Stookey Fire
The Stookey Fire was reported on July 10, 2026 in Tooele County, Utah and burned 12,782 acres. It was fully contained on July 30, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,782 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2026
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeter mapped July 27, 2026 at 9:06 AM MDT, 12,782 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 40.150, -112.560.
The incident
- Size
- 12,782 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 7 Miles W from Vernon, UT
- County
- Tooele County
- State
- Utah
- Nearest city reported
- Vernon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-UTWDD-200417
- IRWIN identifier
- A32B1A1F-AF64-4903-9B75-8BCB276EB1DE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 11, 2026 (348 acres) to September 9, 2026 (12,782 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,858 acres, mapped July 13, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2026 | 348 | |
| July 12, 2026 | 2,792 | +2,444 |
| July 13, 2026 | 6,651 | +3,859 |
| July 14, 2026 | 8,115 | +1,464 |
| July 15, 2026 | 10,329 | +2,214 |
| July 16, 2026 | 10,330 | +1 |
| July 17, 2026 | 10,337 | +7 |
| July 20, 2026 | 11,881 | +1,544 |
| August 12, 2026 | 12,782 | +901 |
| September 9, 2026 | 12,782 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dugway, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dugway, UT11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Tooele, UT30 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Mountain, UT31 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Grantsville, UT32 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Erda, UT35 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Stansbury park, UT36 miles north 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 September 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-UTWDD-200417.