Brianhead Fire
The Brianhead Fire was reported on June 17, 2017 in Iron County, Utah and burned 71,675 acres. It was declared out on December 5, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 71,675 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2017
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.718, -112.845.
The incident
- Size
- 71,675 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- December 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM MST
- Declared out
- December 5, 2017 at 10:11 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- In the town of Brian Head, Utah and Panguitch Lake,Utah
- County
- Iron County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Brian Head, Utah
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $36,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-UTSWS-000218
- IRWIN identifier
- ACD02A43-6DC4-4E0C-995E-0861271AF085
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Parowan, 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 January 17, 2018 at 8:13 AM MST. Identifier 2017-UTSWS-000218.