County officials said a discussion on proposed forest treatments for the area that could prevent catastrophic fire and flooding is planned for March 5.
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Experts say a catastrophic wildfire through the San Francisco Peaks could result in nearly $3 billion in damages. An engineering modeling company devised scenarios on the impacts of fire to Flagstaff and the surrounding areas. And NAU experts used that modeling to devise economic impacts from future fires. The modeling area comprises more than 21,000 acres of the Peaks and
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Flooding from Fire-Charred Area Threatens Arizona City May 10, 2021
It’s nearly two years since a fire burned nearly 3.1 square miles in hills north of Flagstaff but rows of concrete barriers and stacks of sandbags remain in place in neighborhoods along a wash.
That’s because heavy storm runoff flowing off the charred watershed in the Dry Lake Hills and through the wash and down into the city still has the potential to flood up to 400 homes and businesses.
Flagstaff didn’t have much of a monsoon in either 2019 or 2020 so flooding was minimal, but city and Coconino County officials aren’t counting on the weather to stay dry again, despite the passage of time since the so-called Museum Fire, the Arizona Daily Sun reported.