Coconino National Forest

Flagstaff, AZ – Firefighters have been working diligently on the several wildland fires across the Coconino National Forest.

Reservoir Fire

• Location: Approximately 7 miles east of Clint’s Well near Blue Ridge Reservoir
• Size: 150 acres
• Containment: 50 percent
• Fuels/Terrain: Ponderosa Pine debris and grasses in rough, rocky terrain Fire Behavior: Some spotting and torching in dry warm weather.
• Activities: Crews will continue securing containment lines today.
• Residents can expect heavy smoke and ash in the area for the next few days.
• Responding Agencies: Coconino and Tonto National forests, Blue Ridge Fire Department, and Coconino County Sheriff’s Department.
• Closures: Forest Road 751B and FR751 between Rock Crossing Campground and Blue Ridge Reservoir are temporarily closed.

Cinder Hills Fire

• Location: south of Little Cinder Basin in the Cinder Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area northeast of Flagstaff
• Size: 256 acres
• Containment: 90 percent
• Fire Behavior: Smoldering and some consumption of interior fuels. Light smoke may be noticeable in the immediate area.
• Activities: Crews are patrolling, mopping-up, and continuing to secure containment lines.
• Responding agencies: Coconino National Forest and the Taos Bureau of Land Management Regular Crew.
• Closures: Forest Road 9144D will remain temporarily closed.

Raptor Fire – managed for resource benefits

• Location: 8 miles southwest of Mormon Lake
• Size: 1700 acres of treated landscape so far Fire Behavior: slow, backing fire moving in a southwesterly direction. Fire is consuming logs, branches and other debris along the forest floor.
• Activities: Crews are continuing to patrol and monitor the fire as it continues to run its course within the pre-determined boundary.

The Wild Horse Complex, north of Kendrick Mountain, southwest of Highway 180, is being managed for resource benefit by the Coconino and Kaibab National Forest. It’s now 13,049 acres.  Crews will continue to monitor fire activity and will begin mop-up on some portions of the fire.  While no closures are in place, traffic may be limited in some areas depending on fire activity.

Response to the Rim Fire has been a coordinated effort between the Tonto and Coconino National forests. It is now 100 percent contained, and crews will continue to patrol and monitor lines. This will be the last update from the Coconino National Forest on the Rim Fire.

The Brady Fire, located approximately 20 miles east of Camp Verde, is approximately 4,000 acres and being managed for resource benefits. Crews will continue to monitor the fire area, and some light smoke may be noticeable for the next several days as unburned pockets in the interior are consumed.  Unless there is a significant change in activity, this will be the last update on the Brady Fire.