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Tom Creek

Tooele, UT · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 4,991 acres in Tooele before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

4,991

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 132 acres in the last day
Aug 24 / 0 acresOct 17 / 4,991 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

10 public land units within 75 miles

Deseret Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

31.7 mi

N

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / UT

36.3 mi

W

Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / UT

41 mi

N

Mount Nebo Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

51.1 mi

E

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Go

Monument / UT

60.6 mi

NE

Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

62.3 mi

NE

Lone Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

62.5 mi

NE

Twin Peaks Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

65.9 mi

NE

Mount Olympus Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

68.5 mi

NE

Uinta National Forest

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National Forest / UT

72.8 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Tom Creek update: 4,859 acres, 99% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek was remapped 134 acres lower to 4,859.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,993 acres, 99% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 95% to 99%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,993 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek grew 2 acres to 4,993.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 85% to 95%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 83% to 85%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 83% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 80% to 83%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 61% to 80%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 61% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 45% to 61%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek containment moved from 10% to 45%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,991 acres, 10% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek grew 132 acres to 4,991 and containment moved from 5% to 10%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 4,859 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek grew 999 acres to 4,859 and containment moved from 0% to 5%.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 3,860 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek grew 3,840 acres to 3,860.

IRWIN

Tom Creek update: 20 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tom Creek grew 20 acres to 20.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 24Now

78 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: d5b42a74-1101-4286-ae9c-1f307d148333

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