Berg Fire
The Berg Fire was reported on April 30, 2023 in Marshall County, Minnesota and burned 1,728 acres. It was declared out on May 23, 2023.
- Size
- 1,728 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- April 30, 2023
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped May 23, 2023 at 7:59 AM CDT, 1,041 acres (gps-driven). Point of origin 48.427, -95.969.
The incident
- Size
- 1,728 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- April 30, 2023 at 3:14 PM CDT
- Contained
- May 22, 2023 at 4:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- May 23, 2023 at 6:30 AM CDT
- Declared out
- May 23, 2023 at 7:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 25 mi NE of Thief River Falls, North end of the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
- County
- Marshall County
- State
- Minnesota
- Nearest city reported
- Thief River Falls
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $89,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-MNAGR-0098001
- IRWIN identifier
- 02C1D8E7-D2CA-4F28-A141-0E92E301AB41
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Greenbush, MN covers the area today.
Nearby
- Greenbush, MN21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Thief River Falls, MN23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Roseau, MN30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Red Lake Falls, MN40 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Warren, MN40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Warroad, MN45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 May 23, 2023 at 8:08 AM CDT. Identifier 2023-MNAGR-0098001.