March 23, 2015 Prescribed Fire and Dust Devils

Another controlled burn around Huachuca Mountains. Calm wind and warm temperature supported firefighters to finish the main burn in 3 hours, and blacked nearly 2000 acres. Good job firefighters! And thank you!



The following video still image shows a twin dust devil in the smoke.


Observed at least 4 of large dust devils during the burn.


The last intense smoke column.


Time lapse video from 11:20AM to 12:40PM.

Prescribed Fire on March 9th, 2015

Prescribed fire in Garden Canyon area of Huachuca Mountains, southwest of Sierra Vista, AZ

Sprinkle on Carr Peak
	A developing cell just east of Sierra Vista

Clouds and Prescribed Fire Pictures from March 7th to 8th, 2015

March 7th

Prescribed burn near the border of Cochise county and Santa Cruz county. It was not a brush fire.	Sprinkle over Whetstone Mountains. Looking northwest from highway 82 near Mustang Mountains.

March 8th

This cell produced moderate rain and wind gust near Sierra Vista Municipal Airport. https://twitter.com/NWSTucson/status/574647456647897088	Developing cloud base just southeast of Huachuca City. Moved into Sierra Vista and produced light rain in evening.

February 18, 2015 Prescribed Fire on Foothills of Huachuca Mountains

Controlled burn on the foothills and field of east side of Huachuca Mountains, and west of Sierra Vista, AZ. Burned 1884 acre based on the information from GACC-SWCC.