[Az-Geocaching] Prescott Fire: Caches affected or burned?

[Scott Nicol]

>
>Are there any caches that are known or likely to be consumed by the fire?
>
>Quartz Mountain Cache
>by Yavapai Co. Jeep Posse~ Rich (#1967)
>ALERT! The cache no longer exists, whether by act of nature or other
>circumstance.
>
>This cache had been archived before the fire.
>
>As reported by Lightning "Yup, Quartz Mtn is not only archived, it is 
>toast."


So, Quartz Mountain Cache was not archived due to the fire?

I am curious to know: will an ammo box hold up thru a forest fire? I would 
guess not. But, I don't know! They are military type boxes. I would guess 
the seals would probably melt. Whether the metal box would hold up would 
just depend on how hot it gets. Perhaps it would get so hot the contents 
inside would melt and maybe not the box itself? Also, if the ammo box was 
under some rocks, it could be possible it might stand a chance of surviving 
a fire as well. hhmm. Just some wandering thoughts I am having! :) Kinda 
curious! Perhaps we should test this theory and stick an ammo box in my 
backyard BBQ! :) LOL (just make sure the very original contents arent still 
in it, of course!!! LOL )

I heard there was a forest fire fighter on this list. Does anyone know what 
temperature the forest floor can reach during a fire?

Now... if we could make a geocache container out of Inconel (a type of 
metal), it would hold up very well in a forest fire! My hot air balloon 
burner coils are made out of Inconel. It is a rather expensive metal, but, 
can take an icredible amount of heat. My balloon burner puts out 25.7 
million (yes, million) BTU's of heat at it's highest output. Typically flies 
at around 17 million. That is alot of heat folks! :)

Scott
Team Ropingthewind



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