Arizona Emergency Information Network

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory for Monday, June 27.

Restrictions

• Wood burning in residential fireplaces, chimeneas, outdoor fire pits, and similar outdoor fires is prohibited in Maricopa County. This includes individuals and businesses which have burn permits for open burning.
• Employees and contractors of government entities are prohibited from operating leaf blowers. Residents are encouraged to avoid leaf blowing during HPAs.
• Off-road vehicle use should be avoided.

Take Action

• Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit, or telecommute. For information on transportation alternatives, visit Valley Metro: www.ShareTheRide.com 
• Fuel your vehicle after dark or during cooler evening hours.
• Reduce your time waiting in long drive-thru lines. For example, at coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, or banks. Park your vehicle and go inside.
• Use low-VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers.
• Delay big painting projects until HPAs have passed.
• Make sure containers of household cleaners, garage and yard chemicals and other solvents are sealed properly to prevent vapors from evaporating into the air.
• Eliminate wood burning in fireplaces, stoves, chimeneas, and outdoor fire pits.
• Avoid using leaf blowers. Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches, and streams.
• Conserve electricity.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory for Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26.

Restrictions

• Wood burning in residential fireplaces, chimeneas, outdoor fire pits, and similar outdoor fires is prohibited in Maricopa County. This includes individuals and businesses which have burn permits for open burning.
• Employees and contractors of government entities are prohibited from operating leaf blowers. Residents are encouraged to avoid leaf blowing during HPAs.
• Off-road vehicle use should be avoided.

Take Action

• Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit, or telecommute. For information on transportation alternatives, visit Valley Metro: www.ShareTheRide.com 
• Fuel your vehicle after dark or during cooler evening hours.
• Reduce your time waiting in long drive-thru lines. For example, at coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, or banks. Park your vehicle and go inside.
• Use low-VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers.
• Delay big painting projects until HPAs have passed.
• Make sure containers of household cleaners, garage and yard chemicals and other solvents are sealed properly to prevent vapors from evaporating into the air.
• Eliminate wood burning in fireplaces, stoves, chimeneas, and outdoor fire pits.
• Avoid using leaf blowers. Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches, and streams.

Conserve electricity.

Fire behavior

Monsoonal storms will continue to develop and pass through the area into next week, bringing the possibility of lightning and isolated heavy precipitation around the fire area. Showers and thunderstorms with the potential to produce flash flooding and debris flows off the Pipeline Fire scar, as well as the Tunnel and Museum fire scars, may occur. Cloud cover, high relative humidity, and precipitation will continue minimize fire behavior. Heat and smoke will still be present within the fire perimeter as interior pockets continue to burn unconsumed fuels. 

Pipeline Fire Stats

• 95% contained
• 26,532 acres
• 6 miles north of Flagstaff, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Haywire Fire Stats

• 95% contained
• 5,575 acres
• 7.5 miles northeast of Doney Park, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Pipeline Fire

Minimal fire growth occurred last night and as containment continues to increase, firefighters will shift focus to suppression repair to minimizing potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities. These activities will help aid in mitigating impacts to incoming precipitation. In containment areas, suppression repair is taking place along constructed dozer lines, as well as roads and trails that were used as fireline. On the southwest edge from Fremont peak running north toward the Inner Basin Trailhead, crews are monitoring fire progression and will engage as necessary.

Some heat and smoke are still occurring within the fire perimeter and firefighters and aviation resources continue to assess and take action to extinguish when necessary. Day and night shift initial attack groups stand ready to quickly respond to any spotting over the line or new starts caused by the incoming thunderstorms. 

Haywire Fire

Minimal heat was detected across the fire yesterday and negligible growth occurred. Favorable conditions allowed additional containment to be gained around the southwestern perimeter of the fire. Crews will continue to monitor and patrol containment lines. Firefighters continue to secure the southern edge of the fire, extinguishing hotspots within the interior and patrolling and monitoring for areas that could potentially cause a threat to established fireline.

Evacuations, road and trail closures, and restrictions

Highway 89 is now open. An area closure is in place on the Coconino National Forest for the Pipeline Fire. For full descriptions of road closures and fire restrictions go to: www.fs.usda.gov/coconino/.

The Coconino County Sheriff's Office has lifted all evacuations. Evacuation information can be found at bit.ly/Pipeline-Haywire-Evacs.

Total fire resources assigned

Roughly 348 personnel, including: three Hotshot crews, four hand crews, 19 engines, four water tenders and five helicopters

More Fire Information

• InciWeb: 
  • Pipeline Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/
  • Haywire Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8155/
• Air quality: https://azdeq.gov/node/8262   
• Twitter: @CoconinoNF

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After further flood risk modeling of the nine watersheds affected by the recent Pipeline Fire, the Coconino County Flood Control District (District) held a meeting last evening to make residents aware of the increased risk of post-wildfire flooding to the neighborhoods north of Flagstaff, including Timberline, Wupatki Trails, Fernwood, and Doney Park.

