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Juniper Fire burning northeast of Williams

WILLIAMS - The Juniper Fire is growing at a slow pace, 18 miles northeast of Williams. The fire began July 17 from lightning and is now five acres. Forest officials are managing the fire for resource objectives after evaluating the fire's location, fuels, current and predicted weather, and potential for spread.

The fire will be managed within a defined area encompassing approximately 1,600 acres. The management area boundary has roads on all four sides - Forest Road (FR) 144 to the west, FR 90 to the north, FR 101 on the east and FR 171 on the south. In addition, the 2009 Wildhorse Complex is just north of the fire.

A local Type 4 organization is managing the incident.

"The ideal location of this fire and the fire behavior we are seeing will help us achieve the resource objectives we have identified for this incident," said Incident Commander Dave Pearce.

These objectives include returning fire to a fire-adapted ecosystem, enhancing wildlife habitat, and protecting cultural resources and range improvements.

Throughout the weekend, fire crews continued to respond to fires that started from hiked into remote locations to work on fires on Government Hill, 11 miles northeast of Williams, and Bill Williams Mountain, just south of town.

Crews reported no problems in controlling the fires. Altogether, eight fires at less than one acre each resulted from the July 16 storm. The fires were single trees burning with minimal creeping and smoldering ground fire.

Most of the activity today is near Sycamore Canyon. The National Weather Service predicts the current trend of isolated showers and thunderstorms will remain through the middle of next week.

For additional information, please visit the Inciweb at http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2026/.


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