Shaw Springs Fire
The Shaw Springs Fire was reported on August 23, 2017 in Box Elder County, Utah and burned 2,549 acres. It was declared out on October 18, 2017.
- Size
- 2,549 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.798, -113.165.
The incident
- Size
- 2,549 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017 at 5:55 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 25, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 18, 2017 at 3:04 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- North of Great Salt Lake, near Kelton.
- County
- Box Elder County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Kelton
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $140,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-UTBRS-000888
- IRWIN identifier
- FC723B29-C0FF-43CC-88A9-B220C2298C4F
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 October 18, 2017 at 3:05 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-UTBRS-000888.