Juab County, Utah · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
41,842 acres
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
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— |
| Containment | — |
100%
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
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— |
| Crew size | — |
123
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
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— |
| Money spent | — |
$10.2M
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
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The Iron Fire is a wildfire near Juab County, Utah. It has burned about 41,842 acres (about 32,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 8 weeks ago. About 123 people are on it, run by a Complex Incident Management Team.
The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, July 23rd at 5:01 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
85°F · Sunny
Wind 7 mph WNW · 9% chance of rain
Tonight
66°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 1 to 7 mph NE · 3% chance of rain
Friday
90°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 2 to 6 mph SSE · 7% chance of rain
Friday Night
70°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 6 mph SSE · 5% chance of rain
Saturday
92°F · Sunny
Wind 6 to 12 mph SSW · 7% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, July 23rd at 6:00 p.m. CDT.
About 123 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $10 million has been spent on it so far.
The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.
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No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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