Expect increased recreation this weekend on Roosevelt Lake, south of Mistake Peak Fire. (Photo Credit: USFS)
Activity Slows on Mistake Peak Fire
Retardant drop 8/14/12. (Photo Credit: USFS)
Incident: Mistake Peak Fire Wildfire
Released: 14 hrs. ago
ROOSEVELT, Ariz. – Activity has slowed significantly on the Mistake Peak Fire, 12 miles east of Tonto Basin on the Tonto National Forest. The fire began August 8 and is estimated at 5,120 acres.
Sunrise over Roosevelt Lake, south of the fire. (Credit: USFS)
Rain fell Thursday night across the fire area and more is expected over the next few days. Fire officials said crews continue to make good progress toward full containment of the fire. Containment has increased to 50 percent with fireline constructed on the north, south and west sides.
Isolated torching in the pinyon juniper. (Photo Credit: USFS)
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IC Reidy & Cost Unit Leader Leake at morning briefing. (Photo Credit: USFS) Editor’s Sidebar: “Here are some of the faces behind the Ops and as our Heroes.”
Work is under way to restore firelines that were constructed during suppression operations. The incident resource advisor is on scene to provide guidance on repair and restoration procedures.
Morning Briefing. (Photo Credit: USFS)
There are 419 personnel assigned to the incident including four hotshot crews, six twenty-person crews, seven engines, four dozers, three water tenders, and three helicopters. As firelines are secured and mop-up is completed, fire resources will be made available for other assignments across the country.
Aerial view of the fire. (Photo Credit: USFS)
Closures:
· A temporary closure to ensure firefighter and public safety is in place. The first area begins at the intersection of Forest Road (FR) 71 and FR 609, heading north, northeast along FR 609 until the junction with FR 416, then east on FR 416 to FR 86, then east on FR 486 to State Route (SR) 288, along the western edge of SR 288 to FR 609, then west along FR 609 to FR 486, south and west along FR 486 to FR 236, south and west along FR 236 to the junction with FR 236A, southwest along FR 236A until FR 71, west along FR 71 to FR 609.
· Cholla Campground (including the entrance road from State highway 188)
Follow the Northern Arizona Incident Management Team on Twitter @NAZ IMT. For more information regarding forest recreation sites contact the Tonto National Forest at 602-225-5200, or check online at http://www.fs.usda.gov/tonto. For information on the current bear hunt in unit 23 south, please contact Arizona Game & Fish Department at http://www.azgfd.gov/ or 602-942-3000.
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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is coordinating with the Incident Management Team to monitor smoke impacts in outlying areas including Payson and Tonto Basin. Visibility is an excellent measure of air quality. If visibility is ten miles or more, the air quality is good. Visibility of six to nine miles indicates moderate air quality.
Three to five miles of visibility indicates conditions unhealthy for people who have respiratory ailments. One and a half to two and a half miles, the air quality is unhealthy. One to one and a quarter miles indicates the air quality is very unhealthy. If visibility due to smoke is less than a mile, the air quality is hazardous.
Smoke-sensitive persons in affected areas may need to take action such as remaining indoors, using air conditioning, or temporarily moving to an unaffected area.
Source: Arizona US Forest Service
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