Land cover · St. Louis County 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in St. Louis County % of burned % of St. Louis County
Forest 65,863 94.4% 79.0%
Range (shrubland) 1,446 2.1% 3.9%
Grassland 1,273 1.8% 6.5%
Other 1,202 1.7% 10.7%
Measured acres in St. Louis County 69,783 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in St. Louis County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Bear Trap Fire 1 30,561 (of 30,812) 28,706 678 612 565 0
Thumb Fire 1 25,007 23,830 375 362 440 0
Wolfpack Fire 6,871 6,866 6,523 141 125 76 0
Sioux Fire 6,833 6,831 6,325 245 153 108 0
Chub Fire 424 345 322 5 13 5 0
Birch Bay Fire 35 32 32 0 0 0 0
Hwy 135 Fire 31 31 25 0 4 2 0
Echo 2 Fire 1 17 15 0 0 2 0
Long Lake Fire 15 15 15 0 0 0 0
Karth Road Fire 40 13 12 0 0 1 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 6 0 0 2 0
Ridge Fire 6 8 8 0 0 0 0
Pettit Road Fire 4 5 1 1 3 0 0
Nine Fire 5 5 4 0 0 0 0
Bear Fire 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
Marion Creek Trail Fire 0 3 3 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 0 0 0 1 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 measurement
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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 measurement 30 14,332
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 27 14,315
Awaiting a perimeter 3 17
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside St. Louis County 0 0
Measured acres in St. Louis County 27 69,783
Measured acres outside St. Louis County — 252
Whole perimeter acres — 70,035
Reported minus measured — -55,720
Burned in from another county 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for MN. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-29. 30 m cells.