At this virtual meeting the District and its Engineering Consultants shared detailed results of the most recent flood risk modeling and provided important information regarding the need for flood mitigation. Those that missed the meeting are strongly encouraged to view the recording, which has been archived on the County’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmpYxNDrh5g

Importantly and as discussed at the meeting, the District will be providing exhibits/maps showing the homes where our Engineering Consultants recommend emergency flood mitigation measures. These exhibits will be by area and will show the type of mitigation recommended, the location of the recommended measure, and details relative to those measures. The vast majority of homes identified for mitigation show the use of sandbags. Concrete barriers have only been recommended where there is high velocity floodwater and are denoted separately by color. The recommended mitigation exhibits are being placed as completed on the District’s website: https://www.coconino.az.gov/2926/SchultzPipeline-Flood-Area

Residents in these neighborhoods with the potential for greater flood risk are strongly encouraged to reach out to the District via email, [email protected] and begin recommended mitigation efforts immediately. If a home is recommended for concrete barriers, the property owner on file will be contacted. However, the District lacks contact information for most residents, all are encouraged to immediately reach out via email to [email protected] with the property owner’s name(s), physical address, mailing address, email, and cell phone numbers. A signed Cooperator Agreement must be obtained from all property owners before the District can assist with mitigation involving concrete barriers.

Residents needing sandbags may obtain them at the following locations:

• Copeland Detention Basin
• Brandis Way at Hwy 89
• Brandis Way at Ostrich Lane
• Campbell Ave at Hwy 89
• Wupatki Trails at the end of Ventoso Court
• Cromer Elementary School on Silver Saddle Rd.
• Vacant lot adjacent to Cromer Elementary
• Stardust Trail & Mercury Drive
• Stardust Trail & McGee Road

Priority must be given to those homes recommended for mitigation, The District asks property owners of homes not identified for mitigation not to utilize sandbags given the very limited quantity available.

Sandbags should be placed within 10 feet of the home and only placed to mitigate impacts to homes NOT outbuildings or other structures. For more sandbag information, including station maps, please visit https://www.coconino.az.gov/2936/Sandbag-Information

Residents are also encouraged to frequently visit the District’s special website set-up as a consolidated source of information about preparation, mitigation, and flood insurance. This information will be updated regularly; bookmarking the page and referring to it often is recommended. That direct URL is: https://www.coconino.az.gov/2926/SchultzPipeline-Flood-Area

The Coconino County Flood Control District is charged with reducing the risk of flood loss, minimizing the impact of floods on human safety, health and welfare, and restoring and preserving the natural and beneficial values served by floodplains. More information can be found online: https://coconino.az.gov/1450/Flood-Control-District

In collaboration with the Pipeline and Haywire Fire Incident Management Team, the
Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has placed all remaining private lands and neighborhoods that were in
“SET” status back into “READY” status. The ongoing efforts put forth by fire personnel as well as the
favorable weather we have experienced in the last few days have reduced the risk in the areas affected by
the Pipeline and Haywire Fires.

It is important to note that the Coconino National Forest in the area of the fires, including the Cinder Lakes
OHV Area, will remained closed due to a temporary closure order from the US Forest Service. For exact
location of this temporary closure order and its established boundaries please contact the US Forest Service
and/or visit the official Coconino National Forest website; https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/coconino/alerts-
notices/?aid=72340.

To follow the current evacuation status and for an interactive map depicting closures and other information
for the Pipeline and Haywire Fires, please visit http://ow.ly/2Nll50JvzE5.
The best way to receive updates on evacuation status is to sign up for emergency notifications through
Coconino County Emergency Management. To sign up for Emergency Notifications visit
www.Coconino.az.gov/ready.

We would like to thank the communities affected by the fires for their patience and understanding during
this emergency. We would also like to thank all the firefighters and resources that came from all over the
United States to assist in fighting this fire.

The Contreras Fire started June 11 on a remote ridge of the Baboquivari Mountain range, north of the Baboquivari Peak, 20 miles east of Sells, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. 

TODAY:  

This is the final daily update for the Contreras Fire. The Fire received up to two inches of rain yesterday, helping crews bring containment of the fire to 100%. Accelerated demobilization of resources is in progress.  

A local Bureau of Indian Affairs Type 4 Incident Management Team will assume command on Saturday, June 25, with resources sufficient to perform any mop up and suppression repair activities. A National Burned Area Emergency Response Team is in the area conducting assessments. They will provide recommendations for both short- and long-term repair and/or recovery efforts if any are necessary. 

Kitt Peak National Observatory continues to be in evacuation status, but electrical crews and maintenance workers have been allowed into the area to address infrastructure needs.  

The Monsoon is firmly in place across the Desert Southwest. Another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms is expected Friday afternoon and through the weekend, bringing a continued threat for flash flooding.  

Flash flooding from intense rainfall has potential to impact roads and loosen rocks on steep slopes in burned areas. Debris flow from these areas can cause dangerous conditions. Residents and drivers are encouraged to remain vigilant and watch for rapidly changing conditions. Wind gusts up to 45 mph and blowing dust could also create hazardous conditions. 

