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Black Canyon Fire

Possible damage: Fire

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High significance Active 78% contained Sanpete, Utah · Last updated · source: NASA EONET

The Black Canyon fire began on July 30, 2026, in Sanpete, Utah, and has burned 2,111 acres with no containment. Homes in the area face the direct risk of fire damage.

Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.

Type
Wildfires
Official size
3,264 acres
Containment
78%
Cause
Natural
Began
Status
Ongoing

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Affected area map

The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Sanpete, Utah), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.

Interactive affected-area map

Sanpete, Utah · ≈ 5.6 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.

View the timeline — how the reported area changed

Official size & containment

Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.

  1. 3,264 acres ±0 78% contained
  2. 3,264 acres ±0 78% contained
  3. 3,264 acres ±0 78% contained
  4. 3,264 acres ±0 61% contained
  5. 3,264 acres ±0 61% contained
  6. 3,264 acres ±0 51% contained
  7. 3,264 acres −307 51% contained
  8. 3,571 acres ±0 47% contained
Show 24 earlier observations
  1. 3,571 acres +8 47% contained
  2. 3,563 acres ±0 36% contained
  3. 3,563 acres +14 36% contained
  4. 3,549 acres ±0 26% contained
  5. 3,549 acres ±0 26% contained
  6. 3,549 acres ±0 16% contained
  7. 3,549 acres ±0 16% contained
  8. 3,549 acres +6 16% contained
  9. 3,543 acres +12 9% contained
  10. 3,531 acres +55 0% contained
  11. 3,476 acres +276 0% contained
  12. 3,200 acres +438 0% contained
  13. 2,762 acres +761 0% contained
  14. 2,001 acres +265 0% contained
  15. 1,736 acres ±0 0% contained
  16. 1,736 acres −375 0% contained
  17. 2,111 acres ±0 0% contained
  18. 2,111 acres ±0 0% contained
  19. 2,111 acres +955 0% contained
  20. 1,156 acres +656 0% contained
  21. 500 acres ±0 0% contained
  22. 500 acres −300 0% contained
  23. 800 acres ±0 0% contained
  24. 800 acres 0% contained

Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.

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Latest updates

Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.

  1. Incident update InciWeb

    Black Canyon

    Read the full update at InciWeb ↗

Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.

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