Fire Season 2023

Fire crews on the Prescott National Forest have limited the spread of a more than 50-acre wildfire about seven miles west of Prescott.

Officials will begin a series of work sessions Tuesday on a plan to combat the growing danger of wildfire and flooding throughout Coconino County.

Officials have paused repair work on the Inner Basin Waterline on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff for the winter after it was heavily damaged by the 2022 Pipeline Fire.

Fire managers on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests plan a series of prescribed burns in eastern Arizona’s White Mountains.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest will conduct two large pile burns this week near Flagstaff.

A wildfire burning about five miles east of Interstate 17 in northern Arizona had grown to 942 acres as of Tuesday after crews conducted a series of burnout operations.

Crews will focus on the west and southwest sides of Apache Maid Mountain Tuesday where they will connect burnout operations from forest roads to the Maid Fire in an attempt to improve control.

Crews will continue to work to contain the 200-acre Maid Fire on Apache Maid Mountain northwest of Clints Well Monday.

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management is wrapping up a pair of prescribed burn projects southeast of Flagstaff Thursday.

Managers on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests plan to begin a more than 1,800-acre prescribed burn Wednesday on the Lakeside Ranger District.