Sheep Creek Fire
The Sheep Creek Fire was reported on August 1, 2016 in Utah County, Utah and burned 1,061 acres. It was declared out on August 21, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,061 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2016
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.023, -111.275.
The incident
- Size
- 1,061 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2016 at 1:55 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 11, 2016 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- WildFire
- County
- Utah County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,038,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-UTUWF-000560
- IRWIN identifier
- 20997239-33D3-462B-A835-9DC3D03889AF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mapleton, 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 August 21, 2016 at 6:13 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-UTUWF-000560.