Black Mountain Fire
The Black Mountain Fire was reported on September 18, 2016 in Tooele County, Utah and burned 1,263 acres. It was declared out on September 28, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,263 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 18, 2016
- Personnel
- 44
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.877, -112.838.
The incident
- Size
- 1,263 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 18, 2016 at 2:21 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 20, 2016 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 21, 2016 at 6:10 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Grass fire
- County
- Tooele County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Delle
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 44
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $335,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTSLD-000874
- IRWIN identifier
- B88C7A93-B202-4B9B-BAFB-DDC77B2249DA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Grantsville, UT covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 28, 2016 at 9:42 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-UTSLD-000874.