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Bear Trap

St. Louis, MN · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 30,804 acres in St. Louis before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

30,804

Acres Burned

126

Days Burning

Jul 7, 2026

Discovered

4w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 7 / 29,714 acresOct 13 / 30,804 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MN

27 mi

SE

Superior National Forest

Go

National Forest / MN

31.8 mi

SE

Kabetogama Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MN

41.5 mi

W

Voyageurs National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / MN

46 mi

NW

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Voyageurs National Park

Partial Trail Closure: Echo Bay (Nov. 6 - 22)

A portion of the Echo Bay Trail in Kabetogama will be temporarily closed Nov. 6–22 during hunting season. The closure affects the easternmost section of the trail and is intended to minimize conflicts between trail users and promote visitor...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 97% to 100%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 92% to 97%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 67% to 92%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 67% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 65% to 67%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 64% to 65%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 64% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 55% to 64%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,804 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap was remapped 2 acres lower to 30,804.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,806 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap was remapped 4 acres lower to 30,806 and containment moved from 53% to 55%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,810 acres, 53% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 51% to 53%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,810 acres, 51% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap was remapped 62 acres lower to 30,810.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,872 acres, 51% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap grew 48 acres to 30,872 and containment moved from 48% to 51%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,824 acres, 48% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap grew 714 acres to 30,824 and containment moved from 45% to 48%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,110 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap grew 12 acres to 30,110.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 30,098 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap grew 107 acres to 30,098 and containment moved from 44% to 45%.

IRWIN

Bear Trap update: 29,991 acres, 44% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bear Trap containment moved from 41% to 44%.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 7Now

126 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 1bb1f12f-db68-40b0-8d7b-fa0e4fcee2e4

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