Cherry Fire

Juab County, Utah · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Jul 8, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

First reported about 2 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	—	34,252 acres Sep 2, 2:00 AM	—
Containment	—	100% Sep 2, 2:00 AM	—
Crew size	—	9 Sep 2, 2:00 AM	—
Money spent	—	$5.7M Sep 2, 2:00 AM	—

Cherry Fire summary

The Cherry Fire is a wildfire near Juab County, Utah. It has burned about 34,252 acres (about 26,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 2 months ago. About 9 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.

Size: 34,252 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: June 26, 2026 (first reported about 2 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:00 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

90°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 7 mph SW · 50% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Rain likely

Tonight

65°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 3 to 7 mph E · 37% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Thursday

91°F · Sunny

Wind 7 mph WSW · 8% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Dry

Thursday Night

68°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 6 mph NE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Friday

95°F · Sunny

Wind 7 mph SSE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:01 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 9 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $6 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

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Cherry Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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