Yellow Lake Fire
The Yellow Lake Fire was reported on September 28, 2024 in Wasatch County, Utah and burned 33,045 acres. It was declared out on January 14, 2025.
- Size
- 33,045 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 28, 2024
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped January 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM MST, 33,045 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 40.469, -111.076.
The incident
- Size
- 33,045 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- December 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 miles South East of Francis, UT
- County
- Wasatch County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Francis
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $33,866,676
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-UTUWF-200810
- IRWIN identifier
- A471492A-407E-4B30-A5C7-FD4D47690560
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 30, 2024 (2,294 acres) to October 26, 2024 (33,045 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,766 acres, mapped October 5, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2024 | 2,294 | |
| October 1, 2024 | 2,474 | +180 |
| October 2, 2024 | 2,561 | +87 |
| October 3, 2024 | 2,573 | +12 |
| October 4, 2024 | 3,112 | +539 |
| October 5, 2024 | 10,878 | +7,766 |
| October 6, 2024 | 16,053 | +5,175 |
| October 7, 2024 | 19,293 | +3,240 |
| October 8, 2024 | 19,906 | +613 |
| October 9, 2024 | 20,878 | +972 |
| October 10, 2024 | 23,987 | +3,109 |
| October 11, 2024 | 29,062 | +5,075 |
| October 12, 2024 | 29,730 | +668 |
| October 13, 2024 | 31,006 | +1,276 |
| October 14, 2024 | 31,193 | +187 |
| October 15, 2024 | 32,733 | +1,540 |
| October 16, 2024 | 32,919 | +186 |
| October 19, 2024 | 33,041 | +122 |
| October 26, 2024 | 33,045 | +4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Timber Lakes, 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 January 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM MST. Identifier 2024-UTUWF-200810.