Tentative Plans for The Week of Oct 19
Incident: Coconino Prescribed Fires Prescribed Fire
Released: 10/16/2009
Pending favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires in the following projects October 19-23.
All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather - including ventilation conditions, and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Monday, October 19
EITHER
Blue Ridge Urban Interface (BRUI) Project - 600 acres approximately 11 miles northeast of Clint's Well off Hwy 87, west of the Starlight Pines and Pine Canyon subdivisions. Smoke will disperse to the north. Some smoke may briefly impact Hwy 87 and the immediate area overnight.
OR
East Clear Creek Project - 500 acres approximately 20 miles south of the community of Blue Ridge between Knoll Lake and Forest Road 300 (Rim Road). Smoke will disperse to the north.
Projects crews will consider for the remainder of the week:
Continuing BRUI and East Clear Creek
Lake Mary
South of Lower Lake Mary and Lake Mary Meadows
Kachina
West of I-17, South of Kachina Village
Pete
North of the San Francisco Peaks
The public can obtain prescribed fire information via the following:
- Prescribed Fire Hotline: 928-226-4607
- Coconino National Forest Website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino
- Click on the Prescribed Fire Link to the right of the page
- Sign-up to receive regular email notifications: http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription
- Choose "Southwestern Region"
- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF Fire
- Inciweb: www.inciweb.org/incident/1889/
- Local Ranger Stations: Peaks Ranger District (Flagstaff), 928-526-0866; Red Rock Ranger District (Sedona) 928-203-2900; Mogollon Rim Ranger District (Blue Ridge) 928-477-2255
