2026 North Dakota Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

48 2026 Season Fires ▲ +33 (+220%) vs same period last year

1,274 2026 Season Acres ▼ -751 (-37%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in North Dakota

Aug 13 Started 6 acres 5 football fields Pintail Fire

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

Largest wildfires in North Dakota this season

509 Acres 60% the size of Central Park 392 football fields 32nd Avenue Fire Dunseith

300 Acres 231 football fields Lemon Fire Fort Totten

All 2026 North Dakota Fires · 48 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in North Dakota. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in North Dakota, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into North Dakota is listed too, at its North Dakota acres, and is not added to the North Dakota fire counts.

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
32nd Avenue Fire	Rolette	May 3, 2026	100%	Inactive	509	48.8545, -99.9880	48.8567, -99.9850
Lemon Fire	Benson	Apr 22, 2026	—	Inactive	300	47.9856, -99.0670	47.9889, -99.0475
Swamp2 Fire	Sioux	Apr 25, 2026	—	Inactive	93	46.0903, -100.6409	—
97th St Fire	Sioux	Jul 22, 2026	—	Inactive	59	46.0057, -101.0296	—
Hanson Fire	Benson	Aug 6, 2026	—	Inactive	40	47.8830, -98.8786	47.8825, -98.8764
Wood House Fire	McLean	May 7, 2026	—	Inactive	40	47.7355, -101.9394	47.7359, -101.9404
Moe Money Fire	Benson	Apr 21, 2026	—	Inactive	40	48.0068, -98.8356	48.0078, -98.8392
Service Fire	Benson	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	15	47.9859, -98.8744	47.9856, -98.8753
Sick Seven Fire	Rolette	Apr 20, 2026	—	Inactive	12	48.7866, -99.8450	48.7892, -99.8431
Lone Buffalo Fire	Benson	May 7, 2026	—	Inactive	11	47.8672, -98.5793	47.8768, -98.5076
Dead Eye Fire	Benson	Mar 29, 2026	—	Inactive	11	47.9791, -98.8470	47.9786, -98.8461
Distance Fire	Rolette	Apr 14, 2026	—	Inactive	10	48.8771, -99.7305	48.8775, -99.7289
Twilight 2 Fire	Benson	May 3, 2026	—	Inactive	8	47.9850, -98.8695	47.9873, -98.8684
Coyote Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	7	47.9798, -98.9008	47.9806, -98.9002
Stump Fire	Sioux	Apr 30, 2026	—	Inactive	7	46.0996, -100.6580	—
Pintail Fire	Ramsey	Aug 13, 2026	—	Inactive	6	48.4636, -98.8863	—
Banjo Fire	Benson	Jul 29, 2026	—	Inactive	6	47.9659, -99.1344	47.9656, -99.1347
Cattail 2 Fire	Rolette	May 10, 2026	—	Inactive	5	48.9126, -99.8493	48.9139, -99.8503
Henryville Fire	Rolette	May 3, 2026	—	Inactive	5	48.8359, -100.0167	48.8392, -100.0292
Gully Fire	Benson	Apr 26, 2026	—	Inactive	5	47.9023, -99.0859	47.9021, -99.0850
Rocky Hill Fire	Rolette	Apr 23, 2026	—	Inactive	5	48.8444, -100.0193	48.8481, -100.0197
Greatwalker Fire	Rolette	Apr 21, 2026	—	Inactive	5	48.8720, -99.8945	48.8725, -99.8953
4mile Fire	Sioux	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	4	46.0297, -100.6140	—
Wheel Fire	Benson	Aug 12, 2026	—	Inactive	3	47.8996, -98.6346	47.9006, -98.6342
Cop 2 Fire	Benson	Aug 8, 2026	—	Inactive	2	47.9824, -99.0817	47.9828, -99.0825
Late Fire	Rolette	Apr 13, 2026	—	Inactive	2	48.8282, -99.7261	48.8283, -99.7258
Twins Fire	Benson	Aug 8, 2026	—	Inactive	1	47.8960, -98.8934	47.8961, -98.8933
Barn Fire	Mountrail	May 9, 2026	—	Inactive	1	48.0528, -102.4419	48.0534, -102.4426
Dirt Fire	Benson	May 5, 2026	—	Inactive	1	47.9763, -98.8562	47.9775, -98.8561
White Tail Fire	Benson	Apr 29, 2026	—	Inactive	1	47.9487, -98.8487	47.9486, -98.8472
Okay Fire	Benson	Apr 10, 2026	—	Inactive	1	47.9779, -98.8312	47.9778, -98.8316
Treerow Fire	Sioux	Jul 25, 2026	—	Inactive	0	46.1168, -100.6790	—
Tobacco Creek Fire	McKenzie	Jun 2, 2026	—	Inactive	0	48.1054, -103.0578	48.1054, -103.0578
Sinba Fire	Benson	May 13, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9814, -99.0070	47.9814, -99.0067
Buckle Fire	Benson	May 8, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9796, -98.9992	47.9794, -98.9989
Basement Fire	Benson	May 6, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9792, -99.0007	47.9789, -99.0056
Barrel Fire	Benson	May 3, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9884, -98.9082	47.9907, -98.9069
Flax Fire	McLean	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.8323, -101.9535	47.8319, -101.9564
Straw Fire	Mountrail	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.8764, -102.1949	47.8685, -102.1946
Slab Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9884, -98.8678	47.9873, -98.8684
Lagoon Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9877, -98.8695	47.9873, -98.8684
2 Guns Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9852, -98.8705	47.9873, -98.8684
Big Rock Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9861, -98.8702	47.9873, -98.8684
Fencepost Fire	Benson	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.9731, -99.0172	47.9775, -99.0182
Puddle Fire	Rolette	Apr 25, 2026	—	Inactive	0	48.8494, -99.9257	48.8783, -99.7703
Sky High Fire	Rolette	Apr 12, 2026	—	Inactive	0	48.8565, -99.8509	48.8561, -99.8508
Dpg Coal Seams 2026 Fire	Billings	Mar 3, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.2838, -103.5781	47.2838, -103.5781
Arikara Fire	McLean	Feb 25, 2026	—	Inactive	0	47.6642, -101.8440	47.6642, -101.8442
Also burned into North Dakota
Stateline 4 Fire from South Dakota	Corson	Jul 29, 2026	—	Inactive	59 of 150	45.9406, -100.7715	—
Totals		2026 Season Fires 48	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 1,274

