Backbone Fire location

 

The red push pin shows the initially reported location of The Backbone Fire. The incident named due to its proximity to a prominent topographical feature called "Ike's Backbone."

This clip from an ACME Mapper topo map shows how Ike's Backbone is a substantial ridge that separates the final stretch of Lower Fossil Creek from the Verde River.  

The yellow line shows The Backbone Fire's relative proximity to Strawberry, Arizona, roughly 12 miles distant. We will soon have a much more detail look at both Fossil and Hardscrabble Creeks and their topographical relationship to Strawberry and Pine, Arizona.

The photo above was provided on Inciweb and the source is linked below.  The general point-of-view is to the north.  Here are our own numbered annotations to the official photo:  1) Ike's Backbone; 2) Fossil Creek Canyon; 3) Deadman Mesa; 4) Verde Hot Springs camping area near former Childs community and 5) Phos-Check retardant lines laid down by either T168 or 169 on June 17.

Photo source: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photograph/7545/0/113264