No longer in the daily fire updates. The Cherry Spring Fire last appeared in an official report on August 27, at under 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Cherry Spring Fire

Beaver County, Utah · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 27, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
First reported yesterday
Metric Now
Size
0 acres
Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Cherry Spring Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Cherry Spring Fire summary

The Cherry Spring Fire is a wildfire near Beaver County, Utah. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 27, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, August 27th at 7:00 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.

Tonight

65°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 12 to 21 mph SSW · 22% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain

Friday

78°F · Mostly Cloudy then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 13 to 25 mph SSW · 19% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Warm Dry

Friday Night

61°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 13 to 25 mph SSW · 25% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain

Saturday

74°F · Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 14 to 28 mph SSW · 39% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain

Saturday Night

56°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 7 to 26 mph SW · 33% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, August 27th at 7:07 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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