Wildfire — Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

2017-07-07 to 2017-07-22 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 706865. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.