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Fast moving brush fire blackened 36 square miles of desert landscape, including a large part of McDowell Mountain Regional Park and sections of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Lightning Desert Maricopa: 23,000 ac 36 sq.mi. 9,308 ha 0 0 0 1996 Lone Fire [25] Largest fire in the history of the Tonto National Forest burns in the Four Peaks ...
The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy was established in 1991. The highest peak in the McDowells is East End, at 4,069 feet (1,240 m). This mountain range also serves as a sacred marker to the Yavapai people. The boundaries of the range are generally defined by Saddleback Mountain in the South and Granite Mountain as the Northern boundary.
The Locust Cost Fire No. 2 in the Sunnyvale area of McDowell County is currently 25% contained at 165 acres, according to a Dec. 2 email from Bunty. There have not been any injuries, structural ...
Lake James State Park. Lake Norman State Park. Mount Jefferson State Natural Area. Mount Mitchell State Park. New River State Park. Rendezvous Mountain. South Mountains State Park. Stone Mountain ...
The north side of the fire was chosen for containment efforts. [5] On June 6, the fire was 62% contained, and the fire was approximated to be one mile east of Fort McDowell. [5] [6] On June 7, Tonto National Forest remained closed as the fire burned, and containment on the fire reached 86%. [7]
The 350-acre Pogue Mountain Fire near Marion is nearly three-quarters contained, according to the North Carolina Forest Service. Update: 300-acre Pogue Mountain fire in McDowell County 70% ...
Mount McDowell (O'odham: S-wegĭ Doʼag, Yavapai: Wi:kawatha), more commonly referred to as Red Mountain, is located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, just north of Mesa, Arizona. It is named after General Irvin McDowell, a Union officer in the Civil War. Its elevation is 2,832 feet (863 m).
The Park Fire continues to rage in Northern California, burning more than 385,000 acres as of Tuesday afternoon and continuing to close down highways. ... the highway is closed from Platt Mountain ...