Wildfire — Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah

2023-04-23 to 2023-04-26 · Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah

Event narrative

The Red Bridge Fire started Sunday evening south of Fort Duchesne and burned nearly 460 acres of federal land. It was fully contained by Wednesday evening. Investigators determined the fire was human caused.

Wider weather episode

A wildfire started south of Fort Duchesne and burned through tribal land vegetation for three days before it was fully contained.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1084056. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.