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Little Knife

Lake, MN · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 4,815 acres in Lake before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

4,815

Acres Burned

118

Days Burning

Jul 15, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 5 / 4,815 acresSep 18 / 4,815 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MN

15.9 mi

SW

Superior National Forest

Go

National Forest / MN

26.4 mi

SW

Pigeon River Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MN

53.2 mi

E

Grand Portage National Monument

Go

Monument / MN

63.4 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Little Knife update: 4,815 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Little Knife containment moved from 95% to 100%.

IRWIN

Little Knife update: 4,815 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Little Knife containment moved from 90% to 95%.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,815 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 3

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,815 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 2

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 85% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 31

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 70% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 49% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 49% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 38% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 38% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 21% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 21% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 13% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 13% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 4,958 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 21

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 4,958 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 3,345 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 3,345 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 6,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 16

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 6,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Little Knife mapped at 6,000 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 15

Interagency perimeter data shows the Little Knife at 6,000 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 15Now

118 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: 2abf59d7-9768-4eaa-9728-3187a0a69506

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