52 Split Fire
The 52 Split Fire was reported on April 20, 2025 in Ward County, North Dakota and burned 1,200 acres. It was fully contained on April 21, 2025.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped April 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM CDT, 1,200 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 48.308, -101.525.
The incident
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 6 miles NE of Des Lacs, ND.
- County
- Ward County
- State
- North Dakota
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NDNDS-000176
- IRWIN identifier
- 34220E41-47B2-4DE5-8F11-439E5D640F81
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Burlington, ND covers the area today.
Nearby
- Burlington, ND5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Minot Air Force Base, ND12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Minot, ND12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Surrey, ND19 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Velva, ND33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Kenmare, ND36 miles northwest 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 April 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-NDNDS-000176.