Gran Fire

Time/Date Started: Little Granite Mtn, July 21st, 2006, 1610 hours
Location: 7 miles east of Bartlett Dam, 9 miles NE of Rio Verde, AZ
Cause: Lightning
Fuels: Desert grass and brush
Size: 5,239 acres
Contained: 95 %
Expected containment: Today
Resources Committed: 4 Type 2 crews; 3 heavy airtankers; 2 helicopters (1 Type 1; 1 Type 3); 7 engines; 3 water tenders (most resources are being released today)
Type 1 Incident Management Team (Jeff Whitney) returns management of fire back to Tonto National Forest, later this morning
Personnel assigned: 155
Estimated Cost to Date: $380,000
Resources threatened: No structures lost. Riparian habitat.
Summary: Monday evening’s rain greatly diminished fire activity.