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How much of Utah has burned this year? The Tribune put together a map of what that looks like.

The amount of acreage burned in Utah is the equivalent of about 3.5 Zion National Parks, or 2/3 the size of Rhode Island.

(Utah Fire Info via Facebook) Crews work on the Rocky Canyon Fire in Morgan County in a photograph released Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.

(Utah Fire Info via Facebook) Crews work on the Rocky Canyon Fire in Morgan County in a photograph released Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.

Utah is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, with more than half a million acres already burned statewide.

As of Monday morning, just over 514,000 acres have burned in 820 fires across the Beehive State, according to Utah Fire Info. Just this weekend, the Rocky Canyon Fire sparked in Morgan County and forced evacuations from White Crossing to East Canyon Dam before the blaze surged to roughly 13,000 acres.

Many of this year’s large fires have been fueled by extreme fire weather, along with drier fuels due to low snowpack from last year’s lackluster winter.

We put together an interactive map so you can see how Utah’s burn scar compares to Salt Lake City, Zion National Park, Park City Mountain Resort and the State of Rhode Island. The map combines the total burned acreage in Utah and overlays it onto the locations of other sites.

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