prescribed burns

The Flagstaff Fire Department’s wildland fire crew will be busy with prescribed burns over the next two weeks. Four burns are on the schedule and could start at any time. Crews will burn about 100 acres in the area of Rogers Lake about 20 miles southeast of Flagstaff. They will also burn about 25 acresFull Story

There are quite a few prescribed burns planned for this week in the Coconino National Forest. There are three burns zeroed in on an area near Kendrick Mountain. One burn will start Tuesday morning about seven miles east of Kendrick Mountain, north of the San Francisco Peaks. That burn will go for about three daysFull Story

More prescribed burns are scheduled for this week in the Coconino National Forest. Fire managers plan to burn around 24-hundred acres about three miles east of Kendrick Park on the north side of the San Francisco Peaks starting Wednesday at around 9 a.m. The burn is expected to last two-to-three days. Smoke could impact HighwayFull Story

More prescribed burns are scheduled for this week in the Coconino National Forest. Fire managers plan on burning just south of Munds Park on the east side of Interstate-17 Tuesday evening. The burn is about 19-hundred acres total and it will start at around 5 p.m. Smoke is predicted to run down Munds Canyon andFull Story

Two prescribed burns are planned this week south of Mormon Lake in the Coconino National Forest in the habitat of the Mexican Spotted Owl. The first burn begins this morning at around 9:30 about six miles southeast of Mormon Lake on the east side of Lake Mary Road. Around 12-hundred acres are expected to beFull Story

Fire managers with the Coconino National Forest have three prescribed burns planned for this week. Work on the Mustang Burn Project will take place Wednesday between Mountainaire and Munds Park. The burn will be 600 acres about ten miles southeast of Flagstaff and is expected to start at around 8:30 a.m.. Smoke will be seenFull Story

A prescribed burn that was supposed to take place Tuesday has been pushed back a day. Coconino National Forest fire managers are now set to burn 500 acres in the A-1 Mountain area, starting at around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The burn was scheduled for two weeks ago, but high winds kept managers from conducting it.Full Story

It could be a smokey week around Flagstaff this week. Coconino National Forest fire managers have scheduled at least three prescribed burns. A 300-acre burn is set for Tuesday or Wednesday near Kachina Village on Highway 89A. Smoke could affect areas near the Flagstaff Airport, Forest Highlands, Mountainaire, Harold Ranch and Flagstaff. Another burn isFull Story

Smoke from a pair of prescribed burns filled the skies around Flagstaff Wednesday. An over 400 acre burn on the Eastside Project made the Pine Canyon subdivision and surrounding areas a bit smokey through the day. Smoke was expected to impact Walnut Canyon National Park and the subdivisions of Pine Canyon, Continental Country Club, Townsend/Winona,Full Story

Even with the snow, Coconino National Forests are conducting pile burns this week. Piles were burned today next to the Flagstaff Ranger Station on Highway 89 and next to Priest Draw southwest of Lower Lake Mary. Tomorrow’s burns are set for Priest Draw again and at the Mormon Lake work center at the north endFull Story