No longer in the daily fire updates. The Whitetail Creek Fire last appeared in an official report on August 28, 2026, at 23 acres with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Whitetail Creek Fire

Billings County, North Dakota · Wildfire

Started inside the Dakota Prairie Grasslands boundary.

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 28, 2026 (about 2 months ago)
First reported about 7 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
23 acres
Oct 12, 9:00 PM
−2 acres
was 25 acres · Aug 28, 9:00 AM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Whitetail Creek Fire and other nearby fires

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Whitetail Creek Fire summary

The Whitetail Creek Fire is a wildfire near Billings County, North Dakota. It has burned about 23 acres (about 17 football fields). It was first reported about 7 weeks ago.

Size
23 acres
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 28, 2026 (first reported about 7 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, August 28th at 11:00 a.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
Today
89°F · Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 8 to 13 mph S · 17% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry
64°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 8 mph W · 25% rain
Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain
Saturday
84°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 12 mph E · 32% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain
59°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 7 to 12 mph NE · 70% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely
Sunday
81°F · Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 7 to 15 mph SW · 57% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely
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Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 28th at 11:07 a.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.

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