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@TheGreatSaltLak @UtahWildfire It started at the Cottonwood Campground off of SR-153.

@UtahWildfire Why would you name it that?

The #CottonwoodFire located on the Beaver Ranger District in Beaver, UT is estimated at 10,000+ acres and remains 0% contained. 🛑 CRITICAL ROADWAY ALERT Stay clear and avoid all roads leading toward the Cottonwood Fire zone. Per Beaver County Sheriff's Department, "Do not travel across or near the B Mountain area. Roadways must remain clear for emergency personnel and equipment to safely and quickly get to the front lines". 🚫 NO DRONES: IF YOU FLY, WE CAN'T Flying a drone near a wildfire is dangerous and can force all firefighting aircraft to immediately stop operations. Grounding aircraft delays suppression efforts can put lives at risk. If you fly, we can't. Keep drones away from wildfires and emergency response areas. Please share this update to keep our community and first responders safe.

@4Buongiorno @tvheidihatch Dutchman fire?

@tvheidihatch Why is no one reporting the fire has jumped over the mtns. This is looking out south west of mallard bay, 10:24pm

QUESTION: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has called for a ban on fireworks outside of professional displays this Independence Day. However, the state does not currently have the authority to impose a statewide ban, putting the decision in the hands of local municipalities. With wildfires already breaking out across Utah before fireworks sales begin, what do you think should happen in your city? Should local leaders ban personal fireworks this year -or do you think people can still have fun and be responsible as we celebrate 250 years of freedom?

@UtahWildfire I can see it from PG. Does look pretty high up just north of the pass

New 🔥 start: The fire is unnamed and located in Utah Co. on Lake Mountain. The fire is currently high and inaccessible to engines. Crews estimate the fire is 30 acres. More information as it becomes available. #ffslkth

@Mericamemed Boosty is the next big thing, eh?

Welcome to the Dojo

@A_Sorensen89 @SLCScanner I also assumed that. Either that, or the podunk old mining town is-a-boomin!

@SLCScanner Aren’t these pictures of the Bonneville fire?

#Update No homes lost in Iron Fire near Eureka as firefighters focus on structure protection gephardtdaily.com/local/no-homes…

@LocoCodo @UtahWildfire Control-burn a line of vegetation ahead of the fire's path so that by the time the hot, uncontrollable fire reaches that line there is nothing left to burn so it stops spreading in that direction. Similar to excavating a line of vegetation, but faster

@UtahWildfire I’m stupid, what’s a Blackburn operation?

🔥 #IronFire Update: Eureka remains under evacuation. A successful backburn operation helped protect the town overnight, and no primary structures were lost. Fire: 13,323+ acres, 0% contained. CIMT assumes command at 6 PM. #FFSLKW

Has Utah spent roughly $500 million to cut down 200+ million trees on 2.8 million acres for water? YES. Why isn't tree cutting being used to save the Great Salt Lake? SLC said, NO! Do we have too many trees in the Wasatch? YES. The Forest Service says a safe and healthy forest has about 40 trees per acre with meadows and open canopies. Some Utah forests have 1,000 trees per acre counts as in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative aka tree cutting for water has “treated” (tree cutting) on 2.8 million acres. wri.utah.gov/wri/ Who has prevented the WRI water program to save the Great Salt Lake? SLC. How much water has WRI saved? 100,000 to 400,000 acre-feet of water of 100% consumptive water. So it's like 200,000 to 800,00 acre-feet of irrigation water (50% consumptive). WRI may have save an amount of water equal to all city uses already. Wildfire fuel mitigation is the PC way to say tree cutting. Should we pray for rain or pray for chain saws? Is Utah's tree overgrowth a primary driver of Utah's 1,167 reported wildfires in 2025? YES. Would Wildfire fuel mitigation reduce home insurance and power rates? YES. Is half of the Forest Services $9 Billion budget spent on wildfires? YES. Is there Federal Wildfire Fuel Mitigation funding? YES. $6-7 billion Would realistic conversations about Utah's tree overgrowth problem benefit the Great Salt Lake? YES. Have other states cut trees down of water? YES. California, Montana, Arizona, etc. Is the war on family and farm use of water helping the Great Salt Lake? NO. Why is Utah's water cartel pitting cities against farmers? Because you can't take a tree to court, but you can take a farmer to court and take their water. We love trees. Can we get rid of the non-native water sucking Chinese Elm, Russian Olive, and Salt Cedars? Can we replace some pine forests with Aspen Trees which use less water and not prone to wildfires? Better Policies for Better Living

