Mountrail County, North Dakota · Wildfire
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The Shell Creek Fire is a wildfire near Mountrail County, North Dakota. It has burned about 7 acres (about 5 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, July 20th at 6:48 p.m. CDT.
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.
Today
85°F · Sunny
Wind 12 to 28 mph NW · 1% chance of rain
Tonight
57°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 6 to 28 mph N · 15% chance of rain
Tuesday
79°F · Partly Sunny
Wind 7 mph N · 2% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
56°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 3 to 8 mph E · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday
86°F · Sunny
Wind 6 mph S · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, July 20th at 8:05 a.m. CDT.
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.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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