9/21/23

DROUGHT CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE U-S DROUGHT MONITOR, JUST LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, 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, MUCH OF CENTRAL ARIZONA IS IN EITHER MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE DROUGHT. SOME AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA ARE IN EXTREME DROUGHT. 

THE FIRE DANGER IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST IS MODERATE, BUT DUE TO THE DROUGHT 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.