker Fire Facebook Page. It’s in order from oldest to newest as you read from top to bottom. Each paragraph is a separate post.
April 19, 2022
The smell of smoke early in the morning is normal fire weather and not an indication good or bad of the current status of the fire.
We were able to get some info from dispatch. For now, they have the fire at 350 acres. Crews worked all night. Dispatch could not confirm whether there was active flame […]
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