Information on the Mescal and Telegraph Wildfires
Public phone line for fire information: 480-608-2054
Media phone line for information about the fire: New line for media will be available soon
Email: 2021.Telegraph@firenet.gov
Use these links to view the incident web pages:
InciWeb Facebook Twitter Operations Update Video
Update on the telegraph fire - June 21, 2021
Acres: 180,685
Staffing Quantity: 692
Containment Percentage: 67 %
Cause: Human, under investigation
Date / Time Detected: Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:30 pm.
Origin / Location: South Superior, Arizona
Burnt Structures: 52
There will be a virtual community meeting tonight at 6:00 pm on the telegraph fire Facebook page
Overnight, favorable weather conditions dwindled fire activity and took it away from Government Springs Ranch as well as communities and infrastructure along Dripping Springs Road and State Route 77. The southeast end of the mountain fire Mescal stayed active. Firefighters continued to monitor the fire and possible threats to power supply lines fueled by San Carlos Apache communities. The fire continued to retreat with low intensity in the pine trees at Pinal Mountain.
Evacuation status at 5:00 p. m., June 19:
′′ GO ′′ - Dripping Springs, Wind Spirit, Hagen Ranch, Slash S Ranch, Government Springs.
′′ SET ′′ - East and West Captain, Six Shooter Canyon and Icehouse Canyon.
′′ READY ": Superior, Globe, Miami, Claypool, Central Heights, Pinto / Carlotta, Skill Center, Fairgrounds, Schulze Ranch, Ray Mine, Top-of-the-World, Bellevue, Oak Flat, Beverly Hills, Riverside, Kearny, Winkelman, Hayden, Battle Axe area.
CLOSURES and FIRE RESTRICTIONS
Closures and fire restrictions
Tonto National Forest: Stage 2 Fire Restrictions, Map & Telegraph Closing Order
Arizona State Land Stage 2 Restrictions
Office of Land Management: Stage 2 Fire Restrictions, Map and Emergency Closing Order by Telegraph Fire
Stage 3 Fire Restrictions on San Carlos Indigenous Reserve