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St. Louis, MN · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 25,015 acres in St. Louis before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

25,015

Acres Burned

126

Days Burning

Jul 7, 2026

Discovered

4w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 6 / 17,693 acresOct 13 / 25,015 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

Kabetogama Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MN

29.6 mi

W

Voyageurs National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / MN

31.9 mi

NW

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MN

41.2 mi

SE

Superior National Forest

Go

National Forest / MN

45.6 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

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

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

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 59% to 97%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 59% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 58% to 59%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 58% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 55% to 58%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 51% to 55%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 51% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 47% to 51%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,015 acres, 47% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb grew 1 acres to 25,015 and containment moved from 46% to 47%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 25,014 acres, 46% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb grew 259 acres to 25,014 and containment moved from 44% to 46%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 24,755 acres, 44% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb containment moved from 42% to 44%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 24,755 acres, 42% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb grew 2 acres to 24,755 and containment moved from 35% to 42%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 24,753 acres, 35% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb grew 7,125 acres to 24,753 and containment moved from 48% to 35%.

IRWIN

Thumb update: 17,628 acres, 48% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Thumb was remapped 6 acres lower to 17,628.

IRWIN

Thumb mapped at 17,634 acres, 48% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Thumb at 17,634 acres, 48% contained.

IRWIN

Thumb mapped at 17,692 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Thumb at 17,692 acres, 50% contained.

IRWIN

Thumb mapped at 17,693 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Thumb at 17,693 acres, 50% contained.

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: 95ce0306-59c6-4e05-b2cc-40c69e601413

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