When favorable weather conditions are in place for hazardous fuels reduction work
From Jennifer Plecki, Dixie National Forest U.S. Department of Agriculture
CEDAR CITY, Utah, Oct. 30, 2025— Dixie National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations starting this November, pending all required approvals. We estimate this work to continue throughout the fall and winter of 2025, and into the spring of 2026, as weather conditions allow. We use prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown and dead and down vegetation to help mitigate risk to local communities, infrastructure, and natural resources from
wildfires.
Prescribed fires planned for the area include:
Broadcast Burn Projects
Cedar City Ranger District (Kane, Iron and Garfield Counties)
- Duck Creek Aspen – 194 acres
- Henrie Knolls – 500 acres
- Ikes Valley – 500 acres
Powell Ranger District (Kane and Garfield Counties)
- Mud Springs – 1,000 acres
- Flake Mountain – 1,350 acres
Escalante Ranger District (Garfield County)
- Upper Valley – 1,000 acres
- Ranch Creek – 500 acres
- Pretty Tree – 500 acres
- Whip Up Bench – 1,000 acres
Pile Burn Projects
Pine Valley Ranger District (Washington & Iron Counties)
- Grass Valley – 202 acres
- Pine Valley – 100 acres
Cedar City Ranger District (Kane, Iron & Garfield Counties)
- Duck Creek – 10 acres
- Henrie Knolls – 500 acres
- Ikes Valley – 500 acres
- Markagaunt – 200 acres
Powell Ranger District (Garfield & Kane Counties)
- Left Fork – 2 acres
Escalante Ranger District (Garfield County)
- Upper Valley – 317 acres
- Escalante MWS – 164 acres
- Mitchell – 16 acres
- Mud Lake – 36 acres
- Ranch Creek – 375 acres
- Iron Draw – 20 acres
- Sink Holes – 32 acres
- Pockets – 95 acres
- Clayton – 16 acres
- Widstoe – 74 acres
These areas may be closed to the public for several days for public safety. Watch for warning signs along roads near all prescribed fire areas before and during burns.
Residents may experience smoke during the prescribed burns. For more detailed information about air quality, go to AirNow online or download the app. When driving, slow down and turn on your headlights when you encounter smoke on the road.
We will evaluate weather conditions in the hours before a burn begins. If conditions warrant, scheduled prescribed fire activities may be canceled.
Stay informed about the scheduled prescribed fires through the forest website, social media channels, and InciWeb, the interagency incident information system. We will notify county emergency management officials when burning begins.
About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.