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The Polles Fire is a wildfire that burned in the Mazatzal Wilderness Area, 11 miles west of Payson, Arizona, in Tonto National Forest in the United States. The fire, which has burned 628 acres (254 ha), was started by a lightning strike during thunderstorms. The fire is burning in the along the Arizona Trail. As of July 15, it is 92 percent ...
2012 Apache Pass Fire [74] Small fire north of Fort Bowie. Human Desert Grassland Cochise 1,686 0 0 0 2012 257 Fire [75] Small fire 4 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona. N/A Desert Scrub Pinal 2,860 0 0 0 2012 Bull Flat Fire [76] Area recovering from the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski fire. Lightning Grass, Brush, Deadwood Gila 2,147 0 0 0 2012
The Backbone Fire was a wildfire that started near Payson, Arizona on June 16, 2021. The fire burned 40,855 acres (16,533 ha) was fully contained on July 19, 2021. The fire burned 40,855 acres (16,533 ha) was fully contained on July 19, 2021.
There are local ranger district offices in Globe, Mesa, Payson, Roosevelt, Scottsdale, and Young. [4] On June 13, 2020, a wildfire ignited in the Tonto Basin area. The Bush Fire, as it was named, burned 193,455 acres (783 km 2), becoming Arizona's fifth largest fire on record. The fire was sufficiently contained by July 1, prompting the ...
The 2017 Ellison Creek flooding [1] or mostly known as the 2017 Payson flash floods occurred on July 15, 2017, near Payson, Arizona, in the Water Wheel Falls Hiking Trail in the Tonto National Forest that killed 10 members of an extended family. Before the flash floods, 10 of those people, and 4 others, were celebrating a birthday party. [2]
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters within the Prescott Fire Department. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
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The Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. [2] It was the worst forest fire in Arizona's recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it. [ 3 ]