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Sioux

St. Louis, MN · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 6,833 acres in St. Louis before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

6,833

Acres Burned

124

Days Burning

Jul 9, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 6 / 7,094 acresSep 22 / 6,833 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

Kabetogama Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MN

28 mi

W

Voyageurs National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / MN

35.5 mi

NW

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MN

39.5 mi

E

Superior National Forest

Go

National Forest / MN

41.5 mi

SE

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

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

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

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 94% to 97%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 94% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 90% to 94%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 79% to 90%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 79% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 76% to 79%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 76% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 66% to 76%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,833 acres, 66% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux grew 1 acres to 6,833 and containment moved from 53% to 66%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,832 acres, 53% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux was remapped 43 acres lower to 6,832 and containment moved from 55% to 53%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,875 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux containment moved from 50% to 55%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,875 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux grew 3 acres to 6,875.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,872 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux was remapped 24 acres lower to 6,872 and containment moved from 41% to 50%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,896 acres, 41% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux was remapped 7 acres lower to 6,896 and containment moved from 38% to 41%.

IRWIN

Sioux update: 6,903 acres, 38% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sioux was remapped 9 acres lower to 6,903 and containment moved from 35% to 38%.

IRWIN

Sioux mapped at 6,912 acres, 35% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the Sioux at 6,912 acres, 35% contained.

IRWIN

Sioux mapped at 7,041 acres, 35% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Sioux at 7,041 acres, 35% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 9Now

124 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: a97ea875-a42d-4825-a065-eb7cdb7bfbe1

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