Potato Hill Fire
The Potato Hill Fire was reported on April 12, 2025 in Emmons County, North Dakota and burned 3,000 acres. It was fully contained on April 13, 2025.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped April 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM CDT, 3,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 46.632, -100.460.
The incident
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM CDT
- Controlled
- April 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 13 miles SE of Bismarck, ND.
- County
- Emmons 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-000124
- IRWIN identifier
- 484E61E3-2A97-4B5D-A7A4-A6E253B3EDED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lincoln, ND covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-NDNDS-000124.