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170 events in La Sal & Abajo Mountains · page 1 of 2
Clear all filtersAt the beginning of the month of April, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought covering 100% of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal & Abajo Mountains. These drought conditions remained unchanged through the end of the month. Drought impacts have been felt mainly in the poor winter snowpack. There are increasing concerns about the impact of the drought on the upcoming summer wildfire se
NOAA record 1332687 ↗With the 3/31 US Drought Monitor update, 100% of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal & Abajo Mountains was under Extreme (D3) Drought conditions. No reports of impacts or losses related to drought conditions in the zone have been received.
NOAA record 1319266 ↗Brief and localized dense fog developed near the Abajo mountains during the early morning period of February 12. The KU64 AWOS at the Monticello Airport reported about one hour of 1/4-mile visibility due to dense fog. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
NOAA record 1315944 ↗Widespread dense fog developed near the Abajo mountains during the afternoon and evening of January 1. The KU64 AWOS at the Monticello Airport reported several hours of 1/4-mile visibility due to dense fog. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
NOAA record 1309210 ↗Localized dense fog developed near the Abajo mountains throughout the night of November 23-24. The KU64 AWOS at the Monticello City Airport reported over five hours of reduced visibility due to freezing fog prior to midnight. However, 1/4-mile visibility was only briefly reached three times during this period, lasting no longer than 20 minutes each time. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalit
NOAA record 1300442 ↗The last area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains on October 14th, 2025, and did not reoccur for a month. Therefore this will be the last drought entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) Drought reoccurs.
NOAA record 1300654 ↗At the beginning of the month of October, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 5% of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains, with the remaining 95% under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. Significant improvements were noted with the 10/14 Drought Monitor update. Extreme (D3) Drought conditions were removed and Moderate (D1) Drought conditions were i
NOAA record 1296847 ↗At the beginning of the month of September, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions that covered roughly 1/3 of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains, with the remaining 2/3 under Severe (D2) conditions. With the 9/17 Drought Monitor update, the area under Extreme (D3) conditions was reduced to 10% of the zone. From this point to the end of the month there w
NOAA record 1295123 ↗At the beginning of the month of August, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions as covering roughly 1/3 of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains. With the 8/20/25 US Drought Monitor update, the area of Extreme (D3) Drought was expanded to now cover approximately 40% of the zone. Conditions remained unchanged from the 8/20/25 update through the end of the mo
NOAA record 1291250 ↗The Deer Creek Fire started in early July due to human causes 1 mile north of Old La Sal, Utah. The fire grew to 17,724 acres and spread into portions of west-central Colorado particularly western Montrose county, before it was contained in early August. The estimated cost to date was $24,021,755. 11 private structures, a U.S. Forest Service guard station and communication site were destroyed in t
NOAA record 1285479 ↗The Deer Creek Fire started in early July due to human causes 1 mile north of Old La Sal, Utah. The fire grew to 17,724 acres and spread into portions of west-central Colorado particularly western Montrose county, before it was contained in early August. The estimated cost to date was $24,021,755. 11 private structures, a U.S. Forest Service guard station and communication site were destroyed in t
NOAA record 1285450 ↗The Verdure Creek Fire started in mid October 6 miles southwest of Monticello, Utah about a half mile north of the Blue Mountain Estates ranch home subdivision due to an undetermined cause. The fire grew to 157 acres before it was contained in late October. The estimated final cost was $3 million. The homes were not impacted as fire crews were able to contain and suppress the fire.
NOAA record 1215282 ↗The Babylon Fire started in early July due to a lightning strike 20 miles northwest of Blanding, Utah in the Manti-La Sal National Forest of the Abajo Mountains. The fire grew to 199 acres before it was contained in mid July. The estimated final cost was $500,000.
NOAA record 1204646 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the month of September. Severe (D2) conditions persisted across all but the far eastern portion of the zone where moderate (D1) drought prevailed.
NOAA record 1051518 ↗The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe (D2) category over the western and central portions of the zone. Meanwhile, the severe drought improved to the moderate (D1) category over the eastern portion of the zone by the end of the month.
NOAA record 1044160 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of July. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1035776 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of June. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1027121 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of May. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1025707 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of April. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1012578 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of March. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1006710 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of February. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 1003398 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of January. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 995308 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of December. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 992555 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of November. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 988136 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of October. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 984919 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of September. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 978450 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged across the zone through the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought continued over all but the far eastern portion of the zone where severe (D2) conditions remained.
NOAA record 972607 ↗The status of the drought improved across some of the zone during the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought over the northern tier of the area improved to the severe to extreme (D2 to D3) category. The extreme drought that was in place over the southern areas at the beginning of July remained unchanged.
NOAA record 965667 ↗The Pack Creek Fire began in early June due to a campfire that was abandoned 14 miles southeast of Moab and grew to 8,952 acres before it was contained in early July.
