{"id":2894,"date":"2026-06-26T21:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:10:48","slug":"utah-fires-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2894","title":{"rendered":"Utah fires: By the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The National Weather Service has issued the first formal particularly dangerous situation red flag warning in the Utah region currently engulfed by the Cottonwood Fire, the largest fire in the nation. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2892\">\u2018We\u2019re happy to go to the District\u2019 \u2014 AJ Dybantsa\u2019s father, Ace, dishes on his family\u2019s NBA draft emotions and love for BYU<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Below is a map of central and southern Utah and the current Red Flag Warnings in effect. \u00a0All areas in pink have a high risk for rapid fire growth if a fire starts. Areas outlined in purple are of most concern and are in a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS). #utwx pic.twitter.com\/XyYu16qgYd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) June 25, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Utah is one of 11 states currently reporting large fires. As of Friday, 35,247 fires have occurred in Utah since the start of the year \u2014 more fires to date than any year in the past decade. <\/p>\n<p>Fires continue to spread statewide, and they won\u2019t be stopping anytime soon. The National Interagency Fire Center warned Friday that low humidity and gusty winds could cause \u201cexplosive, wind-driven growth\u201d across Utah, Nevada and Arizona. <\/p>\n<h3>Firefighting resources are \u2018stretched to the limit\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Utah has seen 366 total wildfires this season, most of which are human caused. These fires have burned more than 150,000 acres of land.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1000 personnel actively fighting fires across the state, including 27 crews, 40 engines and multiple aviations resources. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve stretched our firefighting resources to the limit,<b>&#8221; <\/b>Governor Cox said in a press conference on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>All 29 of Utah\u2019s counties have moved to Stage 2 fire restrictions, which prohibit all open fires on state and private lands. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur firefighters have been working around the clock, our resources are stretched, and we cannot afford preventable ignitions during the days ahead,\u201d Jamie Barnes, director of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, said in a press release. <\/p>\n<h3>Utahn\u2019s are \u2018put at risk of losing everything\u2019 due to large, human-caused fires<\/h3>\n<p>Most of the burned land is a result of the six fires that have been classified as large wildfires, only one of which is completely contained. <\/p>\n<p>The largest of these fires is the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County, which has burned more than 70,000 acres of land and is 0% contained. An estimated  worth of state funding has been spent to suppress the fire and 491 responders are actively on site, yet the fire continues to grow, spreading by almost 10,000 acres in the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is likely the most destructive and costly fire in terms of property damage that the states has ever seen,\u201d Barnes told the Deseret News. <\/p>\n<p>The Cottonwood Fire is the largest burning fire in the nation, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2890\">Why Rep. Burgess Owens touts apprenticeships as wise career-path educational options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other large, active wildfires in Utah include the Iron Fire in Juab county, the Hastings Fire in Iron County and the Bonneville Fire in Salt Lake County, all of which were human caused. This differs from past years, when most large wildfires were caused by natural forces. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was on Iron Fire helping with evacuations,\u201d said Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety. \u201cThose individuals were put at risk of losing everything because of the reckless actions of someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New fires are continually being discovered, including eight started within the last 24 hours. Almost 3 million acres of land have been burned since the start of the year, according to NIFC. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing fire behavior that even our most experienced firefighters say they\u2019ve never witnessed before,\u201d Cox said. <\/p>\n<h3>A look the most historic Utah fires in two decades<\/h3>\n<p>The largest fire in Utah within the last 20 years was the Milford Flat Fire in 2007, when a lightning strike lit a flame that grew to burn more than 363,000 acres of land. <\/p>\n<p>Two similarly-named fires in 2018, Goose Creek and Pole Creek, are among the top five, burning an estimated 132,000 and 101,000 acres respectively. Both fires were caused by lightning. <\/p>\n<p>Lightning was also the cause of a 2020 fire on the slope of the Uinta Mountains, named the East Fork Fire, that burned 89,000 acres of land. <\/p>\n<p>The Clay Springs fire in 2012 is the largest Utah fire within 20 years to be caused by arson. It burned 107,000 acres of land. <\/p>\n<p>Barnes said the effort and funds required to fight fires this year is trending above average compared to past years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen in recent memory,\u201d Barnes said in a press release. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing fires spread farther and faster under conditions that defy historical expectations. Some of the fires we\u2019ve responded to this year are behaving in ways veteran firefighters simply haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the current conditions continue, the 2026 fire season could rival the most devastating seasons in Utah\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t overemphasize enough, guys, this year is different,\u201d Cox said. \u201cIt\u2019s different than any other year that any of us have experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2888\">Davis\u2019 Bode Sparrow, top Utah prep recruit, commits to Oklahoma<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fires in Utah today, biggest fires in Utah history, Cottonwood Fire, Governor Cox speaks on wildfires, human-caused fires in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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