2026 Lake County, Minnesota Wildfires

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1 Active Fires
76,032 Acres Burning Slightly smaller than the city of Denver
4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +3 (+300%) vs same period last year
76,391 2026 Season Acres ▲ +76,378 (+587523%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Lake County

Jul 9 Started 76,032 acres 2.9x the size of Galveston Island 62.9x the size of Lincoln Park July 2026 Superior NF Wildfires
Jul 8 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Newton Fire
Jul 8 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Camp Fire
May 15 Started 356 acres 274 football fields Stewart Trail

Largest wildfires in Lake County this season

76,032 Acres 2.9x the size of Galveston Island 62.9x the size of Lincoln Park July 2026 Superior NF Wildfires Ely
356 Acres 274 football fields Stewart Trail Two Harbors
2 Acres 2 football fields Camp Fire Ely
1 Acres 1 football fields Newton Fire Ely

All 2026 Lake County Fires · 4 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Lake County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Lake County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Lake County is listed too, at its Lake County acres, and is not added to the Lake County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Lake County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
July 2026 Superior NF Wildfires Jul 9, 2026 75% Active 76,032 48.0090, -91.7940 —
Stewart Trail May 15, 2026 100% Inactive 356 47.0574, -91.6199 47.0544, -91.6366
Camp Fire Jul 8, 2026 0% Inactive 2 48.0104, -91.7338 48.0074, -91.7064
Newton Fire Jul 8, 2026 0% Inactive 1 47.9910, -91.7260 —
Also burned into Lake County
Bear Trap Fire from St. Louis County Jul 8, 2026 0% Inactive 0 of 1 48.1693, -91.9079 —
Totals 2026 Season Fires 4 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 76,032 2026 Season Acres 76,391

Search Fires

🔥 July 2026 Superior NF Wildfires Active 2026
Started: Jul 9 76,032 acre 75% contained
Near Ely · Lake County, Minnesota
🔥 Newton Fire 2026
Started: Jul 8 1 acre 0% contained
Near Ely · Lake County, Minnesota
🔥 Camp Fire 2026
Started: Jul 8 2 acre 0% contained
Near Ely · Lake County, Minnesota
🔥 Stewart Trail 2026
Started: May 15 356 acre 100% contained
Near Two Harbors · Lake County, Minnesota