Honey Bee Fire

Barnes County, North Dakota · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 11, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Now
Size
15 acres
Aug 11, 6:00 PM
Containment
Crew size
Money spent

Honey Bee Fire and other nearby fires

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Honey Bee Fire summary

The Honey Bee Fire is a wildfire near Barnes County, North Dakota. It has burned about 15 acres (about 11 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.

Size
15 acres
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 11, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 11th at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Tonight

59°F · Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 7 mph ENE · 19% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

80°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 9 mph NE · 42% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Some rain

Wednesday Night

56°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 10 mph NE · 60% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Thursday

76°F · Partly Sunny

Wind 10 to 15 mph NE · 10% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Thursday Night

57°F · Mostly Cloudy

Wind 14 mph ENE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 11th at 6:05 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Honey Bee Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:

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