No longer in the daily fire updates. The Rocky Canyon Fire last appeared in an official report on August 31, 2026, at 16,464 acres and 100% contained. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Rocky Canyon Fire

Morgan County, Utah · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 31, 2026 (15 days ago)
First reported about 6 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
16,464 acres
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
+514 acres
was 15,950 acres · Aug 17, 6:00 PM
Containment
100%
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
+2 percent
was 98% · Aug 31, 5:00 PM
Crew size
2
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
−10
was 12 · Aug 27, 7:00 PM
Money spent
$6.2M
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
+$148,488
was $6.1M · Aug 21, 6:00 PM

Rocky Canyon Fire and other nearby fires

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Rocky Canyon Fire summary

The Rocky Canyon Fire is a wildfire near Morgan County, Utah. It has burned about 16,464 acres (about 12,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 6 weeks ago. About 2 people are on it, run by a Type 5 IC.

Size
16,464 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 7, 2026 (first reported about 6 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, September 11th at 12:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

Today

78°F · Sunny

Wind 3 to 13 mph WSW · 6% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

51°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 3 to 10 mph S · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

83°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 3 to 14 mph SSW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Saturday Night

55°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 10 to 17 mph S · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

72°F · Sunny

Wind 13 to 16 mph SW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, September 11th at 12:01 p.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

11° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

Grass and shrub (GS2)

Grass with shrubs 1 to 3 feet tall. Fire moves fast, with medium-height flames.

0% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

5,961 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Thursday, September 10th at 3:49 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 2 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 5 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $6 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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