Effective Tuesday, May 18th at 6:00 am, the Prescott National Forest will lift the Tussock Fire Public Safety Closure. Public Lands within the BLM Hassayampa Field Office remain closed to include the following roads and areas: (1) Castle Hot Springs Road at the Crown King Road (Trail)/Cow Creek Road Junction. (2) Cow Creek Road, the entire length between
Acres: 5546 Percent Containment: 82% Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM Structures burned: 0 Number of Resources: 342 Cause: Human-under investigation Origin/Location: 7 miles southwest of Crown King. FIRE DANGER “EXTREME” The potential for new wildfires in the southwest is extreme this weekend. Fire officials are preparing for potential dry lightning moving in from New Mexico with
Tussock Fire Acres: 5546 Percent Containment: 74% Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM Structures burned: 0 Number of Resources: 419 Cause: Human-under investigation Origin/Location: 7 miles southwest of Crown King. As valley temperatures increase, people are headed to public lands north of Phoenix this weekend. Incident officials are asking that motorists drive slowly and stay
Acres: 5517 Percent Containment: 71% Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM Structures burned: 0 Number of Resources: 477 Cause: Human-under investigation Origin/Location: 7 miles southwest of Crown King. FIRE OPERATIONS Firefighters made significant strides Thursday around most of the Tussock Fire, now at 71% containment. Despite it being the hottest day with little humidity and more winds, all containment lines held well. Pockets of light fuel are burning within the fire’s perimeter producing some
Percent Containment: 66% (as of 6 pm 5/13, on the Tussock Fire Facebook page) Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM Structures burned: 0 Number of Resources: 477 Cause: Human-under investigation Origin/Location: 7 miles s/w of Crown King. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announced today (5/13) that all evacuations have been lifted for Fort Misery, Minniehaha, and Horse Thief Basin. The
Acres: 5517 Percent Containment: 15% Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM Structures burned: 0 Number of Resources: 398 Cause: Human-under investigation Origin/Location: 7 miles southwest of Crown King. Nearly 200 extra firefighters and heavy equipment operators arrived Tuesday at the Tussock fire, prompting incident officials to ask summer visitors and residents to drive very slowly. Areas within the Prescott National
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