2025 Benson County, North Dakota Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
6 2025 Season Fires ▲ +5 vs same period last year
148 2025 Season Acres ▲ +15 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Benson County

Nov 18 Started 133 acres 102 football fields Twin Horse Fire
Aug 26 Started Sweet Feet Fire
Aug 26 Started Goggles Fire
Aug 4 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Sand Pit Fire
Jul 22 Started Swath Fire
Jul 22 Started Scatman Fire

Largest wildfires in Benson County this season

133 Acres 102 football fields Twin Horse Fire Devils Lake
15 Acres 12 football fields Sand Pit Fire Fort Totten

All 2025 Benson County Fires · 6 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
Twin Horse Fire Nov 18, 2025 — Inactive 133 47.9019, -98.6639 47.8994, -98.6725
Sand Pit Fire Aug 4, 2025 — Inactive 15 47.9701, -98.9115 47.9704, -98.9115
Sweet Feet Fire Aug 26, 2025 — Inactive 0 47.9779, -99.0109 47.9780, -99.0111
Goggles Fire Aug 26, 2025 — Inactive 0 47.9779, -99.0128 47.9781, -99.0128
Swath Fire Jul 22, 2025 — Inactive 0 47.9814, -98.9953 47.9814, -98.9950
Scatman Fire Jul 22, 2025 — Inactive 0 47.9790, -99.0328 47.9790, -99.0327
Totals 2025 Season Fires 6 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2025 Season Acres 148

Land cover · Benson County 2025

Burned acres in Benson County for the 2025 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 1 0.5% 1.6%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Grassland 117 96.2% 33.6%
Other 4 3.3% 64.8%
Measured acres in Benson County 122 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Benson County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Twin Horse Fire 133 117 1 0 113 4 0
Sand Pit Fire 15 5 0 0 5 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Scatman Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Sweet Feet Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Goggles Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Swath Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 148
Offered to measurement 6 148
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 2 148
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 2 122
Measured acres outside Benson County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 122
Reported minus measured — 26
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Benson County 2025

Burned forest acres in Benson County for the 2025 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 0 0.0% 22.6%
Federal 0 0.0% 5.2%
State 0 0.0% 17.4%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 65.8%
Tribal 0 0.0% 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 1 100.0% —
Burned forest in Benson County 1 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Benson County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Twin Horse Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 3 1
Land cover Forest cells 3 1
Equal 3

Search Fires

🔥 Twin Horse Fire 2025
Started: Nov 18 133 acre
Near Devils Lake · Benson County, North Dakota
🔥 Sweet Feet Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 0 acre
Near Fort Totten · Benson County, North Dakota
🔥 Goggles Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 0 acre
Near Fort Totten · Benson County, North Dakota
🔥 Sand Pit Fire 2025
Started: Aug 4 15 acre
Near Fort Totten · Benson County, North Dakota
🔥 Swath Fire 2025
Started: Jul 22 0 acre
Near Fort Totten · Benson County, North Dakota
🔥 Scatman Fire 2025
Started: Jul 22 0 acre
Near Fort Totten · Benson County, North Dakota