The Eastern Area Incident Management Team, under the leadership of Incident Commander Brian Pisarek, wishes to express its gratitude to all cooperators, stakeholders, partners, local units, businesses and the communities of Three Points and Robles Junction for their collaboration and partnerships. A special thanks is extended to all initial attack crews, and to the Southeast Zone Type 3 Incident Management Team, who initially took command of the fire on June 14, and helped prepare the way for future full containment of the Contreras Fire. 

Beginning Saturday, June 25, requests for information on the Contreras Fire may be directed to Bureau of Indian Affairs Public Affairs Officer Robyn Broyles at [email protected] or 208-559-1187. 

INCIDENT STATISTICS 

• Fire start date: June 11, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Size: 29,482 acres 
• Containment: 100% 
• Total Personnel: 254
• Jurisdiction: BIA, Papago Agency 

RESOURCES 

• Crews: 1 
• Engines: 4 
• Water Tenders: 1  

Evacuations: Kitt Peak Observatory remains evacuated. 

Road Closures: Kitt Peak Road (State Route 386) remains closed to the public. 

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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory for Friday, June 24.

Restrictions

• Wood burning in residential fireplaces, chimeneas, outdoor fire pits, and similar outdoor fires is prohibited in Maricopa County. This includes individuals and businesses which have burn permits for open burning.
• Employees and contractors of government entities are prohibited from operating leaf blowers. Residents are encouraged to avoid leaf blowing during HPAs.
• Off-road vehicle use should be avoided.

Take Action

• Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit, or telecommute. For information on transportation alternatives, visit Valley Metro: www.ShareTheRide.com 
• Fuel your vehicle after dark or during cooler evening hours.
• Reduce your time waiting in long drive-thru lines. For example, at coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, or banks. Park your vehicle and go inside.
• Use low-VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers.
• Delay big painting projects until HPAs have passed.
• Make sure containers of household cleaners, garage and yard chemicals and other solvents are sealed properly to prevent vapors from evaporating into the air.
• Eliminate wood burning in fireplaces, stoves, chimeneas, and outdoor fire pits.
• Avoid using leaf blowers. Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches, and streams.
• Conserve electricity.

Transportation Coordinators

Due to unhealthy levels of ozone, Maricopa County Air Quality Department requests all Transportation Coordinators to email employees and activate your HPA plans. The department encourages the use of alternative modes of transportation, especially when pollution levels are expected to be on the rise.

Remind employees that they are encouraged to make more clean air. By taking small, simple steps every day, we can all make a difference. Additional tips on how to reduce air pollution can be found at www.CleanAirMakeMore.com.

Ozone: Ground level ozone is formed by a chemical reaction that needs heat from sunlight, nitrogen oxides and VOCs to form. The months of April through September make up our Valley’s longer-than-normal "ozone season."

"High Pollution Advisory" or "HPA" means the highest concentration of pollution may exceed the federal health standard. Active children, adults and people with lung disease such as asthma should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion. Maricopa County employers enlisted in the Travel Reduction Program are asked to activate their HPA plans on high pollution advisory days

Fire behavior

Monsoonal storms will continue to develop and pass through the area into next week, bringing the possibility of lightning and isolated heavy precipitation around the fire area. Showers and thunderstorms with the potential to produce flash flooding and debris flows off the Pipeline Fire scar, as well as the Tunnel and Museum fire scars, may occur. Cloud cover, high relative humidity, and precipitation will continue minimize fire behavior. Heat and smoke will still be present within the fire perimeter as interior pockets continue to burn unconsumed fuels.

Pipeline Fire

Minimal fire growth occurred last night. As containment continues to increase, firefighters will shift focus to suppression repair to minimizing potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities. These activities will help aid in mitigating impacts to incoming precipitation. In containment areas, suppression repair is taking place along constructed dozer lines, as well as roads and trails that were used as fireline. On the southwest edge from Fremont peak running north toward the Inner Basin Trailhead, crews are monitoring fire progression and will engage as necessary.

Some heat and smoke are still occurring within the fire perimeter and firefighters and aviation resources continue to assess and take action to extinguish when necessary. Day and night shift initial attack groups stand ready to quickly respond to any spotting over the line or new starts caused by the incoming thunderstorms.

Haywire Fire

Minimal heat was detected across the fire yesterday and negligible growth occurred. Favorable conditions allowed for the gain of additional containment around the southwestern perimeter of the fire. Crews will continue to monitor and patrol containment lines. Firefighters continue to secure the southern edge of the fire, extinguishing hotspots within the interior and patrolling and monitoring for areas that could potentially cause a threat to established fireline. 

Evacuations, road and trail closures, and restrictions

Highway 89 is now open. An area closure is in place on the Coconino National Forest for the Pipeline Fire. For full descriptions of road closures and fire restrictions go to: www.fs.usda.gov/coconino/. Evacuation information can be found at bit.ly/Pipeline-Haywire-Evacs.

