Bender Mountain Fire
The Bender Mountain Fire was reported on September 2, 2018 in Daggett County, Utah and burned 2,605 acres. It was declared out on October 12, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,605 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2018
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.966, -109.091.
The incident
- Size
- 2,605 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2018 at 8:46 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 12, 2018 at 12:42 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 12, 2018 at 1:04 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 17 MILES NE OF DUTCH JOHN, UTAH
- County
- Daggett County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,268,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-UTVLD-100414
- IRWIN identifier
- 9B43EAE8-5905-40F6-96C2-CB3CE010F2A1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Manila, 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 June 19, 2020 at 5:14 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-UTVLD-100414.