Burn severity · St. Louis County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in St. Louis County
Unburned to very low 28,460 1,018 890 872 0 31,240
Low 2,575 85 56 19 0 2,735
Moderate low 2,003 62 48 18 0 2,132
Moderate high 2,514 69 57 41 0 2,681
High 30,311 212 221 252 0 30,995
Assessed acres in St. Louis County 65,863 1,446 1,273 1,202 0 69,783
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in St. Louis County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Bear Trap Fire 1 30,561 (of 30,812) 10,978 1,039 877 1,149 16,518
Thumb Fire 1 25,007 11,647 1,114 827 1,005 10,415
Wolfpack Fire 6,871 6,866 4,266 290 194 244 1,872
Sioux Fire 6,833 6,831 3,911 263 212 269 2,176
Chub Fire 424 345 283 23 15 11 13
Birch Bay Fire 35 32 31 1 0 0 0
Hwy 135 Fire 31 31 31 0 0 0 0
Echo 2 Fire 1 17 8 3 5 1 0
Long Lake Fire 15 15 10 2 2 1 0
Karth Road Fire 40 13 13 0 0 0 0
Beaver Tail Fire 12 12 12 0 0 0 0
614 Fire 11 10 10 0 0 0 0
Nett Lake Road Fire 10 9 9 0 0 0 0
Ridge Fire 6 8 8 0 0 0 0
Pettit Road Fire 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nine Fire 5 5 3 1 0 1 0
Bear Fire 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
Marion Creek Trail Fire 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
Creek Fire 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
Biwabik Fire 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fools Gold Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
493 Fire 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Tiger Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Big Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Slim Fire 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Daniel Rd Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sand Lake Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Loon Fire 16 — Awaiting a perimeter
Section 3 Pond Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Buck Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 30 14,332
Offered to assessment 30 14,332
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 27 14,315
Awaiting a perimeter 3 17
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside St. Louis County 0 0
Assessed acres in St. Louis County 27 69,783
Assessed acres outside St. Louis County — 252
Whole perimeter acres — 70,035
Burned in from another county 0 0

Generated 2026-10-12 04:30 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-10-12 04:30 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for MN. 30 m cells.