Black Canyon Fire

Perimeter mapped August 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM MDT, 3,264 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.383, -111.308.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Spring City

Size

3,264 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

29 Miles SW from Price, UT

County

Sanpete County

State

Utah

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

26

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$20,651,300

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-UTMLF-005244

IRWIN identifier

C1ED0EF1-0BD2-41C2-9292-41C6DF3DD61F

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 1, 2026 (43 acres) to August 23, 2026 (3,264 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,364 acres, mapped August 5, 2026.

• Wind up to 6 mph from the west-northwest
• Relative humidity as low as 34%
• High of 58°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Spring City, UT

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.8 µg/m³ around Sun, 11:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Spring City, UT12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Mount Pleasant, UT14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Ephraim, UT15 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Orangeville, UT17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Moroni, UT18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Fairview, UT18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin