Skull Valley Fire
The Skull Valley Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Tooele County, Utah and burned 1,280 acres. It was declared out on September 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.521, -112.870.
The incident
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 6:59 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 30, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 13, 2017 at 10:20 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 13, 2017 at 10:25 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Skull Valley
- County
- Tooele County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $42,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-UTSLD-000943
- IRWIN identifier
- 60F8FADF-4470-407E-BAB3-AC402F27B821
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dugway, 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 September 13, 2017 at 10:24 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-UTSLD-000943.