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The forest is divided into 5 Ranger Districts (Clifton, Alpine, Springerville, Lakeside, and Black Mesa) that span almost 300 miles (480 km) from Clifton, Arizona in the east-central portion of Arizona to the eastern boundary of the Coconino National Forest in north-central Arizona. The Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest borders the western ...
The Rattlesnake Fire was a wildfire that burned 26,072 acres (10,551 ha) in Navajo and Greenlee Counties, in Arizona. The fire was detected on April 11, 2018, on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and spread onto the San Carlos Indian Reservation and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests over the following four days. Fanned by high winds, the ...
Big Lake is situated at 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in the White Mountains at the base of Mount Baldy (11,409 ft) in the Apache-Sitgreaves National forest. It is a large reservoir located in the subalpine grasslands and the petran [check spelling] subalpine forests of eastern Arizona about 20 miles from the New Mexico border.
The outbreak got so bad that at one point, five out of six national forests had to be closed to the public in late June. These national forests included the Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott, Tonto and Apache-Sitgreaves national forests. [18] The only people who were allowed in the forests were firefighters and people who owned property in the forests ...
First Street Foundation, a climate nonprofit, assesses the risk of property being damaged by wildfires in areas across the country.It considers properties at "major" risk if they're forecast to ...
The 2002 fire dealt a near-fatal blow to the eastern Arizona tribe's timber industry, but it has recovered in recent years. White Mountain Apache Tribe lost a lot in Rodeo-Chediski Fire, but has ...
The Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. [2] It was the worst forest fire in Arizona's recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it. [3]
Dozens of structures have been ordered to evacuate as the Apache Fire burns with a “dangerous” rate of spread, Cal Fire officials said. Evacuations ordered as 600-acre-plus wildfire burns in ...