Hicks Creek Fire
The Hicks Creek Fire was reported on October 16, 2016 in Iron County, Utah and burned 1,456 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 22
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.564, -113.086.
The incident
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 16, 2016 at 4:22 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 31, 2016 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 8, 2016 at 4:43 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 17, 2016 at 10:30 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Iron County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Jurisdiction
- DFF
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,186,081
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTSWS-000794
- IRWIN identifier
- C4EC3B57-DBB0-43E3-8686-86F8554C53D2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cedar City, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 June 5, 2018 at 7:10 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-UTSWS-000794.