Pole Creek Fire
The Pole Creek Fire was reported on September 6, 2018 in Juab County, Utah and burned 102,191 acres. It was declared out on December 18, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 102,191 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2018
- Personnel
- 87
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.806, -111.661.
The incident
- Size
- 102,191 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2018 at 10:39 AM MDT
- Contained
- October 7, 2018 at 5:27 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 22, 2018 at 10:48 AM MDT
- Declared out
- December 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles NE of Nephi, UT.
- County
- Juab County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Nephi
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 87
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-UTUWF-000971
- IRWIN identifier
- E2C9AC9D-6591-4065-865C-0B6E760A6DAF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mona, 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 April 25, 2019 at 10:35 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-UTUWF-000971.