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The Pizona Fire behavior significantly decreased last night and is expected to continue burning at a slow to moderate rate of spread today in dry pinyon-juniper and sagebrush vegetation, into the 2003 Sagehen Fire burn scar.The northeast side of the fire continues to be the most active, where ground crews and water drops are being prioritized. Incident objectives are to keep the fire north of McBride Springs, south of Jack Spring, east of Forest Road 1N1132, and west of Forest Road 206.

Since last night, the Pizona Fire located in the Adobe Hills of Mineral County, Nevada, grew several hundred acres to 2,002 acres. The fire continues to push northeast in pinyon-juniper and sagebrush vegetation, and has just run into the 2003 Sagehen Fire burn scar.

Today, the Pizona Fire located in Mineral County, Nevada, grew approximately 200 acres. However due to limited visibility from smoke, a more exact acreage could not be determined. Air tankers and helicopters worked to drop retardant line around most of the fire’s perimeter, with the most active flank of the fire being on the east side.No bulldozers have been ordered for this incident due to the logistics and inaccessibility of the roadways, in addition to the potential for cultural resource impacts.

Last night, the Pizona Fire grew approximately 200 acres from 300 to 540 while ground resources arrived on scene for a full suppression response. Due to the remoteness of the fire’s location east of Adobe Valley in Mineral County, Nevada, logistics remain the biggest challenge for managing this fire. Air resources will be used as the primary suppression tactic, with assistance from a smokejumper crew out of a remote base in Porterville, California.

A wildfire was reported today at 4:17 p.m. on the Mono Lake Ranger District of Inyo National Forest, located east of Adobe Valley in the State of Nevada. Inyo National Forest’s helitack crew Helicopter 525 responded and initially sized it up at approximately 30 acres while other firefighters responded on the ground from both the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.