Deer Creek Fire
The Deer Creek Fire was reported on July 10, 2025 in San Juan County, Utah and burned 17,724 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 17,724 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeter mapped October 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM MDT, 17,724 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.360, -109.183.
The incident
- Size
- 17,724 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 1 Miles N from Old LaSal, UT
- County
- San Juan County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- LaSal, UT
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $24,021,755
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-UTSES-005185
- IRWIN identifier
- 80C3878F-40C7-427C-840D-CC294EFFBF14
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 11, 2025 (6,516 acres) to October 23, 2025 (17,724 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,781 acres, mapped July 16, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2025 | 6,516 | |
| July 12, 2025 | 7,277 | +761 |
| July 13, 2025 | 8,934 | +1,657 |
| July 14, 2025 | 11,134 | +2,200 |
| July 15, 2025 | 12,874 | +1,740 |
| July 16, 2025 | 15,655 | +2,781 |
| July 18, 2025 | 15,819 | +164 |
| July 19, 2025 | 15,893 | +74 |
| July 20, 2025 | 17,135 | +1,242 |
| July 21, 2025 | 17,184 | +49 |
| July 22, 2025 | 17,415 | +231 |
| July 23, 2025 | 17,681 | +266 |
| July 24, 2025 | 17,726 | +45 |
| October 23, 2025 | 17,724 | -2 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Moab, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Moab, UT25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Monticello, UT35 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Blanding, UT53 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Redlands, CO58 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Mesa, CO59 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Grand Junction, CO59 miles northeast 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 October 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-UTSES-005185.