10/19/23

DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME AS THEY WERE LAST WEEK FOR  YAVAPAI COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING BLACK CANYON CITY, IS IN SEVERE DROUGHT. A LARGE SECTION OF THE COUNTY FROM THE VERDE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH OF PRESCOTT AND STRETCHING TO THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY IS IN MODERATE DROUGHT. THE REST OF YAVAPAI COUNTY IS ABNORMALLY DRY. 

AS FOR THE REST OF STATE, MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA IS IN EITHER SEVERE DROUGHT OR MODERATE DROUGHT. SOME AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA ARE IN EXTREME DROUGHT. MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARIZONA IS ABNORMALLY DRY. 

BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS, THE FIRE DANGER IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST IS HIGH. VISITORS TO THE FOREST ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WITH ANYTHING THAT CAN PRODUCE A FLAME OR A SPARK IN ORDER TO PREVENT A WILDFIRE FROM BREAKING OUT.