Welcome to Walker Community!
Located in the Bradshaw Mountains, south of Prescott, AZ, Walker Community is an old mining district, filled with history. It’s named after Joseph Walker, mountain man, explorer, and guide. He led a party to this valley to discover gold in the summer of 1863.
Today, the valley is filled with rustic cabins and elegant homes. There’s a vibrant community of people here, with an active social calendar. Some live here full-time, while others have second homes here.
Everyone loves it here.
Fire Station Parking
We got an email from the WFPA:
Residents of the Community,
We are experiencing an increase in vehicles being parked at the Fire Station without prior approval. The space there is for WFPA use only. In the event emergencies these vehicles hinder operations.
Our Fire Station is an extremely important asset to the community. The Fire Fighters that voluntarily serve WFPA need immediate access to the Fire Station as first responders, the water supply to fill the equipment and parking for their personal vehicles for response to emergency calls.
The Fire Station area along with the area for the […]
More Snow In March
I guess I put out the deck chairs too soon.
We got another 4-5 inches of snow last night.
Walker Community Action Alliance Meeting
WHAT: WALKER COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE MEETING
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 at 9:00 AM
WHERE: THIRDSHOT COFFEE
(At the mall, across from Bed Bath & Beyond)
3106 Gateway Blvd. #400 Prescott, AZ 86303
Plan to come early and order from a large selection of coffees and breakfasts.
“Coffee With Character”
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Firewise Activities
o New Grants
o EQIP
• Upcoming Events
• New Yavapai County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• Door Prize
• More
HINT: This is a good time to bring your “Yavapai Food Bank” (green bags)
www.Walkercaa.org – walkercaa@gmail.com walkerfirewise@gmail.com
2019 Spring Chip & Haul
This year’s Chip & Haul is scheduled to begin March 15, 2019 and will end on May 17, 2019.
As usual, we ask participants to follow some simple rules.
1. Do not bring stumps or root balls! They often contain rocks and/or dirt and most often are too large to process.
2. Bring only natural forest vegetation – no lumber or other construction materials such as: wire, metal, posts, etc. (No trash, garbage, refrigerators, TV’s or sofas!) Unauthorized materials add to the cost of disposal.
3. Empty all bags of leaf […]
Snowmageddon 2019 – Day Three
The sun was shining on Saturday. There were piles of snow everywhere, but with the sun out, the world seemed to have hope again.
I took my first drive into Walker.
The asphalt was pretty cleaned up, but the dirt roads were an adventure.
I made it to my own plow truck, pictured below, and spent a couple hours plowing the road from where the county plows left off, down to our house.
Below are photos from the drive.
I have a sign at the corner of Big Big and Walker Road. You can almost see it in the photo below. […]
Snowmageddon 2019 – Day Two
The snow continues on Friday. It looks like another foot fell after two feet yesterday, but your mileage may vary.
The snow stopped for a bit in the afternoon, then started again.
It finally stopped about 5:00 pm and the sun even came out for a few moments.
A friend sent the main photo to us while on her hike on Friday morning. Our cabin in in the photo.
The photo of the large lump of snow is their car. You can see the rear view mirror sticking out of the side.
The other photos are more of the Hassayampa Inn and […]
Snowmageddon 2019 – Day One
The snow started about 8pm last night, on Weds. Feb 20 and continued through the entire day.
The whole state of Arizona was affected by the storm. There was rain in Phoenix and snow everywhere else.
My wife and I bailed out and checked into a hotel in downtown Prescott, the Hassayampa Inn.
I don’t have any photos of what happened in Walker, but I saw some on Instagram.
I did drive around downtown Prescott on Thursday, during the storm, so here are some photos of that adventure.
This is the courthouse square and the Fry’s on Miller Valley Road. […]
Get Ready – There’s A Snow Storm Coming
There’s a huge snow storm coming to Walker.
It looks like it will be between a foot and a half and two feet of snow.
I’ve been watching the forecasts and the amounts have been changing a bit, but it’s still going to be a lot of snow.
Get your supplies ready and hunker down, because it’s coming and you will be snowed in.
More Snow In Walker
On Monday, Feb 18th, we got a little less than a foot of snow out here in Walker.
It wasn’t enough to be very annoying, and the sun came out the next day.
It was very pretty and started to melt pretty quickly.
Road Work After The Rain
After the roads washed away from the rain, the county was on top of repairing everything that was damaged.
The were dumping truck loads of fresh dirt on the dirt part of Walker road and repairing the asphalt parts also.
I really appreciate how fast they were out here and how many trucks and equipment they used to get us back up and running.