This Arizona county just lowered its fire restrictions. What to know

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misidentified which areas were impacted by the change in fire restrictions.

Fire restrictions were lifted for public land in Yavapai County on Wednesday after increased rainfall lowered the wildfire risk, according to county officials.

Starting 8 a.m. Thursday, fire restrictions would be removed after two months, a result of recent rainfall that is expected to continue, the Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management announced in a news release.

The lifted fire restrictions only affect public land in Yavapai County that was managed by the county but exclude areas under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, according to the news release.

"We’re seeing better conditions that allow us to lift these fire restrictions, but let’s make no mistake — fire safety is a year-round commitment," wrote the emergency manager for Yavapai County, Ashley Ahlquist.

The nearby Tonto National Forest, BLM and local fire jurisdictions within the county would be left to make their own decisions, whether or not to lift the restrictions, according to the news release.

The county first entered stage 1 restrictions on June 6 due to a high risk of wildfires, according to the county website.

Storms were expected to linger in Yavapai County and the rest of northern Arizona on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service's office in Flagstaff.

Precipitation would remain on the table for the next several days in Yavapai County, as rain chances through Friday floated between 30% and 50%, according to the weather service.

In the past seven days, northern portions of Yavapai County have received anywhere from 0.20 inches of rain, to around 1.5 inches in some areas, according to county weather data.

Yavapai County includes communities like Black Canyon City, Prescott and Chino Valley, along with much of the Prescott National Forest.

Reynaldo Covarrubias Jr. is a breaking news reporter at The Arizona Republic and can be reached at reynaldo.covarrubias@gannett.com .

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