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Wildfire in Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Wildfire July 7, 2017 – July 22, 2017 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Brooklyn, Bull, and Cedar Fires were all caused by lighting about 6 miles north through northeast of Black Canyon City. In all, around 33,600 acres of tall grass, shrubs, and juniper trees burned. There were no structures threatened. Around 110 firefighting personnel were involved in this incident. The fire was low intensity for this vegetation type so the threat of post fire flooding was minimal.

The wider storm

Three lightning caused fires burned near Black Canyon City for just over a week.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 706865. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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