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Wildfire in Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Wildfire June 18, 2021 – June 30, 2021 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Backbone Fire was started by lightning on June 16 at around 1130 PM and burned around 40,900 acres by the end of June. The fire was located about 2 miles west of Pine, Arizona in pion, juniper, chaparral, brush, grass, and cactus. About 80 percent of the fire was in Yavapai County, and 70 percent was below 5,000 feet.

The wider storm

The Backbone Fire was started by lightning on June 16 at around 1130 PM and burned around 40,900 acres by the end of June. The fire was located about 2 miles 2 west of Pine, Arizona in pion, juniper, chaparral, brush, grass, and cactus. The fire burned in parts of three forecast zones.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 968813. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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