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Fire resources responded to the Watch Fire Thursday afternoon, July 11. Airtankers were used to slow the fire's spread but were grounded due to monsoonal outflow winds.
Due to the decrease in fire activity over the last few days, the Tribal Emergency Response Commission (TERC) has provided changes to evacuation orders. See the updated Ready, Set, Go! orders for the affected areas: TC Alley, China Town, Peridot Heights and Old New Moonbase.
Evacuation shelters continue to be open and are located at the San Carlos High School, Apache Gold Casino, and Michael Noline Memorial. There is transportation available. Please contact (928) 961-6259.
| Current as of | Tue, 07/16/2024 - 13:44 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Phoenix |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Human |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 30 miles east of Globe, AZ Gila County |
| Incident Commander | John Truett |
| Incident Description | Brush wildfire |
| Coordinates |
33° 20' 56'' Latitude
-110° 26' 53
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 181 |
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| Size | 2,162 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 81% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 07/24/2024 |
| Fuels Involved | Fuels within the Watch Fire planning area include short grass (1' Bermuda grass), short brush (kochia), and timber litter (black willow, cottonwood, and salt cedar). North of the current fire perimeter, fuels transition to a sparse desert ecosystem with isolated patches of very short, cured grasses and multiple forms of cacti (cholla, cats claw, barrel cacti, and saguaros). |
| Significant Events | The Watch Fire experienced minimal activity with primarily isolated areas of smoldering and light creeping. The few areas of activity include surface litter smoldering under large diameter rounds of dead/down cottonwood trees continue to smolder and burn. All Roads are Open |
| Planned Actions |
Continue operations to secure line and mop up where appropriate, ensure fire is secured before considering repopulation. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
12 hours: Anticipated fire activity overnight is expected to be continued smoldering. Small individual areas of smoldering in dead/ downed cottonwood trees will continue smoldering for several days as the larger diameter fuels burn down. 24 hours: No growth expected and minimal smoldering. A persistent weather pattern of moderate, but still high temperatures, and a slight decrease in minimum humidity will allow the few remaining heat sources to burn out and self-extinguish likely over the next two burn periods. 48 hours: No growth expected and minimal smoldering remaining. Environmental factors are predicted to be essentially identical to the previous burn period resulting in identical fire behavior. The few remaining pockets of smoldering limbs are expected to complete burning out without threatening containment lines. 72 hours: No growth and minimal heat remaining. Chances of measurable precipitation begin increasing moving towards the weekend but that also brings increased chances of lighting and much of the grass crop in the surrounding area remains cured and available for ignition of new starts. |
| Remarks |
The Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 2 (Team2) is also managing the Buckhorn fire which is active and growing in size. |
| Weather Concerns | Slightly cooler temperatures and increased minimum humidity values as well as increased cloud cover may slow consumption of the last of the isolated hotspots within activity fuels. The remaining heat sources are generally larger diameter limbs of dead/ downed cottonwood trees which are consuming slowly and are expected to self-extinguish as they burn out. The environmental impact of the moderated fire weather is likely to marginally slow the consumption rate but not result in increased fire behavior or perimeter growth. |
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