Pouch Point Fire
The Pouch Point Fire was reported on May 4, 2025 in Mountrail County, North Dakota and burned 2,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 4, 2025
- Personnel
- 38
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM CDT, 2,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 47.821, -102.412.
The incident
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 11 miles SW of New Town, ND
- County
- Mountrail County
- State
- North Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- New Town
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NDFBA-000283
- IRWIN identifier
- CF94D243-C3D5-4703-8952-3B9119A4E2A7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 23, 2025 (2,000 acres) to September 23, 2025 (2,000 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | 2,000 | |
| September 23, 2025 | 2,000 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Town, ND 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 September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-NDFBA-000283.