Iron Fire
The Iron Fire was reported on June 19, 2026 in Juab County, Utah and burned 41,842 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 41,842 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2026
- Personnel
- 123
Map
Perimeter mapped June 21, 2026 at 10:39 PM MDT, 41,842 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 39.976, -112.198.
The incident
- Size
- 41,842 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2026 at 11:23 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 1 Miles NW from Eureka, UT
- County
- Juab County
- State
- Utah
- Protecting agency
- DFF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 123
- Incident management
- Complex Incident Management Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,170,735
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-UTSCS-260194
- IRWIN identifier
- B22F7798-E3C3-4E1B-A091-CC85EBE4DA75
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 20, 2026 (4,779 acres) to September 16, 2026 (41,842 acres). The largest one-day growth was 17,161 acres, mapped June 21, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 20, 2026 | 4,779 | |
| June 21, 2026 | 21,940 | +17,161 |
| June 22, 2026 | 24,120 | +2,180 |
| June 23, 2026 | 31,828 | +7,708 |
| June 24, 2026 | 37,172 | +5,344 |
| June 25, 2026 | 40,445 | +3,273 |
| June 26, 2026 | 40,614 | +169 |
| June 27, 2026 | 40,881 | +267 |
| June 28, 2026 | 41,467 | +586 |
| August 12, 2026 | 41,467 | 0 |
| September 9, 2026 | 41,842 | +375 |
| September 16, 2026 | 41,842 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 12 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 41%
- High of 69°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
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.
Smoke
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 0.9 µg/m³ around Wed, 6:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 8, 2026 at 11:18 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-UTSCS-260194.