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Salt Wells

Box Elder, UT · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 603 acres in Box Elder before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

603

Acres Burned

81

Days Burning

Aug 21, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 18 acres in the last day
Aug 21 / 0 acresOct 17 / 603 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

Curlew National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / ID

26.2 mi

N

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / UT

31.7 mi

SE

Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

35.9 mi

E

Mount Naomi Wilderness

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Wilderness / UT

50 mi

E

Cache National Forest

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National Forest / UT

53.6 mi

E

City of Rocks National Reserve

Go

NCA / ID

56.3 mi

W

Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

67.8 mi

NW

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / ID

74.1 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Salt Wells update: 585 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Salt Wells containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

Salt Wells update: 585 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Salt Wells containment moved from 60% to 90%.

IRWIN

Salt Wells update: 585 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Salt Wells grew 185 acres to 585.

IRWIN

Salt Wells update: 400 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Salt Wells grew 400 acres to 400.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 21Now

81 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: 862afc47-2a5e-4145-8981-5b0107de3560

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