Wildcat Fire
The Wildcat Fire was reported on July 20, 2017 in Box Elder County, Utah and burned 13,177 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,177 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 50
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.856, -113.062.
The incident
- Size
- 13,177 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017 at 5:26 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 23, 2017 at 5:15 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 14, 2017 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2017 at 1:05 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 mi ENE Park Valley, UT
- County
- Box Elder County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 50
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-UTSLD-000620
- IRWIN identifier
- D89123D0-1EE9-4C87-AAFA-2F352B2AEC55
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 May 8, 2018 at 10:43 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-UTSLD-000620.