The Central Utah Interagency Fire
Organization is comprised of the Richfield
and Fillmore
Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management, the Southern Paiute
Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Fishlake
National Forest, Capitol
Reef National Park, Fish
Springs National Wildlife Refuge, and the Central Area of
Utah Division of Forestry
Fire and State Lands.
This is an area encompassing almost
12.3 million acres of federal, state, and private lands. Elevations
range from 4,000 feet to 11,500 feet above sea level. Fuel types
in the lower elevations primarily consist of cheat grass, sage
brush, and pinion and juniper trees. In the higher elevations
you will find oak brush, aspen, douglas and subalpine fir, and
ponderosa pine.
The 10-year average for fire occurance
and acreage burned is 258 fires for 55,184 acres. The busiest
season on record is 1996 with 297 fires; 300,457 acres; 9 project
fires; and 12 incident management teams mobilized to our area.
