Widemouth 2 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
- 2 Miles SW from Kanosh, UT
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 27
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning for 35 days with an average daily growth of approximately 3,707 acres per day, the 129,741-acre Widemouth 2 Fire is located 2 miles southwest from Kanosh, Utah, near Fillmore in Millard County. The active fire is 97% contained, displaying minimal, creeping, and smoldering behavior within timber, litter, and understory fuels on federal land managed by the USFS.
The natural-cause incident has cost $35,700,000 to date and is being managed by a Type 4 Incident Command structure with 36 personnel assigned as a Type 4 Incident. Across the country, 3,142,562 hectares have burned so far in 2026, which is 43% below the two-decade average during the typical June to October fire season.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Utah for 41 days. So far it has affected roughly 129,741 acres — about 525 km². At 97% containment, the fire is nearly under control.
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 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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