Nutrioso, Arizona

The National Weather Service on potential flooding

The Wallow Fire burned vast portions of the White Mountains including areas of steep terrain which will make numerous locations vulnerable to flash floods and debris flows even in moderate intensity (10 – 15 minutes) rains. Some area streams and rivers are likely to see flows beyond anything . . . → Read More: Wallow Fire Flood Update—June 26

REMEMBER THE SCHULZ FIRE FLOODING IN FLAGSTAFF LAST YEAR! THEY USED 600,000 SANDBAGS TO PROTECT THERE HOMES AND PROPERTIES.

Days count as the monsoon approach and the thousands of acres of hard burn slopes all around the Nutrioso watershed are set to moves soil and debris into the water channels that traverse our community of . . . → Read More: Help fill sandbags for Nutrioso

Red flag warning in effect from noon to 8PM Sunday for strong winds & low relative humidities for much of N Arizona

Fire Weather Warning as of 2:46 PM MDT on June 25, 2011

…Red flag warning in effect from noon to 8 PM MST Sunday for strong winds and low relative humidities for much . . . → Read More: Wallow Fire Update 25 JUN 11

6/23/11 7:30 PM

Wash fire NE of Heber-Overgaard has burned approximately 1,000 acres.

The fire has passed through powerlines in the area causing them to be de-energized with the result that the area of Heber-Overgaard is experiencing electrical outages.

Road Closures: According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) , State Route 377 is closed . . . → Read More: Wash Fire Update

George Wuerthner puts the Wallow fire in perspective…. The Wallow Fire is now the largest in recent Arizona history, encompassing more than 500,000 acres. The media discussion of the fire often leads to misinformation and misunderstanding of wildfires, and feeds the political agenda of politicians, and industries from developers to the timber industry. One of the problems of media coverage is that most reporters have little or no training in ecology, much less in-depth understanding of wildfire ecology. Context for large blazes like the Wallow Fire are often missing from reportage. The emphasis on fuels makes for easy reportage, but misses some important nuances that lead to simplistic solutions—the common refrain that if we only logged more of the forest such fires would be prevented. . . . → Read More: Lessons From the Wallow Fire: The Western Inferno