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Oak Creek

Washington, UT ยท Natural

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

2

Acres Burned

2

Days Burning

Sep 23, 2026

Discovered

2d ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Deep Creek Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

3 mi

E

Deep Creek North Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

5.3 mi

NE

Zion Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

6.5 mi

S

Zion National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / UT

6.9 mi

S

Laverkin Creek Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

7.8 mi

NW

Red Butte Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

9.1 mi

W

Black Ridge Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

13.4 mi

W

Ashdown Gorge Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

18.2 mi

N

Cedar Breaks National Monument

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Monument / UT

18.6 mi

NE

Canaan Mountain Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / UT

21.4 mi

S

Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

23.8 mi

W

Cottonwood Forest Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

25.1 mi

SW

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Zion National Park

Watchman Trail Closed

The Watchman Trail is closed pending repairs.

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Oak Creek update: 2 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oak Creek grew 1 acres to 2.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 23Now

2 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: fa73626c-a2e2-4524-920b-edc690098987

Important

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