2025 North Dakota Wildfires
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Largest wildfires in North Dakota this season
All 2025 North Dakota Fires · 22 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.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouch Point Fire | Mountrail | May 4, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 2,000 | 47.8659, -102.4168 | 47.8206, -102.4119 |
| Twin Horse Fire | Benson | Nov 18, 2025 | — | Inactive | 133 | 47.9019, -98.6639 | 47.8994, -98.6725 |
| Sand Pit Fire | Benson | Aug 4, 2025 | — | Inactive | 15 | 47.9701, -98.9115 | 47.9704, -98.9115 |
| Pipeline Road Fire | Dunn | May 5, 2025 | — | Inactive | 10 | 47.5313, -102.5459 | 47.5317, -102.5478 |
| Snake Fire | Rolette | Nov 22, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8328, -99.7858 | 48.8328, -99.7858 |
| Jason Fire | Rolette | Nov 21, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8377, -99.7440 | 48.8378, -99.7442 |
| Furniture Fire | Rolette | Nov 14, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8197, -99.6796 | 48.8197, -99.6794 |
| Big Slough Fire | Rolette | Nov 13, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8899, -99.8644 | 48.8903, -99.8639 |
| Spring Chute Fire | McKenzie | Sep 17, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.7978, -102.7306 | 47.7978, -102.7306 |
| Two Stones Fire | McKenzie | Sep 9, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.7982, -102.7297 | 47.7981, -102.7296 |
| Sweet Feet Fire | Benson | Aug 26, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9779, -99.0109 | 47.9780, -99.0111 |
| Goggles Fire | Benson | Aug 26, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9779, -99.0128 | 47.9781, -99.0128 |
| Elk Path Fire | McKenzie | Aug 18, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.7990, -102.7240 | — |
| Bale Fire | McKenzie | Aug 14, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.8370, -103.7707 | 47.8370, -103.4600 |
| Red Barn Fire | Mountrail | Jul 24, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9717, -102.1266 | 47.9715, -102.1265 |
| Swath Fire | Benson | Jul 22, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9814, -98.9953 | 47.9814, -98.9950 |
| Scatman Fire | Benson | Jul 22, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 47.9790, -99.0328 | 47.9790, -99.0327 |
| Bif Tire Fire | Rolette | Jul 16, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8605, -99.7385 | 48.8603, -99.7386 |
| Burn Spot Fire | Rolette | Jul 3, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8631, -99.7232 | 48.8633, -99.7231 |
| Barbed Wire Fence Fire | Rolette | Jul 1, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8533, -100.0304 | 48.8533, -100.0300 |
| Stick Fire | Rolette | Jul 1, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8338, -99.7830 | 48.8339, -99.7831 |
| Starter Pack Fire | Rolette | Jun 6, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.8317, -99.7672 | 48.8317, -99.7672 |
| Totals | 2025 Season Fires 22 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2025 Season Acres 2,158 |
Land cover · North Dakota 2025
Burned acres in North Dakota 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.
Forest ownership · North Dakota 2025
Burned forest acres in North Dakota 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.
Burn severity · North Dakota 2025
Burned acres in North Dakota for the 2025 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.