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North Dakota Wildfires: Live Fire Map

16 active wildfires burning 316 acres in North Dakota right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

16
Active fires
316
Acres
4
Under 50% contained
59
Air quality · Moderate

Current situation in North Dakota

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
8
NWS alerts
0

North Dakota currently has 16 active wildfires burning a combined 316 acres. The biggest is the Stateline 4 fire in Sioux County at 150 acres. 8 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is moderate (AQI 59).

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Bold outline: North Dakota boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

This season vs the last decade

9% of an average year
Burned so far in 20264.1K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)48K acres

So far in 2026, 4.1K acres have burned in North Dakota, 9% of the 48K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in North Dakota

Wildfire history in North Dakota

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2024
Worst year · 313K acres
914
Fires / year · average
12K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
101
Structures destroyed
1
Lives lost
$6.8M
Reported cost

From 106 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
1.1K2.2K2014: 234 fires20142015: 669 fires2016: 564 fires20162017: 831 fires2018: 910 fires20182019: 888 fires2020: 1.5K fires20202021: 2.2K fires2022: 831 fires20222023: 756 fires2024: 1.0K fires20242025: 1.1K fires2026: 389 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, North Dakota averaged 81K acres burned and 820 fires per year. That is 577% up in acreage and 16% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in North Dakota

  • Williams County202490,000 acres
  • Williams Co wildland fire202488,934 acres
  • Rough Creek Complex199915 structures destroyed68,000 acres
  • Kraft Complex200240 structures destroyed48,000 acres
  • Standing Rock Complex20061 structure destroyed20,073 acres

Emergency resources for North Dakota

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Red Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in North Dakota

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Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)