Stookey Fire (Utah)
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 7 Miles W from Vernon, UT
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 21
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Smoldering, Crowning
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning across Tooele County, Utah, the 11,881-acre Stookey Fire near Vernon has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 566 acres per day over a 21-day burning period. Federal land ownership under BLM jurisdiction has been managed by a Type 4 Incident command team utilizing 21 personnel to address behavior characterized by minimal, creeping, smoldering, and crowning activity in six-foot chaparral.
Triggered by a natural cause on July 10, 2026, the incident accumulated a total cost of $6,600,000 before reaching its current 100 percent contained status.
In context
This wildfire burned in Utah for 21 days. In total it burned about 11,881 acres — around 48 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,068,903 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 44% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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