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Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard.

The National Weather Service office in Oxnard called the forecast storm “potentially significant,” with roadways expected to flood in spots, rockslides possible on canyon roads and a chance of mudflows.

Federal investigators say the Lachman fire was deliberately set and had burned underground in a canyon root system until high winds rekindled it on Jan. 7.

There were cliffs and canyons and fields of boulders, and in the middle of it all was the glacier.

It is also home to remote, rugged mountains, majestic canyons, lush grasslands and pristine lakes.