NOAA record 958534 ↗The Pack Creek Fire began in early June due to a campfire that was abandoned 14 miles southeast of Moab and grew to 8,952 acres before it was contained in early July.
NOAA record 958533 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the end of June with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the southern part of the zone where extreme (D3) conditions persisted.
NOAA record 958839 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the end of May with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the southern part of the zone where extreme (D3) conditions persisted.
NOAA record 955686 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the end of April with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the southern part of the zone where extreme (D3) conditions persisted.
NOAA record 947244 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the end of March with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the southern part of the zone where extreme (D3) conditions persisted.
NOAA record 941923 ↗The exceptional (D4) drought persisted across all but the southern part of the zone through the end of the month. Down south, conditions improved to the extreme (D3) category in late February.
NOAA record 936487 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the month of January with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the far northern portion of the zone where the extreme (D3) category continued.
NOAA record 931799 ↗The status of the drought remained unchanged through the month of December with exceptional (D4) conditions across all but the far northern portion of the zone where the extreme (D3) category continued.
NOAA record 928284 ↗The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the far northern portion of the zone while the exceptional (D4) category continued to expand to include the remainder of the area by the end of November.
NOAA record 923470 ↗The Doe Canyon Fire began in mid October 3 miles north-northeast of La Sal from unknown causes. The fire grew to 230 acres before it was contained a week later.
NOAA record 921529 ↗The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the far northern and the southern portions of the zone while the exceptional (D4) category continued across the central portion of the zone through the end of October.
NOAA record 922702 ↗The Lackey Fan Fire began in early September 20 miles east-southeast of Moab from unknown causes. The fire grew to 100 acres before it was contained a day later.
NOAA record 911067 ↗The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the far northern and the southern portions of the zone and worsened to the exceptional (D4) category across the central portion of the zone by the end of September.
NOAA record 917614 ↗Severe (D2) drought conditions worsened to the extreme (D3) category across the entirety of the forecast zone by the end of August.
NOAA record 911014 ↗Dense fog was observed across the region as visibility was reduced to less than one quarter of a mile for several hours.
NOAA record 865674 ↗The Chippean Fire began in early August due to lightning about 16 miles northwest of Blanding and grew to 227 acres before it was contained later that month.
NOAA record 843547 ↗The Peavine Canyon Fire began in mid July due to lightning about 22 miles west of Blanding and grew to 3,904 acres before it was contained in mid August.
NOAA record 843546 ↗The Poison Canyon Fire began at the end of July due to lightning about 22 miles northwest of Blanding and grew to 1,520 acres before it was contained in mid August.
NOAA record 843544 ↗The Poison Canyon Fire began at the end of July due to lightning about 22 miles northwest of Blanding and grew to 1,520 acres before it was contained in mid August.
NOAA record 843543 ↗The Peavine Canyon Fire began in mid July due to lightning about 22 miles west of Blanding and grew to 3,904 acres before it was contained in mid August.
NOAA record 843545 ↗On the afternoon of January 25, a snowmobiler was buried in an avalanche in Dark Canyon, in the La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah. His party attempted a rescue but they were unable to locate him and night was falling. Plans were made for search and rescue efforts to resume the following day. On Saturday, January 26, members from San Juan and Grand County Search and Rescues, Utah Department of
NOAA record 794267 ↗Severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) conditions across the northern portion of the zone but persisted across the majority of the La Sal Mountains through the end of the month. Elsewhere, the extreme (D3) conditions improved to the severe category.
NOAA record 795805 ↗Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across the La Sal Mountains while extreme (D3) conditions continued elsewhere through the end of the month.
NOAA record 792245 ↗Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought by the end of November in the La Sal Mountains, while extreme (D3) drought persisted over the remainder of the zone.
NOAA record 790511 ↗Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the northern portion of the forecast zone and from exceptional (D4) to severe across the central and west-central areas. However, the exceptional drought persisted across the far southeast perimeter through the end of the month. On October 15th, the Governor of Utah declared a statewide drought emerg
NOAA record 784352 ↗Exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across the southern and central portions of the zone while extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the northern tier of the zone through the end of the month. A drought-related disaster was declared in San Juan County.
NOAA record 778422 ↗Exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across the southern and central portions of the zone while extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the northern tier of the zone through the end of the month. A drought-related disaster was declared in Grand and San Juan Counties.
NOAA record 774630 ↗Exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across the southern and central portions of the zone through the end of the month. Extreme (D3) drought conditions spread northward across the northern portion of the zone by mid July and persisted through the end of the month.
NOAA record 766550 ↗Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted and expanded slightly further north through the end of the month in the northern tier of the zone. Exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across the southern portion of the zone and expanded further north towards the end of the month.
NOAA record 757870 ↗Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month for the majority of the zone, with the exception of exceptional (D4) drought conditions which slowly expanded further north into the zone in mid May.
NOAA record 748139 ↗Extreme (D3) drought conditions worsened to exceptional (D4) drought conditions in mid April for the southern portion of the zone, while the northern portion of the zone remained in extreme (D3) drought conditions through the end of the month.
