9/7/23

IT’S GETTING DRIER IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING BLACK CANYON CITY, IS IN SEVERE DROUGHT. ONE SECTION OF THE COUNTY FROM LAKE MONTEZUMA SOUTH THROUGH CORDES JUNCTION AND CROWN KING IS IN MODERATE DROUGHT, WHILE THE REST OF YAVAPAI IS ABNORMALLY DRY. 

AS FOR THE REST OF STATE, THERE ARE AREAS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA THAT ARE IN SEVERE DROUGHT, WHILE MOST PARTS OF ARIZONA ARE IN MODERATE DROUGHT OR ABNORMALLY DRY. 

THE FIRE DANGER IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST IS MODERATE, BUT WITH THE DROUGHT INTENSIFYING IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, EVERYONE IS URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WITH ANYTHING THAT CAN PRODUCE AND FLAME OR A SPARK IN ORDER TO PREVENT A WILDFIRE FROM BREAKING OUT.