Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah
The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search June 5 June 29 Mountainous landscapes appear green and untouched by fire in a satellite image acquired on June 5, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison An image of the same area shows a large brown patch spanning much of the image in an image acquired after the fire on June 29, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison June 5June 29 Mountainous landscapes appear green and untouched by fire in a satellite image acquired on June 5, 2026.
NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison An image of the same area shows a large brown patch spanning much of the image in an image acquired after the fire on June 29, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison June 5 June 29 CurtainToggle2-Up Image Details A burned landscape spans more than 150 square miles (390 square kilometers) of rugged terrain northwest of Junction, Utah, as seen in this pair of images captured by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 on June 5, 2026 (left) and June 29, 2026 (right). NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison.
After a winter of below-average snowpack and an unusually warm and dry start to summer, the National Interagency Fire Center warned that the Great Basin and parts of the Rockies faced an elevated risk of wildfires in July 2026. The warning proved accurate. By July 7, firefighters labored to contain nearly three dozen large, early-season wildland fires that raced through forests in several parts of the western U.
S. Utah was among the most active states, with fires having charred 558 square miles (1,445
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