No longer in the daily fire updates. The Wolfpack Fire last appeared in an official report on September 8, 2026, at 6,871 acres and 100% contained. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Wolfpack Fire

St. Louis County, Minnesota · Wildfire

Started inside the Superior National Forest boundary.

No longer active Official numbers updated Sep 8, 2026 (about 1 month ago)
First reported about 3 months ago
Metric Now
Size
6,871 acres
Oct 17, 8:00 PM
+632 acres
was 6,239 acres · Aug 13, 5:00 PM
Containment
100%
Oct 17, 8:00 PM
+80 percent
was 20% · Aug 14, 3:00 PM
Crew size
14
Oct 17, 8:00 PM
−2
was 16 · Aug 13, 5:00 PM
Money spent
$284,312
Oct 17, 8:00 PM
+$1,125
was $283,187 · Aug 14, 3:00 PM

Wolfpack Fire and other nearby fires

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Wolfpack Fire summary

The Wolfpack Fire is a wildfire near St. Louis County, Minnesota. It has burned about 6,871 acres (about 5,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 3 months ago. About 14 people are on it, run by a Complex Incident Management Team.

Size
6,871 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
July 9, 2026 (first reported about 3 months ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, September 22nd at 3:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

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Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

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Day Night
This Afternoon
63°F · Sunny
Wind 5 mph SE · 0% rain
Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
36°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Frost
Wind 0 to 5 mph SE · 0% rain
Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
Wednesday
66°F · Patchy Frost then Sunny
Wind 5 mph S · 0% rain
Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
45°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph SE · 9% rain
Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
Thursday
61°F · Rain Showers Likely
Wind 5 to 10 mph S · 72% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely
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Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, September 22nd at 3:01 p.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

3° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

0% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

1,412 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Thursday, September 10th at 3:38 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 14 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $284,312 has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

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