2026 Rolette County, North Dakota Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Rolette County
Largest wildfires in Rolette County this season
All 2026 Rolette County Fires · 10 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Rolette 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 Rolette County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Rolette County is listed too, at its Rolette County acres, and is not added to the Rolette County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Rolette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd Avenue Fire | May 3, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 509 | 48.8545, -99.9880 | 48.8567, -99.9850 |
| Sick Seven Fire | Apr 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 12 | 48.7866, -99.8450 | 48.7892, -99.8431 |
| Distance Fire | Apr 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 48.8771, -99.7305 | 48.8775, -99.7289 |
| Cattail 2 Fire | May 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 48.9126, -99.8493 | 48.9139, -99.8503 |
| Henryville Fire | May 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 48.8359, -100.0167 | 48.8392, -100.0292 |
| Rocky Hill Fire | Apr 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 48.8444, -100.0193 | 48.8481, -100.0197 |
| Greatwalker Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 48.8720, -99.8945 | 48.8725, -99.8953 |
| Late Fire | Apr 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 48.8282, -99.7261 | 48.8283, -99.7258 |
| Puddle Fire | Apr 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8494, -99.9257 | 48.8783, -99.7703 |
| Sky High Fire | Apr 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8565, -99.8509 | 48.8561, -99.8508 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 10 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 553 |
Land cover · Rolette County 2026
Burned acres in Rolette 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 · Rolette County 2026
Burned forest acres in Rolette 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 · Rolette County 2026
Burned acres in Rolette 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.