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A wildfire in Salt Lake City forced people living uphill from Utah's state capitol to evacuate, and it remained uncontained Sunday as more than 100 firefighters worked to protect nearby homes.
Authorities in Utah lifted evacuation orders for a wildfire in Salt Lake City that threatened neighborhoods near the state Capitol over the weekend. The evacuation order was lifted late Sunday ...
A grass fire was sparked Sunday afternoon just off Interstate 80 near 7200 West in Salt Lake City. 20-acre wildfire sparked near I-80 in western Salt Lake City [Video] Skip to main content
The 2024 Utah wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Utah during 2024. ... Yellow Lake Wasatch: 33,041: September 28:
The Pole Creek Fire was started by lightning on 6 September 2018. [1] [2] On September 12, high winds and low relative humidity caused both the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires to expand rapidly, threatening the communities of Elk Ridge and Woodland Hills. [6] [5] On September 17, 2018, the two fires were confirmed to have combined. [3]
On August 6 in Salt Lake City smoke originating from the Dixie Fire and other fires in west coast states caused the PM 2.5 level to spike to over 100 mg m −3, more than 3 times the federal standard. The area temporarily had the worst air quality in the world. [36] [37]
SALT LAKE CITY — Parts of the Great Salt Lake hardly resembled a lake at all this fall. ... In summer, concern centers on wildfire smoke and ozone. Spring and fall were once respites. But now ...
Low water, Great Salt Lake "The changing climate is likely to increase the need for water but reduce the supply. Rising temperatures increase the rate at which water evaporates (or transpires) into the air from soils, plants, and surface waters. Soils are likely to be drier in most of the state, so irrigated farmland would need more water.