Bald Mountain Fire
The Bald Mountain Fire was reported on August 24, 2018 in Utah County, Utah and burned 18,620 acres. It was declared out on December 18, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 18,620 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.872, -111.743.
The incident
- Size
- 18,620 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2018 at 12:23 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 2, 2018 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 22, 2018 at 10:48 AM MDT
- Declared out
- December 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 1 mile from Payson and Elk Ridge, UT
- County
- Utah County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-UTUWF-000892
- IRWIN identifier
- F019F646-A60C-485E-9112-266F4DDBAF64
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rocky Ridge, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rocky Ridge, UT6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mona, UT7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santaquin, UT8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Genola, UT10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Elk Ridge, UT10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Woodland Hills, UT11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Utah wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 18, 2018 at 1:55 PM MST. Identifier 2018-UTUWF-000892.