2026 Benson County, North Dakota Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

25 2026 Season Fires ▲ +20 (+400%) vs same period last year

452 2026 Season Acres ▲ +437 (+2913%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Benson County

Aug 12 Started 3 acres 2 football fields Wheel Fire

Aug 8 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Twins Fire

Aug 8 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Cop 2 Fire

Aug 6 Started 40 acres 31 football fields Hanson Fire

Jul 29 Started 6 acres 5 football fields Banjo Fire

May 13 Started Sinba Fire

Largest wildfires in Benson County this season

300 Acres 231 football fields Lemon Fire Fort Totten

40 Acres 31 football fields Hanson Fire Fort Totten

40 Acres 31 football fields Moe Money Fire Devils Lake

15 Acres 12 football fields Service Fire Fort Totten

11 Acres 8 football fields Lone Buffalo Fire Fort Totten

11 Acres 8 football fields Dead Eye Fire Devils Lake

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.

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Fire	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Lemon Fire	Apr 22, 2026	—	Inactive	300	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
Service Fire	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	15	47.9859, -98.8744	47.9856, -98.8753
Lone Buffalo Fire	May 7, 2026	—	Inactive	11	47.8672, -98.5793	47.8768, -98.5076
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 452

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.

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Acres by cover type	Acres in Benson County	% of burned	% of Benson County
Forest	18	1.8%	1.6%
Range (shrubland)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Grassland	410	41.5%	33.6%
Other	560	56.7%	64.8%
Measured acres in Benson County	988	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Benson County	Forest	Grassland	Other
Lemon Fire	300	820	7	334	479
Moe Money Fire	40	52	4	16	31
Hanson Fire	40	28	0	0	28
Lone Buffalo Fire	11	19	0	19	0
Service Fire	15	15	2	6	6
Fencepost Fire	0	9	2	5	2
Coyote Fire	7	8	2	1	4
Dead Eye Fire	11	7	0	6	2
Banjo Fire	6	5	0	5	0
Twins Fire	1	5	0	5	0
Wheel Fire	3	5	0	0	5
Gully Fire	5	4	0	4	0
Twilight 2 Fire	8	3	0	3	0
White Tail Fire	1	2	0	2	0
Dirt Fire	1	2	0	0	2
Okay Fire	1	1	0	1	0
Buckle Fire	0	1	0	0	0
Cop 2 Fire	2	1	0	1	0
Lagoon Fire	0	0	0	0	0
Barrel Fire	0	0	0	0	0
Basement Fire	0	0	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
2 Guns Fire	—	Smaller than one cell
Big Rock Fire	—	Smaller than one cell
Slab Fire	—	Smaller than one cell
Sinba Fire	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	25	452
Offered to measurement	25	452
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	21	452
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	4	0
Every cell outside Benson County	0	0
Measured acres in Benson County	21	988
Measured acres outside Benson County	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	988
Reported minus measured	—	-536
Burned in from another county	0	0

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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in Benson County	% of burned forest	% of Benson County's forestland
Public	1	7.5%	22.6%
Federal	0	0.0%	5.2%
State	1	7.5%	17.4%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	5	28.8%	65.8%
Tribal	5	28.8%	65.8%
Private	0	0.0%	11.7%
Family	0	0.0%	11.7%
Corporate	0	0.0%	0.0%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	11	63.8%	—
Burned forest in Benson County	18	—	—