Bear Trap Fire
The Bear Trap Fire was reported on July 21, 2018 in Grand County, Utah and burned 12,246 acres. It was declared out on November 1, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,246 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.305, -109.878.
The incident
- Size
- 12,246 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2018 at 12:53 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 11, 2018 at 10:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 1, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 44 miles SE of Price, UT
- County
- Grand County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,287,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-UTUOA-100260
- IRWIN identifier
- 2C0A2BDA-AC4E-498A-A812-7FFE8B0CB533
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Green River, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Green River, UT26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- East Carbon City, UT33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wellington, UT49 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Moab, UT54 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Price, UT54 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Carbonville, UT55 miles northwest 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 November 1, 2018 at 8:53 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-UTUOA-100260.