Utah Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
Utah's fire activity concentrates in the June through September window, spread between mountain timber and desert shrub. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to Utah conditions.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 10 active mapped fires attributed to Utah, about 365,787 acres total. Largest: Widemouth 2 (122,758 acres, 26% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- 7 Red Flag Warning zones in or near the Utah map area.
- Smoke
- Medium smoke over parts of the Utah map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- An SPC elevated fire weather outlook touches the Utah map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the Utah map area are exceptional drought (D4) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a Utah reporting area: Price, AQI 125 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the Utah map area.
Data as of Aug 10, 3:20 PM MDT. Sources: NIFC, NWS, NOAA, EPA AirNow, U.S. Drought Monitor. Map areas are rectangular and overlap neighboring states; open the live map for exact locations.
Fire season and landscape
Fire season typically builds through June and peaks in July and August, with lightning from early monsoon moisture starting many of the state's remote fires. Cheatgrass-driven fires in the west desert can move quickly on windy days.
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache, Ashley, Fishlake, and Dixie national forests run down the spine of the state, with the five national parks concentrated in the canyon country to the south. Smoke, dust, and winter inversions all affect Wasatch Front air quality through the year.
- Utah's fire starts skew heavily toward the July lightning window; the 24-hour hotspot layer is the early signal.
- Wasatch Front air quality reflects smoke, dust, and inversions; the AirNow forecast layer separates today from tomorrow.
- The drought layer updates weekly and shows how dry southern Utah's shrub country is in a given season.
Official Utah sources
Layer guides for Utah conditions
Informational only. Not an emergency alert service. Data comes from government sources that can lag, drop, or be wrong at any time. In an emergency call 911 and follow your local authorities. Field Risk Systems is not affiliated with any government agency. See the terms of use and privacy notice.
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