Fire details

Pipeline Fire

• 85% contained
• 26,532 acres
• 6 miles north of Flagstaff, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Haywire Fire

• 70% contained
• 5,575 acres
• 7.5 miles northeast of Doney Park, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Total fire resources assigned: Roughly 494 personnel, including: three hand crews, 47 engines, five water tenders, one dozer and four helicopters

Information resources
Pipeline Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/
Haywire Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8155/
Air quality: https://azdeq.gov/node/8262   
Fire Information: 928-421-3393 daily from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @CoconinoNF
Coconino National Forest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoconinoNF

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Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their field data evaluation to produce the Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map for the Pipeline Fire, which delineate unburned, low, moderate, and high SBS categories.

The BAER team assessing the Pipeline Fire determined that approximately 1,310 acres (1%) of the fire is unburned, approximately 15,004 acres (56%) have low soil burn severity, approximately 9,141 acres (34%) sustained a moderate SBS and approximately 1,315 acres (5%) were identified as having high SBS.

The SBS map product is an estimate of fire effects to soils, not fire effects to vegetation. SBS characterizes fire effects to the soil surface and below ground. Fire effects to vegetation would include an estimate of vegetation mortality and does not always correlate with degree of soil burn severity.

Moderate and high soil burn severity can alter or damage physical, chemical, and biological soil properties resulting in increased runoff, erosion, and negative effects to soil productivity. These soil properties include but are not limited to hydrophobicity (water repellency), soil organic matter content, soil pore space, soil cover (effective litter), and soil structure (degree of aggregation).

Changes to these soil properties determine the degree of soil burn severity. Water repellency often occurs naturally in soils, and it changes as a function of fire. It is frequently discussed as a post-fire effect. Fire can increase the strength and thickness (or depth) of water repellent layers in soil, considerably affecting post-fire water runoff and possibly extending time for recovery of the burned area.

The Pipeline BAER team used remote sensing imagery with field-validated soils data to produce the final SBS map. The BAER team will use the SBS map as an analysis tool to estimate post-fire erosion with subsequent sediment delivery, stream flows and debris flow probabilities. The map is also being shared with cooperating agencies.

The Pipeline Fire soil burn severity map can be downloaded from the Pipeline Fire BAER InciWeb site as a JPEG or PDF version under the Maps tab.

As a reminder, the Coconino National Forest has instituted a Forest Closure Order for the area affected by the Pipeline Fire.

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Highlights: This will be the last update for the Fish Fire, unless something substantial occurs that warrants further updates. Fire activity has lessened with incoming monsoonal rains. Fire growth is expected to be very minimal.

Operations: Resources will remain in the area to monitor for any major changes and assess environmental rehabilitation and repair needs.

Evacuations: No evacuations at this time.

Weather: Monsoonal activity is forecasted to continue in the general area for the next four days with a 70% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the remainder of the week.

Closures: Area closures are in effect surrounding the fire. The boundary starts at the junction of National Forest System Road (NFSR) 24 and NFSR 25, then following generally in a northwesterly direction along NFSR 25 to the junction of the Black River, then follows the Black River and National Forest System Trail (NFST) 61 east to the junction of NFST 66 (Bear Creek Trail), then follows south along Bear Creek Trail to the junction of NFSR 24, then follows west then south along NFSR 24, back to the point of beginning at its intersection with NFSR 25. View a closure map at: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8160/

Restrictions: The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests will lift Stage II Fire and Smoking Restrictions this Friday, June 24th at 6:00am, learn more at:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/asnf/alerts-notices/?aid=73318
Information related to fire restrictions across public and private land can be found at: https://ein.az.gov

Smoke: An interactive smoke map at fire.airnow.gov/ allows you to zoom into your area to see the latest smoke conditions.

Fire details

• Acres: 3,704 
• Containment: 50% 
• Total personnel: 16 
• Start Date: June 10th, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning/Natural 
• Location: 20 miles SW of Alpine, AZ 
• Fuels: Mixed conifer, medium logging slash

Fire Information

• Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Phone: 928-270-8335; Email: [email protected]
• Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8160/ 
• Facebook.com/apachesitgreavesnfs

Monsoonal activity has provided relief and moderated the fires activity. Most of the areas where heavy fuels were burning have subsided in recent days, and smoke impacts to nearby communities should be minimal.

Operations: Fire crews will continue to mop up and extinguish any remaining hot spots and will patrol containment lines to mitigate any threats. The Hog Spring fire transitioned from a type 4 incident management team to a type 5 fire organization today, with Incident Commander Jakob Gormally. 

Safety: There is no immediate risk to infrastructure or property, and there are no evacuations in place. There are no road closures, however, the public is advised to avoid the 283, 267B and the 9045 roads for firefighter and public safety.

Weather: The forecast is calling for a 40% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, winds up to 15 mph and a high of 83 degrees.

Restrictions: The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is in Stage II Fire and Smoking Restrictions, learn more at:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/asnf/alerts-notices/?aid=73318. The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests will rescind all fire restrictions on Friday, June 24th at 6:00am.

