Bennion Creek Fire
The Bennion Creek Fire was reported on June 4, 2021 in Utah County, Utah and burned 8,313 acres. It was declared out on October 12, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,313 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021
- Personnel
- 3
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped June 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT, 8,298 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 39.869, -111.228.
The incident
- Size
- 8,313 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021 at 3:31 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 7, 2021 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 12, 2021 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Between Skyline Dr. and Starvation Creek rd. 2 miles NE of Scofield Lake.
- County
- Utah County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Scofield
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,579,250
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-UTMLF-000115
- IRWIN identifier
- 0A13BEC4-BD06-4D55-B918-5F5ED49427B2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairview, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fairview, UT20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Helper, UT24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Woodland Hills, UT24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Glen, UT25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mount Pleasant, UT25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Elk Ridge, UT26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 December 20, 2021 at 1:34 PM MST. Identifier 2021-UTMLF-000115.