Deseret Fire
The Deseret Fire was reported on August 12, 2017 in Box Elder County, Utah and burned 1,619 acres. It was declared out on August 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,619 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.576, -112.631.
The incident
- Size
- 1,619 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2017 at 9:44 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2017 at 3:34 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2017 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 17, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- East side Great Salt Lake
- County
- Box Elder County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Tremonton
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $55,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-UTBRS-000798
- IRWIN identifier
- FC7316DD-DCDE-48B9-9A82-CFC713046CA8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Thatcher, 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 17, 2017 at 8:24 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-UTBRS-000798.