Smoke: An interactive smoke map at fire.airnow.gov/ allows you to zoom into your area to see the latest smoke conditions. Smoke may be visible from highway 60, especially at night.

Fire Information: Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Phone: 928-245-1585 | Email: [email protected]

Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8171/

https://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf

facebook.com/apachesitgreavesnfs

Twitter @A_SNFs  

Fire Details

Acres: 461 | Containment: 35% | Total personnel: 26 | Start Date: June 18th, 2022 |  Cause: Lightning/Natural | Location: 10 Miles east of Show Low | Fuels: Timber and Short Grass | Resources: 6 engines, 1 dozer, and miscellaneous overhead

The Contreras Fire started June 11 on a remote ridge of the Baboquivari Mountain range, north of the Baboquivari Peak, 20 miles east of Sells, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. 

TODAY: The final daily update for the Contreras Fire will be distributed Friday, June 24. Containment on the Contreras Fire increased to 83% yesterday. Minimal fire activity is expected going forward. Resources are slowly being released to other incidents or to their home units.  

Residents of Pan Tak returned home Wednesday evening. Fire behavior and smoke production will diminish significantly over the next 36 hours as higher humidity settles in and wetting thunderstorms pass through. Smoke may still be intermittently visible from well within the containment area. 

Remaining resources on the Contreras Fire will focus on connecting containment lines on the northwest section of the fire. At Kitt Peak Observatory, staff will return to the site today to further perform assessments on scientific structures and equipment. Scouting for damage from suppression activities remains a priority in all areas of the fire’s footprint. 

Suppression repair will follow strict standards agreed upon by agency administrators working collaboratively to manage the fire. Some of these activities, depending on jurisdictional policies and land use agreements, could include constructing water bars across roads to divert water runoff; chipping and/or debris removal; repairing fence line; removal of trash and supplies; removal of hazard trees or other vegetation and signage; and removal of structure suppression-related equipment such as hoses and sprinkler systems. 

The Burned Area Emergency Response Team will begin suppression repair assessments today. This team is responsible for determining any issues and concerns within the burned area. The team will provide recommendations for both short- and long-term repair and/or recovery efforts. 

YESTERDAY:   At Kitt Peak Observatory, crews scouted for and extinguished any hot spots. Water tenders refilled a pond that was used in the early stages of firefighting activities. 

Crews made extensive progress on total fire containment, connecting control lines on all but one small section in the northwest corner of the fire. Scouting for hot spots and conducting assessments of areas or resources requiring repair was a primary activity both at Kitt Peak and in the southern portion of the fire. 

INCIDENT STATISTICS 

• Fire start date: June 11, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Size: 29,482 acres, an increase of 505 acres from yesterday 
• Containment: 83% 
• Total Personnel: 383 
• Jurisdiction: BIA, Papago Agency 

RESOURCES 

• Crews: 7 
• Engines: 20 
• Water Tenders: 18 
• Helicopters: 2 

Evacuations: Evacuations have been lifted for Kitt Peak Observatory; however, the Observatory remains closed. Evacuation orders for Pan Tak and the Elkhorn Ranch area have been lifted. 

Road Closures: Kitt Peak Road (State Route 386) remains closed to the public. 

Other Considerations: Debris flows in or near wildfire burn scars during heavy rain events can cause dangerous conditions. Residents and drivers are encouraged to remain vigilant and watch for rapidly changing conditions. Wind gusts up to 45 mph and blowing dust could also create hazardous conditions. 

Contreras Fire Information
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8154 
Fire Information: 520-302-5120  
Twitter: @BLMAZFire Facebook: @TON.Emergency.Management or @blmarizona 
E-mail: [email protected] 
Public Inquiries: 520-302-5120

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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued a PM-10 High Pollution Advisory for Thursday, June 23.

Children, the elderly, and people with heart and/ or lung disease should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.

Restrictions

• Wood burning in residential fireplaces, chimeneas, outdoor fire pits and similar outdoor fires is prohibited. This includes individuals and businesses which have burn permits for open burning.
• Employees and contractors of government entities are prohibited from operating leaf blowers. Residents are encouraged to avoid leaf blowing during the HPA.
• Off-road vehicles are prohibited from being used during the HPA.

Take Action

• Avoid activities that generate dust, such as driving on dirt roads.
• Stabilize loose soils.
• Eliminate fireplace and wood stove use.
• Avoid using leaf blowers. Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches, and streams.
• Use electric lawn and garden equipment. Check if you are eligible to receive up to $200 to replace gasoline powered lawn equipment by visiting CleanAirMakeMore.com/lawn.
• Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit, or telecommute. For information on transportation alternatives, visit Valley Metro: www.ShareTheRide.com

Fire behavior

Some monsoonal moisture was received across both fire perimeters yesterday but did not bring noteworthy rain. However, thunderstorms are expected to progress throughout the week, bringing more rain to the area.

With the present cloud cover, higher humidity and cooler temperatures, conditions are not expected to support fire spread. Some smoke may still be visible as large, heavy fuels continue to burn within the perimeter, but smoke is not expected to decrease air quality to a significant degree.

