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Sand Stone

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Unit Information

Tonto National Forest 
2324 E. McDowell Rd 
Phoenix, 
Arizona 
85006 
Tonto National Forest 
2324 E. McDowell Rd 
Phoenix, 
Arizona 
85006 

Incident Contacts

  • Tonto National Forest
    Email:
    susan.blake@usda.gov
    Phone:
    480-647-8082
    Hours:
    8:00am-4:30pm

Photographs Gallery

Mastication on Forest Road 201
Heavy machinery clearing brush on the 201 Forest Road
Heavy machinery clearing brush on the 201 Forest Road
Mastication on Forest Road 201

Heavy machinery is used to clear brush along the Forest Road 201. This mastication is done in order to reduce the chances of fire spreading across the fire line on the Sand Stone fire.

8-5-2024 Helicopter on the Y Bar Fire, taken by Ryan Wise
Helicopter dropping water on the Y Bar Fire
Helicopter dropping water on the Y Bar Fire
8-5-2024 Helicopter on the Y Bar Fire, taken by Ryan Wise

Helicopter dropping water on the Y Bar Fire 

8-4-2024 Sand Stone Fire burned area
8-4-2024 Sand Stone Fire burned area
8-4-2024 Sand Stone Fire burned area
8-4-2024 Sand Stone Fire burned area

8-4-2024 Sand Stone Fire burned area

7-30-2024 Engine with smoke from Sand Stone Fire and Four Peaks in background
Engine with Smoke from Sand Stone Fire and Four Peaks in background
Engine with Smoke from Sand Stone Fire and Four Peaks in background
7-30-2024 Engine with smoke from Sand Stone Fire and Four Peaks in background
7-27-2024 Fire activity increasing
Fire activity increasing in the afternoon
Fire activity increasing in the afternoon
7-27-2024 Fire activity increasing

Fire activity increasing in the afternoon

7-30-2024 Fire Restrictions sign for the Sand Stone Fire
Fire Restrictions sign for the Sand Stone Fire
Fire Restrictions sign for the Sand Stone Fire
7-30-2024 Fire Restrictions sign for the Sand Stone Fire
8-2-2024 Sand Stone Fire in Mesquite Wash, taken by Nick Castro
Fire burning in grass underneath mesquite tree canopy
Fire burning in grass underneath mesquite tree canopy
8-2-2024 Sand Stone Fire in Mesquite Wash, taken by Nick Castro
7-30-2024 Forest Road 1860 with smoke from Sand Stone Fire
Forest Road 1860 with smoke from Sand Stone Fire
Forest Road 1860 with smoke from Sand Stone Fire
7-30-2024 Forest Road 1860 with smoke from Sand Stone Fire
7-28-2024 Sand Stone at dusk
Sand Stone Fire at dusk
Sand Stone Fire at dusk
7-28-2024 Sand Stone at dusk

Sand Stone Fire at dusk

8-2-2024 Sand Stone Fire Smoke in the Sonoran Desert, taken by Nick Castro
8-2-2024 Saguaro cactus in the foreground of a desert landscape with smoke from the Sand Stone Fire in the background
8-2-2024 Saguaro cactus in the foreground of a desert landscape with smoke from the Sand Stone Fire in the background
8-2-2024 Sand Stone Fire Smoke in the Sonoran Desert, taken by Nick Castro
7-29-2024 Burning off Highway 87, Sand Stone Fire, taken by Nick Castro
Burning off Highway 87, Sand Stone Fire, taken by Nick Castro
Burning off Highway 87, Sand Stone Fire, taken by Nick Castro
7-29-2024 Burning off Highway 87, Sand Stone Fire, taken by Nick Castro
7-28-2024 View of Sand Stone Fire
View of Sand Stone Fire from Vista Lookout at Bartlett Lake
View of Sand Stone Fire from Vista Lookout at Bartlett Lake
7-28-2024 View of Sand Stone Fire

View of Sand Stone Fire from Vista Lookout at Bartlett Lake

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