Started on Jul 7, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Quick facts
- Location
- 5 miles north of Winton, MN
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 11 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Hardwood Litter
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across Lake County, Minnesota, five miles north of Winton and near Ely, the active Camp Fire has consumed 4,357 acres over 40 days since its natural ignition on July 7, 2026. This federal incident on USFS land is currently 97 percent contained and being managed by a Complex Incident Management Team with 31 personnel. The fire's progression has averaged approximately 109 acres per day, while satellites have detected a single heat signature over the past 48 hours, reflecting the fire's current activity level.
Fire behavior is characterized by minimal, creeping, smoldering, and isolated torching within hardwood litter fuels. Despite this ongoing activity, operations have reached a total cost of $6,947,537 for the Type 1 Incident. The wider context shows that 2,909,844 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 47 percent below the two-decade average during a typical fire season that spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Minnesota for 52 days. In total it burned about 4,357 acres — around 18 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,368,499 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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