NOAA record 743204 ↗Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
NOAA record 738264 ↗Severe (D2) drought conditions that had been in place all winter worsened in mid February when the situation deteriorated to the extreme (D3) drought category across the area. The extreme drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
NOAA record 734070 ↗Drought conditions improved from severe to moderate by the end of April across the La Sal Mountains as precipitation increased during the second half of the month.
NOAA record 586224 ↗Severe drought spread across the La Sal Mountains in late March as conditions turned very dry.
NOAA record 586126 ↗Extreme to severe drought conditions improved significantly to the abnormally dry to moderate drought categories by late September.
NOAA record 480210 ↗Extreme drought conditions persisted across the Abajo Mountains throughout August. Severe to extreme drought conditions over the La Sal Mountains at the beginning of the month improved to moderate to severe drought conditions by the end of the month due to significant rainfall.
NOAA record 475476 ↗Severe to extreme drought conditions remained unchanged across the area through July.
NOAA record 483261 ↗Severe drought conditions were replaced by extreme conditions across the southern portion of the zone near the Abajo mountains by the end of June.
NOAA record 456914 ↗Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the southeast Utah mountains through May.
NOAA record 456484 ↗Near to below normal precipitation across the southeast Utah mountains left moderate to severe drought conditions in place through the month of April.
NOAA record 446470 ↗Severe to moderate drought conditions persisted across the mountains of southeast Utah through the month.
NOAA record 441145 ↗Extreme drought conditions in the La Sal Mountains and severe drought conditions over the remainder of the area improved to the severe and moderate drought categories, respectively, by the end of February.
NOAA record 441137 ↗Extreme to severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the southeast Utah mountains through the month of January.
NOAA record 423837 ↗Extreme to severe drought conditions remained unchanged over the southeast Utah mountain ranges through the month of December.
NOAA record 423743 ↗Extreme to severe drought conditions persisted across the southeast Utah mountain region through the end of November.
NOAA record 423714 ↗Extreme drought conditions remained in place across over the La Sal Mountains, while severe drought conditions persisted in the Abajo Mountains and adjacent foothills through the month of October.
NOAA record 419988 ↗Extreme drought conditions at the start of the month were eased downward to severe conditions by the end of September across the Abajo Mountains. However, extreme drought conditions persisted in the La Sal Mountains throughout the month.
NOAA record 411408 ↗Extreme drought conditions persisted over the mountains of southeast Utah in August as precipitation totals across the region remained below normal.
NOAA record 407292 ↗Extreme drought conditions remain in place across the region as precipitation totals continue to run below normal through the month.
NOAA record 400885 ↗Extreme drought conditions expanded across the mountains of southeast Utah as precipitation through the spring and early summer months remained well below normal.
NOAA record 394991 ↗Severe drought conditions expanded into all of southeast Utah in May as precipitation remained well below normal.
NOAA record 394917 ↗Abnormally dry conditions were replaced by moderate to severe drought conditions over the mountain of southeast Utah as precipitation continued to be well below normal in April.
NOAA record 391928 ↗A group of four snowmobile riders were heading into the Beaver Basin area and noticed the snow pack becoming increasingly unstable by the late morning hours. The group found a turn-around point in a nearby meadow which was in the avalanche zone. The last rider heading to the meadow turn-around point was caught by a massive avalanche which released higher up on the mountain. The victim and his sno
NOAA record 437380 ↗Abnormally dry conditions remained in place through March across the mountains of southeast Utah as well below normal precipitation amounts were recorded.
NOAA record 372129 ↗Abnormally dry conditions remained in place through February across the mountains of southeast Utah.
NOAA record 372009 ↗Abnormally dry conditions remained in place across the southeast Utah mountains as monthly precipitation totals remained below normal in January.
NOAA record 371935 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the southern portion of the area.
NOAA record 358138 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the southern portion of the area.
NOAA record 358137 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the southern portion of the area.
NOAA record 358136 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the southern portion of the area.
NOAA record 358134 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the southern portion of the area.
NOAA record 358135 ↗Abnormally dry conditions across the southern portion of the area shifted northward a little by the end of the month.
NOAA record 358140 ↗Normal conditions through most of the month were replaced by abnormally dry conditions in the southern portion of the area by the end of the month.
NOAA record 358141 ↗Near normal conditions persisted across the area.
NOAA record 221122 ↗Abnormally dry conditions at the beginning of the month improved by the end of the month to a situation with no more drought.
NOAA record 221082 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the area.
NOAA record 220940 ↗A series of winter storms brought much needed precipitation to the mountains of southeast Utah, improving drought conditions from moderate to abnormally dry.
NOAA record 220334 ↗Moderate drought persisted across most of the area.
NOAA record 201195 ↗Abnormally dry conditions across the area progressed to moderate drought conditions by the end of the month.
NOAA record 198462 ↗Abnormally dry conditions persisted across the area.
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