Oxcart Fire
The Oxcart Fire was reported on March 29, 2021 in Polk County, Minnesota and burned 12,540 acres. It was declared out on April 22, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 12,540 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021
- Personnel
- 6
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Map
Perimeter mapped April 12, 2021 at 4:00 PM CDT, 12,540 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.712, -96.302.
The incident
- Size
- 12,540 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021 at 12:55 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 9, 2021 at 4:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 9, 2021 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- April 22, 2022 at 9:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Approximately 1 mile west of Mentor MN
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Minnesota
- Nearest city reported
- Mentor
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $443,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MNGLR-000001
- IRWIN identifier
- 0C819135-97BB-466B-B35E-8A2F4EA759DF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Red Lake Falls, MN covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 22, 2022 at 9:25 AM CDT. Identifier 2021-MNGLR-000001.