Pipeline Fire

With current weather and fire behavior conditions, suppression repair remains the focus of operations and will resume today. Dozer lines will be repaired from the south to east edge of the fire up toward the Highway 89 corridor. Moving along the western edge toward the north, firefighters will continue to rehabilitate the existing trail system that was used as fireline around the Fremont Peak area. Chipping operations and road repair continue on the containment line on north perimeter. Air resources were able to assess both fire perimeters yesterday and will remain ready to respond as needed. A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has responded to the incident and is assessing erosion stabilization issues to minimize potential threats to life and property resulting from the effects of fire suppression activities.

With the incoming thunderstorm activity anticipated, the Initial Attack group will remain poised to quickly respond to any spotting over the line or new starts near the fire area to minimize increasing fire growth. The fire is still being monitored and patrolled to detect and extinguish hotspots where possible and firefighters are working diligently to address safety concerns. Work continues to eventually regain access to closed areas resulting from fire activity.

Haywire Fire

Crews gained additional containment in the eastern perimeter of the fire yesterday, and crews will continue to monitor and patrol containment lines today. Suppression repair continues and firefighters will be using a road grader to rehabilitate roads that were used in fire suppression activities. Similar to yesterday, firefighters are focused on the southeast edge, continuing to secure the edge of the fire.

Evacuations, road and trail closures, and restrictions

Highway 89 is now open. An area closure is in place on the Coconino National Forest for the Pipeline Fire. For full descriptions of road closures and fire restrictions go to: www.fs.usda.gov/coconino/. Evacuation information can be found at bit.ly/Pipeline-Haywire-Evacs.

Fire details

Pipeline Fire

• 80% contained
• 26,532 acres
• 6 miles north of Flagstaff, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Haywire Fire

• 60% contained
• 5,575 acres
• 7.5 miles northeast of Doney Park, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Total fire resources assigned: Roughly 614 personnel, including: six Hotshot crews, nine hand crews, 36 engines, seven water tenders, four dozers and five helicopters

Information resources
Pipeline Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/
Haywire Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8155/
Air quality: https://azdeq.gov/node/8262   
Fire Information: 928-421-3393 daily from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Email: [email protected]
Coconino National Forest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoconinoNF
Twitter: @CoconinoNF

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The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests will rescind all fire restrictions on Friday, June 24th at 6:00am.

Increased amounts of rain in recent weeks and cooler temperatures have combined to reduce the fire risk.  Although reduced, wildfire risk remains. Avoid using campfires if conditions are dry, hot, or a safe location is not available. If you decide to have a campfire, be sure to drown, stir, and feel the ash to be sure all heat is gone. It is illegal to leave a campfire unattended or use fireworks on National Forest land.

More information about fire restrictions can be found on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Fire Management webpage www.fs.usda.gov/detail/asnf/fire/?cid=fseprd538403. Statewide fire restriction information can be found on the Arizona Interagency Wildfire Prevention resources webpage https://wildlandfire.az.gov/wildfire-resources.

Stay up to date on Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests news at https://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf and following @A_SNF on Facebook and Twitter.

A Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has started surveying the fire-affected areas located within the Pipeline Fire perimeter.

BAER team assessments are rapid evaluations of post-fire conditions of the burned landscape. These assessments determine the level of risk from potential flooding and debris flow, and calculate how these risks will affect both human safety and the natural and cultural resources in the area.

The team, led by Forest Service Soil Scientist Eric Schroder, began conducting field surveys yesterday. In addition to field surveys, BAER teams use science-based models to rapidly evaluate and assess the burned area.

BAER teams typically consist of scientists and specialists including hydrologists, geologists, soil scientists, road engineers, botanists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, archaeologists, recreation and trails specialists, and geographic information specialists, from both federal and state agencies. BAER teams work together during the burned area surveys, field data analysis and modeling phase, to present findings along with recommended treatments to the forest supervisor.

BAER teams analyze the data collected during field surveys to produce a “soil burn severity” map. This is the first step in assessing potential watershed impacts from wildfires to values that may be at-risk from potential increased flooding, sedimentation, debris flows and rockslides.

BAER teams produce a report that includes a description of the assessment and findings for the burned area’s post-fire conditions along with recommended emergency stabilization measures and actions. BAER emergency stabilization efforts are focused on the protection of human life, safety and property, as well as critical cultural and natural resource values.

BAER team findings will be shared with local cooperating agencies that may be affected by post-fire flood events.

Following work on the Pipeline Fire, the BAER team will conduct surveys and modeling and issue post-fire recommendations for the fire-affected area in the Haywire Fire perimeter.

For more information, please visit the Pipeline Fire BAER InciWeb site at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8168/.

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Recent rains and elevated relative humidities have greatly diminished fire behavior activity. Additional precipitation is forecast for the fire area today and will aide in the firefighting efforts. Smoke will continue to be visible throughout the day and may impact nearby communities as well as state highway 60 near Vernon.

Operations: Fire managers are utilizing contain and confine strategies, and firefighters may conduct management ignitions to bring the fire to containment lines if weather conditions allow.

