Box Canyon Fire
The Box Canyon Fire was reported on July 28, 2016 in Summit County, Utah and burned 4,724 acres. It was declared out on December 19, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,724 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.702, -111.066.
The incident
- Size
- 4,724 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016 at 5:20 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 10, 2016 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- December 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 19, 2016 at 2:04 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- Summit County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Oakley
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTUWF-000534
- IRWIN identifier
- 9D45D4E0-C1CF-4ED5-AE1A-641A561975A1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Marion, 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 December 19, 2016 at 2:04 PM MST. Identifier 2016-UTUWF-000534.