No longer in the daily fire updates. The Wood Chip Fire last appeared in an official report on September 3, at under 1 acre 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 →

Wood Chip Fire

Mountrail County, North Dakota · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Sep 3, 2026 (5 days ago)
First reported 6 days ago
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Size
0 acres
Sep 7, 9:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Wood Chip Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Wood Chip Fire summary

The Wood Chip Fire is a wildfire near Mountrail County, North Dakota. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported 6 days ago.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
September 2, 2026 (first reported 6 days ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, September 5th at 9:00 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

64°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers

Wind 7 to 17 mph E · 17% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

89°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 7 to 15 mph E · 18% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Sunday Night

63°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 16 mph E · 72% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Labor Day

86°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 16 mph S · 85% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely

Monday Night

56°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 10 to 20 mph W · 43% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, September 5th at 9:07 p.m. CDT.

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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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