AZTNF 2024 Preacher Fire TNF

Last updated: 2024-09-04

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The type of incident is Wildfire and involves the following unit(s) Tonto National Forest.

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State: Arizona

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Coordinates:

Latitude: 34° 17 57 Longitude: 111° 10 50

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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.

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Incident Overview: The Preacher Fire is a lightning-caused wildfire that is burning four miles northeast of Pine, Arizona. The fire is being managed under a confine and contain strategy with the goal of protecting private lands and the communities of Tonto Village, Thompson Draw, Diamond Point Summer Homes, and Diamond Point Estates while reintroducing fire into a fire dependent ecosystem. The intended result is to reduce hazardous fuels, improve watershed conditions and wildlife habitat. This will decrease accumulations of fuels and the potential for future fires to burn with high severity that may be more difficult to suppress.