User:Hurricane Wind and Fire/List of Utah wildfires
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This is an incomplete list of major wildfires that have burned in the U.S. state of Utah, including total number of fires and acreage figures since 2002.
Background
While the typical wildfire season in Utah varies, most fires occur in between July and October.[1] Fire conditions can heavily depend on monsoons that last from late June to September. Dry monsoons can allow fires to start and spread easier, while wet ones can cause fire relief. Additionally, hot temperatures and overall dry conditions play a large role.[2] Climate change is influencing a longer fire season in the state, increasing temperatures, lowering humidity, and extending windy conditions. From 1973 to 2024, fire season has increased about two weeks on the Wasatch Front and one month in Western Utah.[3] Wet winters, such as 2022-23, can lead to intense grass growth and carryover fuels for fires.[4]
List of wildfires
This list only includes wildfires that burned over 5,000 acres (20 km2), incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property.
| Year | Fire name | County | Cause | Start date | Size (acres) |
Structures lost |
Deaths/ Injuries |
Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Forsyth[5][6][7] | Washington | Lightning | June 9 | 15,699 acres (6,353 ha) | 18 | 0/1 | Threatened Pine Valley. |  |
| France Canyon[8][9] | Garfield | Lightning | June 11 | 34,943 acres (14,141 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Burned near Bryce Canyon National Park. |  | |
| Deer Creek[10][11][12] | San Juan, Montrose (CO) | Human | July 10 | 17,724 acres (7,173 ha)[a] | 13 | 0/0 | Caused a rare fire tornado. |  | |
| Monroe Canyon[13][14] | Sevier, Piute | Likely human | July 13 | 73,721 acres (29,834 ha) | 10 | 0/0 | Burned near Monroe and prompted evacuations. |  | |
| Beulah[15][16] | Summit | Undetermined | August 7 | 5,719 acres (2,314 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Prompted evacuations for campers in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. |  | |
| 2024 | Little Twist[17][18] | Beaver | Human | June 13 | 5,319 acres (2,153 ha) | 0 | 0/1 | Burned in Fishlake National Forest. |  |
| Silver King[19] | Kane | Lightning | July 5 | 18,222 acres (7,374 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Burned in Fishlake National Forest. |  | |
| Deer Springs[20] | Kane | Undetermined | July 7 | 11,765 acres (4,761 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Closed parts of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. |  | |
| Yellow Lake[21][22] | Wasatch | Improper use of logging equipment | September 28 | 33,041 acres (13,371 ha) | 0[b] | 0/0 | Burned in the Uinta Mountains. |  | |
| 2023 | Thompson Ridge[23] | Beaver | Lightning | August 4 | 7,253 acres (2,935 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Burned in the Tushar Mountains. |  |
| 2022 | Halfway Hill[24] | Sevier | Human | July 8 | 11,701 acres (4,735 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Burned 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Fillmore and prompted evacuations. |  |
| 2021 | Bennion Creek[25] | Utah, Carbon | Unknown | June 4 | 7,200 acres (2,900 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Prompted the evacuation of a Boy Scouts camp. |  |
| Bear[26][27] | Carbon | Lightning | June 8 | 12,172 acres (4,926 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Closed U.S. Route 6. |  | |
| Pack Creek[28] | Grand | Abandoned campfire | June 9 | 8,952 acres (3,623 ha) | 3 | 0/0 | Prompted evacuations in the La Sal Mountains. |  | |
| Flatt[29] | Washington | Lightning | June 19 | 14,369 acres (5,815 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Prompted evacuations near Enterprise. |  | |
| 2020 | Tabby Canyon[30] | Tooele | Exploding target | May 30 | 12,186 acres (4,931 ha)[c] | 0 | 0/0 | Burned on Stansbury Island. Merged with the North Stansbury Fire. |  |
| Matlin[31] | Box Elder | Lightning | June 3 | 6,292 acres (2,546 ha) | 2 | 0/0 | Destroyed structures along the first transcontinental railroad. | ||
| Rock Path[32] | Millard, Beaver | Lightning | June 25 | 20,941 acres (8,475 ha) | 0 | 0/0 | Merged with the Antelope Fire. |  | |
| Canal[33][34] | Millard, Juab | Lightning | June 27 | 78,065 acres (31,592 ha) | 34 | 0/0 | Originally contained June 27, but escaped due to strong winds. |  |