Black Canyon Fire
Active
Sanpete County, Utah · Discovered July 30, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 11 days ago · Perimeter mapped 11 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Black Canyon Fire
The Black Canyon Fire fire has burned 3,264 acres in Sanpete County, Utah. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 9 mph toward the E, with gusts to 21 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 29). 26 personnel are assigned to the incident.
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Fire reported 100% contained
11 days ago · September 15, 2026Containment rose to 100%
17 days ago · September 8, 2026New perimeter mapped at 3,264 acres (national perimeter feed)
24 days ago · September 2, 2026Containment rose to 95%
25 days ago · September 1, 2026Containment rose to 90%
26 days ago · August 30, 2026Containment rose to 83%
32 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 78%
35 days ago · August 21, 2026Containment rose to 61%
36 days ago · August 20, 2026Mapped size revised down to 3,264 acres (from 3,531)
37 days ago · August 19, 2026Containment rose to 47%
39 days ago · August 17, 2026Containment rose to 36%
41 days ago · August 15, 2026Containment rose to 26%
43 days ago · August 13, 2026Containment rose to 16%
44 days ago · August 12, 2026Containment rose to 9%
45 days ago · August 11, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 3,531 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/8/2026, 11:56:27 PM | 3,264 acres | 100% |
| 9/1/2026, 12:02:46 AM | 3,264 acres | 95% |
| 8/30/2026, 10:45:02 PM | 3,264 acres | 90% |
| 8/25/2026, 10:51:18 PM | 3,264 acres | 87% |
| 8/24/2026, 10:54:14 PM | 3,264 acres | 83% |
| 8/21/2026, 11:26:42 PM | 3,264 acres | 78% |
| 8/20/2026, 11:22:24 PM | 3,264 acres | 61% |
| 8/19/2026, 11:14:18 PM | 3,264 acres | 51% |
| 8/17/2026, 11:12:41 PM | 3,571 acres | 47% |
| 8/15/2026, 11:31:33 PM | 3,563 acres | 36% |
| 8/13/2026, 11:17:12 PM | 3,549 acres | 26% |
| 8/12/2026, 11:57:03 PM | 3,549 acres | 16% |
| 8/11/2026, 11:50:36 PM | 3,543 acres | 9% |
| 8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM | 3,531 acres | 0% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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