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Minnesota Wildfires: Live Fire Map

9 active wildfires burning 70,637 acres in Minnesota right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

9
Active fires
71K
Acres
4
Under 50% contained
28
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Minnesota

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
6
New fires (48h)
0
NWS alerts
0

Minnesota currently has 9 active wildfires burning a combined 70,637 acres. 6 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 4 of those are still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Bear Trap fire in St. Louis County at 29,991 acres, 44% contained. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 28).

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

This season vs the last decade

474% of an average year
Burned so far in 202682K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)17K acres

So far in 2026, 82K acres have burned in Minnesota, 474% of the 17K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Minnesota

Wildfire history in Minnesota

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2026
Worst year · 82K acres
870
Fires / year · average
11K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
571
Structures destroyed
7
Lives lost
$79.9M
Reported cost

From 616 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
1.1K2.1K2014: 114 fires20142015: 631 fires2016: 635 fires20162017: 463 fires2018: 550 fires20182019: 1.0K fires2020: 564 fires20202021: 2.1K fires2022: 734 fires20222023: 852 fires2024: 1.1K fires20242025: 1.4K fires2026: 1.1K fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Minnesota averaged 31K acres burned and 1,041 fires per year. That is 117% up in acreage and 36% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in Minnesota

  • Pagami Creek20112 structures destroyed92,193 acres
  • Ham Lake2007133 structures destroyed36,443 acres
  • Red Lake 257200334,560 acres
  • Cavity Lake Fire200631,830 acres
  • Juneberry 3201131,216 acres

Emergency resources for Minnesota

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

Minnesota HSEMAlertsHomeland Security & Emergency Management alerts.dps.mn.govRed 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 Minnesota

Minneapolis

Nearby states

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