Cottonwood Fire

Beaver County, Utah · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 15, 2026 (about 21 hours ago)
First reported about 8 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
97,464 acres
Aug 16, 2:01 PM
Containment
95%
Aug 16, 2:01 PM
+5 percent
was 90% · Jul 28, 5:00 PM
Crew size
44
Aug 16, 2:01 PM
+1
was 43 · Aug 15, 5:01 PM
Money spent
$62.8M
Aug 16, 2:01 PM
+$100,000
was $62.7M · Aug 15, 5:01 PM

Cottonwood Fire and other nearby fires

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Cottonwood Fire summary

The Cottonwood Fire is a wildfire near Beaver County, Utah. It has burned about 97,464 acres (about 74,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 95% of its edge; the other 5% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 8 weeks ago. About 44 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
97,464 acres
Containment
95%
Discovered
June 22, 2026 (first reported about 8 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 16th at 2:01 p.m. CDT.

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.

This Afternoon

84°F · Sunny

Wind 6 mph W · 4% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

60°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 mph ESE · 4% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Monday

87°F · Sunny

Wind 6 mph SW · 11% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Monday Night

62°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 6 mph SSE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Tuesday

88°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 5 to 9 mph SSW · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 16th at 2:01 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 44 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $63 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Cottonwood Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:

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