Bear Fire
The Bear Fire was reported on June 8, 2021 in Carbon County, Utah and burned 12,174 acres. It was declared out on June 9, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,174 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2021
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped October 7, 2022 at 10:13 AM MDT, 12,174 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 39.739, -110.898.
The incident
- Size
- 12,174 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2021 at 12:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 30, 2021 at 4:45 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 21, 2021 at 11:26 AM MDT
- Declared out
- June 9, 2022 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 3 miles Northwest of Helper, Utah
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Helper
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-UTGRD-000127
- IRWIN identifier
- BF3BFDCF-0AE7-4C92-A9D8-26637E5B10EC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Helper, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Helper, UT4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spring Glen, UT6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Carbonville, UT9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Price, UT11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Wellington, UT16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Huntington, UT29 miles south of the fire’s origin
Utah wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 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 June 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM MDT. Identifier 2021-UTGRD-000127.