Utah wildfires

Cottonwood Fire

ContainedBeaver County, Utah2026Wildfire

The Cottonwood Fire was reported on June 22, 2026 in Beaver County, Utah and burned 97,464 acres. It was fully contained on August 31, 2026.

Size
97,464 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
June 22, 2026
Personnel
33

Map

Perimeter mapped July 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM MDT, 97,464 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.270, -112.551.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Beaver

The incident

Size
97,464 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
June 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM MDT
Contained
August 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM MDT
Cause
Undetermined
Location
5 Miles E from Beaver, UT
County
Beaver County
State
Utah
Nearest city reported
Beaver
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Personnel assigned
33
Incident management
Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
Primary fuel
Timber (Litter and Understory)
Estimated cost to date
$62,771,500
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2026-UTFIF-260198
IRWIN identifier
B1B09572-CD77-4B0A-8E06-71284617A28F

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 22, 2026 (2,883 acres) to September 9, 2026 (97,464 acres). The largest one-day growth was 35,882 acres, mapped June 23, 2026.

DayAcresChange
June 22, 20262,883
June 23, 202638,765+35,882
June 24, 202661,138+22,373
June 25, 202670,992+9,854
June 26, 202671,849+857
June 27, 202692,255+20,406
June 28, 202693,593+1,338
June 29, 202692,183-1,410
June 30, 202692,764+581
July 1, 202692,595-169
July 2, 202693,204+609
July 3, 202694,417+1,213
July 4, 202694,750+333
July 5, 202695,807+1,057
July 6, 202695,872+65
July 7, 202696,241+369
July 8, 202696,343+102
July 9, 202697,059+716
July 10, 202697,132+73
July 11, 202697,289+157
July 12, 202697,369+80
July 13, 202697,455+86
July 14, 202697,458+3
July 15, 202697,4580
July 17, 202697,464+6
August 12, 202697,4640
September 9, 202697,4640

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Beaver, 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 September 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-UTFIF-260198.