2026 Benson County, North Dakota Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Benson County
Largest wildfires in Benson County this season
All 2026 Benson County Fires · 25 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Benson 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 Benson County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Benson County is listed too, at its Benson County acres, and is not added to the Benson County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Benson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Fire | Apr 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 860 | 47.9856, -99.0670 | 47.9889, -99.0475 |
| Hanson Fire | Aug 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 40 | 47.8830, -98.8786 | 47.8825, -98.8764 |
| Moe Money Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 40 | 48.0068, -98.8356 | 48.0078, -98.8392 |
| Lone Buffalo Fire | May 7, 2026 | — | Inactive | 19 | 47.8672, -98.5793 | 47.8768, -98.5076 |
| Service Fire | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 47.9859, -98.8744 | 47.9856, -98.8753 |
| Dead Eye Fire | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 11 | 47.9791, -98.8470 | 47.9786, -98.8461 |
| Twilight 2 Fire | May 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 8 | 47.9850, -98.8695 | 47.9873, -98.8684 |
| Coyote Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 7 | 47.9798, -98.9008 | 47.9806, -98.9002 |
| Banjo Fire | Jul 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 6 | 47.9659, -99.1344 | 47.9656, -99.1347 |
| Gully Fire | Apr 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 47.9023, -99.0859 | 47.9021, -99.0850 |
| Wheel Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 47.8996, -98.6346 | 47.9006, -98.6342 |
| Cop 2 Fire | Aug 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 47.9824, -99.0817 | 47.9828, -99.0825 |
| Twins Fire | Aug 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 47.8960, -98.8934 | 47.8961, -98.8933 |
| Dirt Fire | May 5, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 47.9763, -98.8562 | 47.9775, -98.8561 |
| White Tail Fire | Apr 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 47.9487, -98.8487 | 47.9486, -98.8472 |
| Okay Fire | Apr 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 47.9779, -98.8312 | 47.9778, -98.8316 |
| Sinba Fire | May 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9814, -99.0070 | 47.9814, -99.0067 |
| Buckle Fire | May 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9796, -98.9992 | 47.9794, -98.9989 |
| Basement Fire | May 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9792, -99.0007 | 47.9789, -99.0056 |
| Barrel Fire | May 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9884, -98.9082 | 47.9907, -98.9069 |
| Slab Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9884, -98.8678 | 47.9873, -98.8684 |
| Lagoon Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9877, -98.8695 | 47.9873, -98.8684 |
| 2 Guns Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9852, -98.8705 | 47.9873, -98.8684 |
| Big Rock Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9861, -98.8702 | 47.9873, -98.8684 |
| Fencepost Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9731, -99.0172 | 47.9775, -99.0182 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 25 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 1,020 |
Land cover · Benson County 2026
Burned acres in Benson 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 · Benson County 2026
Burned forest acres in Benson 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 · Benson County 2026
Burned acres in Benson 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.