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Babylon

San Juan, UT · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 107,189 acres in San Juan before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

107,189

Acres Burned

137

Days Burning

Jun 26, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 24 / 107,189 acresAug 31 / 107,189 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Bears Ears National Monument

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Monument / UT

4.4 mi

NE

Bears Ears National Monument

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Monument / UT

5.6 mi

SW

Dark Canyon Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

6.4 mi

NW

Natural Bridges National Monument

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Monument / UT

13.9 mi

SW

Canyonlands National Park

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National Park / UT

35.5 mi

N

Hovenweep National Monument

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Monument / UT

46.8 mi

SE

Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaClosures in effect

Closed

Recreation Area / UT

52.8 mi

W

Canyons Of The Ancients National Monument

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Monument / CO

53.3 mi

E

Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

61.4 mi

N

Arches National Park

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National Park / UT

69.4 mi

N

Big Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

73.4 mi

NW

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Chains Road and The Chains day-use area are temporarily closed

While there is no threat to public safety and the risk to the dam remains low, there was a discovery of several bore holes containing detonation cords along a restricted service road leading to Glen Canyon Dam. An Explosive Ordnance Disposa...

Park Closure / Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Launch Ramp Updates

Lake level changes will influence the functionality of all launch ramps. Find updated status of all launch ramps at the link.

Official notice

Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Babylon update: 107,189 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Babylon containment moved from 97% to 100%.

IRWIN

Babylon update: 107,189 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Babylon containment moved from 95% to 97%.

IRWIN

Monticello Ranger District Closure Order - Babylon Fire 07-31-2026

Closure
Jul 31

Beginning July 31, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. the Manti La Sal National Forest has issued a new Babylon Fire Closure Order (04-10-26-05-05) to reflect the current Babylon Fire footprint on the Monticello Ranger District. This updated Order replaces the previous Babylon Fire closure and updates which roads, trails, and areas inside the burn area remain closed for public safety. The closure protects visitor...

InciWeb

BAER Team Update 07-30-2026

Incident team
Jul 30

Babylon BAER Status – Friday, July 30 Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists completed their field data collection and have produced the Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map for the Babylon Fire. The SBS map illustrates fire effects to soils; it characterizes the degree of fire-caused damage to the soil surface and below ground. Fire effects to vegetation are primarily an estimat...

InciWeb

BAER Team Update 07-26-2026

Incident team
Jul 26

Babylon Fire BAER Update – Saturday, July 25 The Forest Service’s Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has finished gathering field data and created a map showing how the Babylon Fire affected soils across the area. Here’s what the team found: About 12% of the area was unburned or very lightly affected. About 33% shows low soil burn severity. About 51% shows moderate soil burn severity. Abou...

InciWeb

Babylon mapped at 107,189 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 21

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,189 acres, 95% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 107,173 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,173 acres, 95% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 107,173 acres, 93% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 19

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,173 acres, 93% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 107,173 acres, 82% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,173 acres, 82% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 107,173 acres, 62% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 17

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,173 acres, 62% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 107,104 acres, 57% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 16

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 107,104 acres, 57% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 106,610 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 106,610 acres, 50% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 104,783 acres, 47% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 12

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 104,783 acres, 47% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 103,633 acres, 44% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 103,633 acres, 44% contained.

IRWIN

Babylon mapped at 102,932 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the Babylon at 102,932 acres, 25% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jun 26Now

137 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 8fce6c19-9d6f-4500-af34-9c0597dceba7

Important

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