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Wildfire in Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

Wildfire May 8, 2021 – May 20, 2021 · Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Tussock Fire burned across portions of the Yavapai County Mountains.

The wider storm

The Tussock Fire burned 5,546 acres about 7 miles southwest of Crown King. The human caused fire burned across areas that are above/below 5000 feet (Yavapai County Mountains/Yavapai County Valleys and Basins). The fire burned through short Grass (1 foot), brush (2 feet), and chaparral (6 feet). The fire was primarily been carried by short brush and sparse grasses in the lower elevations and dense cured brush in the mid-elevation drainages.

GR1; short sparse grass and cacti (hairy grama, blue grama, cacti). GS2; cured, grama/muttongrass and scattered short shrubs.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 952186. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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