Choke Cherry Fire
The Choke Cherry Fire was reported on July 18, 2016 in Tooele County, Utah and burned 1,779 acres. It was declared out on August 11, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,779 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.990, -113.811.
The incident
- Size
- 1,779 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2016 at 9:29 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 5, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 11, 2016 at 1:40 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- Tooele County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Callao
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,300
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTSLD-000435
- IRWIN identifier
- 15D88A4B-E914-420F-86C7-89DC2D3813F4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wendover, 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 August 11, 2016 at 2:30 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-UTSLD-000435.