2026 St. Louis County, Minnesota Wildfires
Newest wildfires in St. Louis County
Largest wildfires in St. Louis County this season
All 2026 St. Louis County Fires · 30 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into St. Louis County is listed too, at its St. Louis County acres, and is not added to the St. Louis County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so St. Louis County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfpack Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 6,871 | 48.2073, -92.2456 | 48.1855, -92.2822 |
| Sioux Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 6,833 | 48.1701, -92.1864 | 48.1512, -92.2288 |
| Chub Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | 85% | Inactive | 424 | 48.2670, -92.7542 | 48.2662, -92.7648 |
| Karth Road Fire | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 40 | 48.0990, -92.5542 | 48.1005, -92.5579 |
| Birch Bay Fire | Jun 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 35 | 47.9747, -92.0000 | 47.9918, -91.9655 |
| Hwy 135 Fire | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 31 | 47.4960, -92.4756 | 47.4944, -92.4808 |
| Loon Fire | Jun 6, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 16 | 48.2680, -92.2270 | — |
| Long Lake Fire | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 48.3351, -92.7897 | 48.3023, -92.7353 |
| Beaver Tail Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 12 | 48.2089, -92.5781 | 48.2043, -92.5873 |
| 614 Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 11 | 48.2563, -92.9712 | 48.2540, -92.9717 |
| Nett Lake Road Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 48.0270, -92.9162 | 48.0190, -92.9220 |
| Ridge Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 6 | 48.2458, -92.6345 | 48.2458, -92.6310 |
| Nine Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 48.1655, -92.4354 | 48.1657, -92.4327 |
| Pettit Road Fire | May 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 47.4765, -92.4222 | 47.4784, -92.4267 |
| Biwabik Fire | May 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 47.5073, -92.3619 | 47.5121, -92.3579 |
| Creek Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 48.2611, -92.8054 | 48.2612, -92.8052 |
| Slim Fire | Jun 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 47.9960, -91.9763 | 47.9983, -91.9772 |
| Bear Fire | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 47.7173, -91.8984 | 47.7150, -91.9003 |
| Fools Gold Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 1 | 48.0940, -92.3005 | 48.0933, -92.3000 |
| Echo 2 Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1 | 48.1950, -92.4703 | 48.1950, -92.4692 |
| Section 3 Pond Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 1 | 48.3270, -92.2620 | — |
| Thumb Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 1 of 1 | 48.2756, -92.1755 | 48.1845, -91.9247 |
| Bear Trap Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 1 of 1 | 48.1693, -91.9079 | — |
| Tiger Fire | Jun 6, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1 | 48.2420, -92.0053 | 48.2440, -92.0062 |
| 493 Fire | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.2609, -92.7090 | 48.2575, -92.7057 |
| Marion Creek Trail Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.2451, -92.6436 | 48.2418, -92.6445 |
| Big Fire | Jun 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.0796, -91.9860 | 48.0815, -91.9948 |
| Buck Fire | Jun 7, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 0 | 47.9820, -92.1740 | — |
| Sand Lake Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.2805, -93.0348 | 47.2809, -93.0352 |
| Daniel Rd Fire | May 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.6357, -92.5031 | 47.6360, -92.5036 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 30 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 14,332 |
Land cover · St. Louis County 2026
Burned acres in St. Louis County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · St. Louis County 2026
Burned forest acres in St. Louis County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · St. Louis County 2026
Burned acres in St. Louis County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.