Safety: There is no immediate risk to infrastructure or property, and there are no evacuations in place. There are no road closures, however, the public is advised to avoid the 283, 267B and the 9045 roads for firefighter and public safety.

Weather: Monsoonal activity is forecast with a 50% chance of rain, winds up to 20 mph and a high of 77 degrees.

Restrictions: The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is in Stage II Fire and Smoking Restrictions, learn more at:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/asnf/alerts-notices/?aid=73318 Information related to fire restrictions across public and private land can be found at: https://ein.az.gov.

Smoke: An interactive smoke map at fire.airnow.gov/ allows you to zoom into your area to see the latest smoke conditions. Smoke may be visible from highway 60, especially at night.

Fire details

• Acres: 461 
• Containment: 35% 
• Start Date: June 18th, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning/Natural 
• Location: 10 Miles east of Show Low 
• Fuels: Timber and Short Grass 
• Total personnel: 48 
• Resources: 4 engines, 2 hand crews, 2 dozers

Fire Information

• Phone: 928-245-1585; Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Email: [email protected]
• Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8171/
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf
• facebook.com/apachesitgreavesnfs
• Twitter @A_SNFs

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The Contreras Fire started June 11 on a remote ridge of the Baboquivari Mountain range, north of the Baboquivari Peak, 20 miles east of Sells, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. 

TODAY: Today, crews will follow similar burning operations from yesterday that are necessary to strengthen containment lines. These operations entail burning interior pockets of vegetation. As this work occurs, the fire’s acreage will increase; however, the fire’s footprint will change very little.  

Aircraft will be available to support ground crews working to reduce fire behavior on slopes below Kitt Peak. This work is key in protecting utility corridors that provide power to Kitt Peak.  

On top of Kitt Peak within the Observatory property, structure protection crews will continue looking for and extinguishing heat. Water tenders will also replenish a pond that served as a critical water source for firefighting operations early in the fire.  

Assessments of Observatory structures are ongoing. The south half of the fire will remain in patrol status, with fire personnel actively scouting for damage caused by fire suppression activities.  

A Burned Area Emergency Response Team is expected to begin suppression repair assessments Thursday. This team is responsible for determining any issues and concerns within the burned area. The team will provide recommendations for both short- and long-term repair and/or recovery efforts. 

Fire behavior analysts anticipate significant reduction in fire behavior over the next 24 hours, with more humid conditions and a possibility of wetting thunderstorms. Threats to Kitt Peak Observatory, Pan Tak and Hayhook Estates are expected to be significantly reduced over the next 36 hours as interior vegetation to the north and east burn out. Flash flooding is a concern with periods of intense rainfall.  

YESTERDAY: Very little perimeter growth was detected. West of Pan Tak and the Coyote Mountain Wilderness Area, crews conducted successful burning operations within the interior of the fire to strengthen containment lines and prevent future growth.  

Along the south perimeter of the fire, especially in and around Elkhorn Ranch, crews scouted for damage from suppression activities.

INCIDENT STATISTICS 

• Fire start date: June 11, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Size: 28,977 acres, an increase of 4,216 acres from yesterday 
• Containment: 50% 
• Total Personnel: 440 
• Jurisdiction: BIA, Papago Agency 

RESOURCES 

• Crews: 9 
• Engines: 28 
• Water Tenders: 19 
• Graders: 2 
• Helicopters: 7 

Evacuations: The Kitt Peak Observatory is in GO status. Pan Tak is in GO status. Hayhook Estates is now in READY status. Elkhorn Ranch is now in READY status.  

Road Closures: Kitt Peak Road (State Route 386) remains closed. 

Contreras Fire Information
Public Inquiries: 520-302-5120
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8154 
Fire Information: 520-302-5120 Media Information: 520-497-3625 
Twitter: @BLMAZFire Facebook: @TON.Emergency.Management or @blmarizona 
E-mail: [email protected] 

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Fire behavior

An increased chance of monsoonal moisture will occur in the fire area today and last into next week, bringing an increase in cloud cover and relative humidity.

Showers and thunderstorms with the potential to produce flash flooding and debris flows off the Pipeline Fire scar, as well as the Tunnel and Museum fire scars, may occur. Higher relative humidity will minimize fire behavior. Heat and smoke will still be present within the fire perimeter as interior pockets continue to burn unconsumed fuels.

Pipeline Fire

Minimal fire growth occurred last night. As containment continues to increase, firefighters will shift focus to suppression repair, and minimizing potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities. These activities will help aid in mitigating impacts to predicted incoming precipitation. In containment areas, suppression repair will take place along constructed dozer lines, as well as roads and trails that were used as fireline. These activities are occurring at the southern edge of the fire near the Timberline community and the northern edge that runs from the Strawberry Crater area toward the powerline corridor where heavy equipment is being used. On the southwest edge from Fremont Peak running north toward the Inner Basin Trailhead, crews are monitoring fire progression and will engage as necessary.

