Shelter Pass Fire
The Shelter Pass Fire was reported on August 6, 2019 in Box Elder County, Utah and burned 8,971 acres. It was declared out on October 21, 2019.
- Size
- 8,971 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.451, -113.175.
The incident
- Size
- 8,971 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2019 at 12:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2019 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 21, 2019 at 8:47 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 21, 2019 at 8:47 AM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- West side of Hogup Mountains.
- County
- Box Elder County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Park Valley
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Jurisdiction
- DFF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-UTBRS-000522
- IRWIN identifier
- 6DF27617-0F32-4A44-8638-B39CC92B9A4A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Thatcher, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 October 31, 2019 at 9:10 AM MDT. Identifier 2019-UTBRS-000522.