@UtahWildfire @UtahFFSL Thanks for the notice! Just came around the point of the mountain and a giant column of black smoke on the other end of the valley brought on immediate thoughts of the airport

🔥 Firing operations are underway on the #TurpinRx west of Bountiful. @utahffsl and partners are conducting a 1,500-acre prescribed burn in the Farmington Bay area today. Smoke may be visible in nearby communities. Please avoid the area & do not report smoke. #UtahFire #FireSense

@KimballCall @tvheidihatch Doesn't flow to the gsl. So only Vegas would care cause dam power and stuff

@tvheidihatch I can’t believe this will get far less attention than the data center.

A massive surf park is rising in the Utah desert, complete with wave lagoons, rental homes and plans to attract surfers from around the world. But in one of the driest regions in the country, developers say the project depends on a private brackish aquifer that can’t be used for drinking or irrigation, and a $10 million filtration system to make the water surf-ready. Full story in the comments.

@gwowls Funeral potatoes?

help I just found out about the Mormon Jello Belt

@TiredActor I've lost count how many times I've listened to this. So beautiful. Please do put on Spotify so I can turn off my screen and preserve my battery while I listen on repeat 🙃

500 Miles

@theseoguy_ Don't forget: the home of an assassin

Saint George Utah is one of the most slept on cities in the US you have 4-5 elite golf courses within 20 minutes of you it still has a small town vibe it is unbelievably safe there’s a growing entrepreneurship scene Families and kids running around literally everywhere Unbelievably good skiing is 1 hour away in the winter Trails are everywhere if you like biking / running you’re only 1.5 hours to the vegas airport where you can get anywhere in the world proximity to vegas also lets you see literally anyone in concert and go home that night

@phil_lyman Agriculture in the GSL basin: 423 BILLION gallons

Utah Data Centers Water Use (Oct 2024-Sep 2025): NSA Bluffdale: 126M gallons (~800 households). Aligned (West Valley + Jordan): 127.4M gallons. eBay South Jordan: 19.5M gallons.

@SLCScanner Is it flooding into any businesses?

@phil_lyman True, but nature isn't optional. The 8% we control is the only lever we have to pull. If we need to find 1 million acre-feet, and agriculture holds 80% of that bucket, isn't that the only place where the math actually adds up?

🚨Can we stop the dangerous anti-farmer water whopper that farmers use 80% of Utah's water? State water officials say 92% of Utah's water is used by trees, rangeland, and open water bodies.  So It's not the farmers after all. Statewide Water Context: Utah receives an average of about 61.3 million acre-feet of precipitation annually across the entire state. Natural systems (including forests, rangelands, wetlands, and open water bodies) account for the vast majority of this, roughly 92% or ~56.9 million acre-feet ,through ET and other processes. Human diversions (mostly for agriculture ~75% of diverted water, plus municipal/industrial) total only about 4.8 million acre-feet per year.

@WasatchSnow Speaking of crust does the warm soil impact weather at all or is that only geothermal temperature way down below? It felt like the soil was thawed like 3 weeks earlier than normal and dried out way before it normally does. But does it affect weather? The whole heat rises thing?

Cottonwoods reported 6-8” this morning of dense cream. Snow showers continue. Now the question is…. How much is the crust in play underneath?

@ChaseThomason Nerd here, have questions. Why do we exclude 21-25 from the median line? Is the '91 1891 or 1991? Is '91-'20 based on 114 sites or less, and is that impactful? Is the x the median of 1019-2025 or another collection of data?

Utah’s snowpack has taken a massive hit—nearly 2/3 of it gone in just a few weeks thanks to record heat. It melted fast… more like June than late March. The one upside: a couple chances to add a little back. We’re tracking some mountain snow Tuesday night, with another round possible Thursday into Friday morning.

@ChaseThomason 60° in Utah county. Huge difference for such a short distance!

Feeling like spring today! More summer-like by the end of the week. #utwx

@WasatchSnow Evan, you're scaring us!

Our storm ramps up today and peaks overnight tonight. Snow levels will rise up to near 9000 feet with lots of rain below that. It's going to be extra sloppy. I know how you kids like 'em extra sloppy.

After skiing today, I am now looking at the latest model runs, and it looks like tonight's storm is drifting even farther south. That means the Wasatch will probably be limited to only light amounts. Southern Utah should still be good tomorrow, though!