Monsoons are Causing Flooding in the Wallow Fire Burn Area

Gillian Ferris — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Officials in northeastern Arizona say more than a week of consistent rain is causing flooding downstream of the Wallow Fire burn area. The flooding has forest officials and residents on alert.

Last summer, the Wallow Fire became the largest wildfire in state history after it burned nearly 540 thousand acres and destroyed dozens of homes in Arizona and New Mexico. Now, officials say monsoon rains are causing flash flooding in some of the scarred areas downstream of the burn.

Timberline Residents Hold Their Breath and Try to Work Together to Deal with Future Flooding

Sierra Eckert — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:02:54 +0000

As much of Northern Arizona holds its breath waiting for rain, residents in the Timberline neighborhood are not as hopeful.

This summer’s monsoon season could bring more devastating floods.

Coconino County and the Forest Service have plans to build channels to keep mud and floodwaters from damaging homes.

But, these plans depend on approval of all homeowners, and not everyone is falling in line.

After the 2010 Schultz Fire burned 15,000 hillside acres northeast of Flagstaff, residents in Timberline are all too familiar with summer flooding.