People in Fountain Hills have awakened the past couple of mornings with smoke getting in their eyes and wondering where it is coming from.

With no specific information on movement, the Southwest Coordination Center, which coordinates federal resources for fighting wildland fires in New Mexico and Arizona reports two fires that may have an impact.

This past weekend a lighting strike started the Horse Tank Fire in the Coconino National Forest on the Rim north of Strawberry.

Fire officials are letting that fire burn because it is doing a good job of burning out fuels and will benefit the forest condition overall. Conditions are damp and keeping the fire slow moving.

There were reports that smoke from that fire had settled into the Verde Valley below the fire location overnight on Tuesday as crews were conducting burnout operations to create a perimeter. That fire was about 1,500 acres at noon Thursday and is about 60 miles due north of Fountain Hills.

A fire that started late Wednesday morning in the town of Kearney has burned about 1,100 and led to the evacuation of numerous residents of the town.

Kearney is located along the Gila River on State Route 177 between Superior and Winkleman.

The SWCC had not specific reports on smoke movement from that fire.

Kearney is southeast of the Valley and also about 60 miles in a direct line from Fountain Hills.

Smoke from wildfires tends to settle closer to the ground and spread out along valleys with overnight cooler temperatures.