Halfway Hill Fire Archives

Jacob City and Halfway Hill fires burn thousands of acres in Utah

11:04 a.m. MDT July 11, 2022

Halfway Hill Fire 3-D map 10:34 p.m. July 10, 2022 — Halfway Hill Fire 3-D map looking south at 10:34 p.m. July 10, 2022.

Two wildfires in Utah are burning in steep, rugged terrain.

The Halfway Hill Fire is in the Fishlake National Forest two miles southeast of Fillmore east of Interstate 15. The activity on the fire Sunday was more moderate than the previous two days as the wind speeds lessened. It was mapped Sunday night at 10,417 acres. Most of the heat detected by the sensors on the aircraft was on the eastern side.

Halfway Hill Fire, July 10, 2022. Utah Fire Info.

Residents of the Virginia Hills subdivision are still under an evacuation notice.

Map of the Halfway Hill Fire 10:34 p.m. July 10, 2022 — Map of the Halfway Hill Fire. The red line was the perimeter at 10:34 p.m. July 10, 2022. The white line was the perimeter about 24 hours before.

The Jacob City Fire has burned 4,094 acres 2 miles east of Stockton. When it was mapped at 10 p.m. Sunday it was very active on the northwest and southeast sides. As of Sunday evening no communities are imminently threatened, according to Utah Fire Info.

Jacob City Fire map 10:09 p.m. July 10, 2022 — Map showing the location of the Jacob City Fire at 10:09 p.m. July 10, 2022.

Jacob City Fire, July 10, 2022. Utah Fire Info

Jacob City Fire 3-D map 10:09 p.m. July 10, 2022 — Jacob City Fire 3-D map looking east, 10:09 p.m. July 10, 2022

Firefighters battling two fires in central Utah

Map, Halfway Hill and Dry Creek Fires in central Utah, 3:11 a.m. MDT July 9, 2022.

Firefighters are working on two fires in Central Utah that were reported Friday 14 minutes apart, separated by 28 air miles.

The Halfway Hill Fire spread rapidly about one mile east of Interstate 15, 2 miles southeast of Fillmore. On Friday the Millard County Sheriff’s Office ordered evacuations for the Virginia Hills subdivision southeast of Fillmore. Utah Fire Information reported Saturday morning it had burned 6,644 acres since it was reported at 3:13 p.m. July 8. At 12:30 p.m. on Saturday aircraft spotted working the fire included four single engine air tankers and two large RJ85 air tankers. They were reloading with retardant at Cedar City.

The blaze started while the relative humidity was 10 percent with a 15 mph wind gusting out of the southwest at up to 30 mph. Conditions are about the same Saturday afternoon.

The 1,200-acre Dry Creek Fire is 10 miles west of Interstate 15, 2 miles east of Oak City.

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