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Fires Near Salt Lake City, UT

Live wildfire tracking around Salt Lake City: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

6
Fires within 100 mi
18 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
57
Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Salt Lake City, UT

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There is meaningful fire activity near this location. This area has no live evacuation feed, so check your county's official emergency channels for any notices. Pack essentials, plan an evacuation route, and check official updates at least hourly.

  • The nearest fire is 18 miles away but mostly contained.
  • Wind at the Rocky Canyon fire (18 mi away) is blowing 9 mph SW, roughly toward your location.
There are currently 49 active fires within 300 miles of Salt Lake City, UT, including 1 within 25 miles and 6 within 100 miles. None are inside Salt Lake City city limits. The most significant is the Iron fire, 57 miles away at 41,842 acres, 100% contained. Wind at the Rocky Canyon fire is blowing 9 mph SW, roughly toward Salt Lake City, UT. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Salt Lake City, UT in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 1 mile away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Hawthorne monitor 2 miles away is moderate (AQI 57).
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Salt Lake City, UT in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 1 mile away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops. Aircraft currently broadcasting appear live on the map below via the Firefighting aircraft layer; tap any icon for its type and track.

House pin: Salt Lake City, UT. Bold outline: Salt Lake City city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Utah does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
≤ 25 mi
1
16K acres
≤ 50 mi
2
16K acres
≤ 100 mi
6
62K acres
≤ 200 mi
24
297K acres
≤ 300 mi
49
346K acres

This season vs the last decade

615% of an average year
Burned so far in 202617K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)2.8K acres

So far in 2026, 17K acres have burned within 25 miles of Salt Lake City, 615% of the 2.8K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Salt Lake City, UT

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Salt Lake City

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Basura Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N751BR)

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  2. Buck Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N711PB)

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Mm17 I15 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene

    45 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  4. Secret Pass Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  5. Master Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  6. Coons Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (S436)

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  7. Buckhorn Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    5 days ago · September 21, 2026

  8. Buckhorn Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    5 days ago · September 20, 2026

  9. Telephone Fire · Mapped size revised down to 20 acres (from 30)

    6 days ago · September 19, 2026

  10. Buckhorn Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    8 days ago · September 17, 2026

Historic fires near Salt Lake City

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Pole Creek
2018
102,191 acres · 67 mi away
East Fork
2020
90,000 acres · 63 mi away
Canal
2020
78,065 acres · 95 mi away
Dollar Ridge
2018
70,003 acres · 67 mi away
Railroad
1999
61,417 acres · 66 mi away

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