RiskEvents
ClosedMedium impactAI Refreshed

Cottonwood Fire destroys southern Utah ski resort

Occurred 24 Jun 2026·Detected 24 Jun 2026·
🇺🇸 Tushar Mountains, Beaver County, southern Utah, United States29 reportsEnded 2 Jul 2026
Natural CatastrophePropertyEnergy

The Cottonwood Fire remains active in southern Utah's Fishlake National Forest (Tushar Mountains, Beaver County) with reported ~61,000 acres burned at zero containment. Eagle Point Ski Resort has been reported destroyed by mainstream media; Utah Governor Cox has declared a state of emergency. Mainstream sources now also document damage to a family condominium in the fire footprint, reinforcing residential exposure alongside the named commercial resort asset. Three firefighter fatalities are reported across the broader Southwestern US wildfire complex but are not directly attributed to the Cottonwood Fire. No insured loss estimate, structure inventory, or containment percentage has been disclosed.

AI-generated from linked source reports. See our correction policy.

Loading map...

Impact verdict

Medium impact. Loss pathway centres on one confirmed named commercial asset (Eagle Point Ski Resort) destroyed, plus a corroborated residential condominium loss in the same fire perimeter. Source evidence includes AP wire (via couriernews.com), abc15.com (mainstream), and localnews8.com (mainstream), all reporting the active fire with zero containment and ~61,000 acres burned. Mainstream reporting now independently corroborates the resort name (Eagle Point) and adds a residential loss vector. Limits: No insured loss estimate, total structure count, or containment percentage disclosed; firefighter fatalities are reported across the broader Southwestern US complex rather than specifically attributed to Cottonwood; a Reddit/AP crosspost is not treated as authoritative. Severity floors at MEDIUM London Market materiality: a single named commercial hospitality/leisure asset plus residential exposure, no insured industry figures disclosed, and the broader Southwestern wildfire outbreak still active. Not uplifted by economic-only context.

View assessment methodology

Premium discovery tier

Unlock analyst briefs, intelligence depth, and the revision timeline

Public pages show event facts and a short lead-in. Premium accounts unlock analyst briefs, deeper intelligence, loss context, and the full revision history for this event.

Start two-week trial

Geographic Zone Matches

3 active matches

  • TRIA Certified Areas
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%
  • Pacific Ring of Fire
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%
  • Caribbean Hurricane Zone
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%

Geographic zone matches are RiskEvents spatial/analytical indicators, not coverage determinations or Lloyd's official classifications.

Affected countries

🇺🇸 United States

Lloyd's classifications

Tracking this kind of risk? Get an email when Natural Catastrophe events escalate.

Get alerts
← Back to live events