Porcupine Fire
The Porcupine Fire was reported on July 23, 2016 in Sanpete County, Utah and burned 2,050 acres. It was declared out on November 3, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,050 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2016
- Personnel
- 2
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 39.050, -111.578.
The incident
- Size
- 2,050 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2016 at 9:08 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 29, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 21, 2016 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 3, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Sanpete County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,456,286
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTMLF-006211
- IRWIN identifier
- 39133B92-F6AE-4AC6-97C4-C4897EC9F73F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mayfield, 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 February 23, 2021 at 11:28 AM MST. Identifier 2016-UTMLF-006211.