Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County | AZGS geologist Ann Youberg examining debris flow deposits directly behind the Monument’s visitor center. In May and June of 2011, the Horseshoe 2 Fire, one of the largest wildfires in Arizona history, scorched large swaths of forested slopes in the Chiricahua Mountains. Torrential rainstorms scoured those slopes resulting in debris flows.
For more, see Leanndra Arechederra-Romero’s Arizona Geology e-Magazine article, “Southwest Fire Science Consortium Field Trip to the Chiricahua National Monument."