Some heat and smoke are still occurring within the fire perimeter and firefighter and aviation resources continue to assess and take action to extinguish when necessary and where possible. Crews will continue to take advantage of the conditions to perform suppression repair and address hot spots. Day and night shift initial attack groups stand ready to quickly respond to any spotting over the line or new starts caused by the incoming thunderstorms.

Haywire Fire

Minimal heat was detected across the fire yesterday and negligible growth occured. Favorable conditions allowed for the gain of additional containment in the northwestern perimeter of the fire. Crews will continue to monitor and patrol containment lines. Firefighters continue to secure the southern edge of the fire, and will extinguish hotspots within the interior in addition to patrolling and monitoring for areas that could potentially cause a threat to established fireline.

Evacuations, road and trail closures, and restrictions

Highway 89 is now open. An area closure is in place on the Coconino National Forest for the Pipeline Fire. For full descriptions of road closures and fire restrictions go to: fs.usda.gov/coconino/. Evacuations are still in effect around the fire area. Evacuation information can be found at bit.ly/Pipeline-Haywire-Evacs.

Total fire resources assigned
Roughly 702 personnel, including: eight Hotshot crews, 11 hand crews, 41 engines, 15 water tenders, four dozers and five helicopters

Fire details

Pipeline Fire

• 70% contained
• 26,532 acres
• 6 miles north of Flagstaff, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Haywire Fire

• 50% contained
• 5,575 acres
• 7.5 miles northeast of Doney Park, Ariz.
• Burning in grass, brush and pine

Information resources
Pipeline Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8152/
Haywire Fire: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8155/
Air quality: https://azdeq.gov/node/8262   
Fire Information: 928-421-3393 daily from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @CoconinoNF
Coconino National Forest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoconinoNF

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The Contreras Fire started June 11 on a remote ridge of the Baboquivari Mountain range, north of the Baboquivari Peak, 20 miles east of Sells, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. 

TODAY: Moderate fire behavior is expected today on the Contreras Fire. Humid conditions and the possibility of wetting thunderstorms will likely reduce fire behavior and growth. There is still the potential for new fire starts from lightning strikes with the incoming afternoon rain. Shifting weather patterns will bring short, erratic wind gusts, potentially pushing the fire into open grasses and brush in the lower elevations and flats where fire is more easily accessible and defendable. Existing retardant and handline construction is expected to continue to hold the fire south of Highway 86. On Kitt Peak, mop-up and assessment of building and scientific structures will be the priority. Most fire activity is expected to occur within the interior of completed control lines south of Highway 86 and west of Sasabe Road (west of Pan Tak and the Coyote Mountain Wilderness). Smoke could impact Highway 86 and the Pan Tak and Hayhook Estates communities. The south part of the fire is in monitor status. Suppression repair activities will continue in and around the area of Elkhorn Ranch and elsewhere along the south perimeter of the fire. Crews are scouting for any damage from suppression activities. These activities could potentially include debris removal, fence and gate repair, restoration of dozer lines, and the construction of water bars to reduce the flow of water that could create future washouts and road degradation. 

Short, intense periods of rainfall in the coming days have the potential to cause flash flooding that could impact roads in and around the fire perimeter. Drivers are encouraged to remain vigilant to flash flooding across roads, especially interior roads, and to increased emergency response traffic in the area.  

YESTERDAY: Yesterday, control line was completed around the south half of the fire. Suppression repair and mop-up of any remaining hot spots was the priority. In the north portion of the fire, ground crews were aided by heavy air operations dropping retardant and water to keep the fire south of Highway 86 and west of Pan Tak. Retardant lines from the prior operational period held well, allowing crews to focus on defensive firing operations below Kitt Peak Observatory. Crews stationed in Pan Tak and Hayhook Estates developed structure protection plan for those communities. West of Pan Tak and Pan Tak Pass, dozers and hand crews worked through the night using defensive firing operations to establish completed control lines south of Highway 86 and west of Sasabe Road (west of Pan Tak and the Coyote Mountain Wilderness) that connect to the existing fire perimeter.  

INCIDENT STATISTICS 

• Fire start date: June 11, 2022 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Acres: 24,761, an increase of 4,401 acres from yesterday 
• Containment: 50% 
• Total Personnel: 436 
• Jurisdiction: BIA, Papago Agency 

RESOURCES 

• Crews: 9 
• Engines: 22 
• Water Tenders: 19 
• Graders: 2 
• Helicopters: 7 

Evacuations: The Kitt Peak Observatory is in GO status. Pan Tak is in GO status. Hayhook Estates is now in READY status. Elkhorn Ranch is now in READY status.   

Road Closures: Kitt Peak Road (State Route 386) remains closed. 

Other Considerations: Drivers along Highway 86 are encouraged to remain aware of rapidly changing conditions, flash flooding, dense smoke and increased visual distractions from aerial operations. 

 Contreras Fire InformationPublic Inquiries: 520-302-5120Media Inquiries:  520-497-3625  pio_85x11_land_20220621_0658_Contreras_AZPPA00453_0621day.jpg