West Valley Fire
The West Valley Fire was reported on June 27, 2018 in Washington County, Utah and burned 11,771 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2018.
- Size
- 11,771 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2018
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.397, -113.423.
The incident
- Size
- 11,771 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2018 at 2:59 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 24, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 7, 2018 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2018 at 11:20 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Approximately 10 Miles North of St. George, UT
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Pine Valley, UT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,885,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-UTDIF-000265
- IRWIN identifier
- CF3BB801-C04A-4C33-B241-24DF2770F82A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Central, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Central, UT11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Toquerville, UT13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- LaVerkin, UT16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurricane, UT17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Washington, UT19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Enterprise, UT20 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 March 15, 2024 at 9:02 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-UTDIF-000265.