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Prescribed burn projects usually commence during the early spring and fall months in northern Arizona. The public can get informed about upcoming prescribed burn projects and forest happenings by signing up to receive news releases in their email. The user just needs to provide their email address and select the “General public and local residents” list on the page before clicking “Sign Up.”
The following include any prescribed burn projects planned for the week across the Coconino National Forest. All projects are dependent upon weather conditions, so some of the projects might be cancelled at the last minute after testing weather conditions the day of the burn.
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Horseshoe Maxwell Springs
- Dates: April 24-25, 2025.
- Location: Flagstaff Ranger District. 1.5 miles north of Bellemont.
- Size: 200 acres.
- Type of Burn: Broadcast initial entry and maintenance burn. Broadcast burning means firefighters will spread the fire across the landscape using drip torches, effectively “broadcasting” the fire with low intensity across the landscape. Initial entry burns mean it has been an extended amount of time since fire has last been applied to the landscape, which can lead to thicker and darker smoke as larger amounts of forest debris are consumed by fire. Some areas will consist of maintenance burning, which means the area has seen fire recently and smoke impacts from those areas will be lighter. Maintenance burning means fire has moved across that particular landscape within at least the last decade. Maintenance burns are used to “maintain” an area and typically produce less smoke due to the lesser amount of forest fuels present.
- Smoke Impacts: Possible smoke impacts to U.S. Highway 180 in and around the Fort Valley area during the day and at night smoke impacts possible to Bellemont and I-40 in the Bellemont area.
- Why: This prescribed burn will reduce hazardous forest fuels in the area—especially those from a tornado in 2010—creating a fire-resilient ecosystem to help protect the communities of Bellemont, Fort Valley, and Flagstaff from catastrophic wildfires.
| Current as of | Mon, 04/21/2025 - 14:56 |
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| Incident Type | Prescribed Fire |
| Incident Commander | Coconino National Forest |
| Incident Description | Prescribed burns are important part of forest restoration and protecting communities by creating buffers around them. Prescribed burns and mechanical thinning work together to remove fuels such as woody debris and logging scraps from the forest floor during times of opportune weather. Fire managers make every effort to effectively plan and execute burn plans at times when weather allows for smoke impacts to be minimized and transport up and over communities. If you have a complaint about the smoke impacts you are experiencing from any of the prescribed burn projects and would like to talk to a member of Fire Management Leadership, please call our hotline at 928-226-4608 and leave your message with your name and number and someone will return your call as soon as they are able. |
| Coordinates |
35° 11' 8.9'' Latitude
-111° 40' 26
'' Longitude
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