Land cover · North Dakota 2026

Burned acres in North Dakota 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 North Dakota	% of burned	% of North Dakota
Forest	632	24.8%	2.2%
Range (shrubland)	2	0.1%	0.6%
Grassland	1,113	43.7%	42.2%
Other	802	31.5%	55.1%
Burned in from another state or province	9	—	—
Measured acres in North Dakota	2,549	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in North Dakota	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Lemon Fire	300	820	7	0	334	479
32nd Avenue Fire	509	508	384	0	91	33
Henryville Fire	5	506	84	1	414	8
Rocky Hill Fire	5	151	106	0	44	1
Swamp2 Fire	93	112	1	0	18	94
97th St Fire	59	67	0	0	17	50
Sick Seven Fire	12	62	14	0	41	7
Moe Money Fire	40	52	4	0	16	31
Wood House Fire	40	48	0	0	7	41
Distance Fire	10	30	18	0	12	0
Hanson Fire	40	28	0	0	0	28
Cattail 2 Fire	5	24	1	0	23	0
Lone Buffalo Fire	11	19	0	0	19	0
Service Fire	15	15	2	0	6	6
Stump Fire	7	12	0	0	12	1
Greatwalker Fire	5	12	6	0	4	1
Fencepost Fire	0	9	2	0	5	2
Coyote Fire	7	8	2	0	1	4
4mile Fire	4	7	0	0	7	0
Dead Eye Fire	11	7	0	0	6	2
Pintail Fire	6	6	0	0	6	0
Flax Fire	0	5	0	0	0	5
Banjo Fire	6	5	0	0	5	0
Twins Fire	1	5	0	0	5	0
Wheel Fire	3	5	0	0	0	5
Gully Fire	5	4	0	0	4	0
Barn Fire	1	4	0	0	3	1
Twilight 2 Fire	8	3	0	0	3	0
Late Fire	2	3	0	0	3	0
White Tail Fire	1	2	0	0	2	0
Dirt Fire	1	2	0	0	0	2
Puddle Fire	0	2	0	0	2	0
Okay Fire	1	1	0	0	1	0
Sky High Fire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Buckle Fire	0	1	0	0	0	0
Treerow Fire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Cop 2 Fire	2	1	0	0	1	0
Lagoon Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barrel Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Basement Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straw Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stateline 4 Fire burned in from South Dakota	150	9 (of 84)	0	0	9	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Dpg Coal Seams 2026 Fire	—	Smaller than one cell
Arikara Fire	—	Smaller than one cell
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
Tobacco Creek Fire	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	48	1,215
Offered to measurement	48	1,215
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	41	1,215
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	7	0
Every cell outside North Dakota	0	0
Measured acres in North Dakota	41	2,549
Measured acres outside North Dakota	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	2,549
Reported minus measured	—	-1,334
Burned in from another state or province	1	9

Forest ownership · North Dakota 2026

Burned forest acres in North Dakota 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 North Dakota	% of burned forest	% of North Dakota's forestland
Public	64	10.2%	23.4%
Federal	0	0.0%	13.3%
State	64	10.2%	10.1%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	25	3.9%	16.3%
Tribal	25	3.9%	16.3%
Private	273	43.2%	60.2%
Family	273	43.2%	60.2%
Corporate	0	0.0%	0.0%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	270	42.6%	—
Burned forest in North Dakota	632	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in North Dakota	State	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
32nd Avenue Fire	384	63	0	210	111
Rocky Hill Fire	106	0	0	50	56
Henryville Fire	84	0	0	13	71
Distance Fire	18	0	13	0	4
Sick Seven Fire	14	0	4	0	11
Lemon Fire	7	0	3	0	4
Greatwalker Fire	6	0	3	0	4
Moe Money Fire	4	1	0	0	3
Fencepost Fire	2	0	0	0	2
Coyote Fire	2	0	1	0	1
Service Fire	2	0	1	0	2
Swamp2 Fire	1	0	0	0	1
Cattail 2 Fire	1	0	0	0	1