Brushy Canyon Fire

Box Elder County, Utah · Wildfire

Contained Official numbers updated Sep 1, 2026 (4 days ago)
First reported 9 days ago
Metric Now
Size
10,002 acres
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+402 acres
was 9,600 acres · Aug 28, 5:00 PM
Containment
100%
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+15 percent
was 85% · Aug 31, 5:00 PM
Crew size
1
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
−134
was 135 · Aug 31, 5:00 PM
Money spent
$1.0M
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+$250,000
was $750,000 · Aug 31, 5:00 PM

Brushy Canyon Fire and other nearby fires

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Brushy Canyon Fire summary

The Brushy Canyon Fire is a wildfire near Box Elder County, Utah. It has burned about 10,002 acres (about 8,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported 9 days ago. About 1 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
10,002 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 27, 2026 (first reported 9 days ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, September 5th at 3:00 a.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.

Overnight

66°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 30 mph S · 1% chance of rain

Wind: High wind Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

81°F · Sunny

Wind 9 to 21 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Warm Dry

Saturday Night

67°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 10 to 25 mph SSE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

78°F · Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 16 to 22 mph SSE · 20% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Warm Some rain

Sunday Night

60°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 28 to 32 mph SSE · 59% chance of rain

Wind: High wind Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, September 5th at 3:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 1 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $1 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 Brushy Canyon Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 2 other active fires, closest first:

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