@CannondaleKid
Just another Senior Moment Mark, nothing to worry about.

Oops! The date of the meeting said Dec 11th should have been Dec 17th.... Sorry bout that..

Yesterday (Dec 17) I attended an Apache Trail Closure meeting at the Apache Junction City Chambers between ADOT, US Forest Service, a new Business Alliance and other interested parties. ADOT was represented by members of the Central and East Central areas, both of which have responsibilities over th...

Yesterday (12-1-19) as I was visiting the Goldfield Ghost Town, I stopped in at the Apache Trail Tours and spoke briefly with Jan Thyregod about the condition of the Apache Trail. Because of her Trail Tours business, she pretty much has her finger on the pulse of the DOT and when things are going to...

It looks slightly unsightly but obviously it worked. Anybody know what happens to wildlife that eats plants soaked with the retardant?

I fear that Fish Creek Hill, on the other hand, may never open. Clearing the road from the landslide is no big deal. But stabilizing the hillside above the roadway so that it doesn't happen again ... that may be a feat of engineering that the budget can't justify for what is essentially nothing mor...

As of last night, the access to Apache Lake from 188 has now been opened. The road beyond the marina remains closed.

I talked with a hydrologist from SRP and one of my friends with the Forest Service over the weekend and both are saying that the road may not be open for at least a year and could go longer depending on funds for repair. An interactive map on ADOT's home page has the Apache Trail closed at both ends...

So at some point these people must have left LDSP and crossed the boundary into the wilderness. Shouldn't the 15 person limit come into play somewhere? Looks the priority of that rule is very low. The FS personnel at the entrance to the park don't seem to care about the group size limitations, afte...

I drove out to the LDSP to talk with the source but that was a waste of time as she said she couldn't release any details... "Watch it on the news".

Apache Trail, (SR 88) has been opened as far as Tortilla Flat, then closed from there to the dam.

Attached is a photo of a Pyrocumulus cloud over the main fire area on 06-17-19. This type of cloud, although beautiful, is not what we want to see when talking about a wildfire.
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@JosephElfelt
Thanks Joseph, your map has been very helpful at determining where the major portions of the fire are. Keep up the good work.

Thanks to "FlightRadar24" I was able to track this aircraft (N985AB) flying over the Superstition Mountain Wilderness Area. The complimentary version of this app will only allow thirty minutes then it times out and shuts down. I restarted the app several times following the aircraft as it circled ar...

Here's a link to what appears to be a satellite view of the Woodbury Fire. 2019-06-16 https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/?source=S2&lat=33.45808346635736&lng=-111.27262115478516&zoom=12&preset=7_GEOLOGY&layers=B01,B02,B03&maxcc=20&gain=1.0&gamma=1.0&time=2018-12-01%7C2019-06-16&atmFil...

I drove out on Apache Trail at 04:30 this morning (Saturday) and the trail has a manned road block at Needle Vista. First Water Road is CLOSED, I think they have an action center at the horse trailer parking lot. The visible smoke in the mountains has been reduced greatly but there's a lot more to t...

Just read a posting on Facebook that the Apache Trail has been shut down from the area where blacktop changes to gravel transition on North. The fire should jump the road sometime tonight.

Sredfield wrote:@AZLumberjack
Thank you! Inciweb does not have good maps up yet.

A big thanks to Susan Harnish (suzaz) she posted this on Facebook.

The below link is to a map that's frequently updated as to where the active portions of the fire are at the present. https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=33.411957%2C-111.218204&zoom=12&basemap=ESRI_scanned_topo_USA&overlay=VIIRS_24_hours%2CMODIS_24_hours&txtfile=https%3A%2F%2Fmappings...

I had a Samsung for several years and was quite satisfied with it... Then I bought the Pixel 2 XL and wondered what happened to the rest of the cell phone world. I'm not a fan of cell phone cameras but this one has some truly unique features... In short, I love it.