Flanders Fire
The Flanders Fire was reported on May 16, 2026 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota and burned 1,700 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 69
Map
Perimeter mapped May 20, 2026 at 3:23 PM CDT, 1,713 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.598, -94.082.
The incident
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 Miles SE from Cross Lake, MN
- County
- Crow Wing County
- State
- Minnesota
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 69
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MN1FS-001698
- IRWIN identifier
- EC401D4A-7195-4DFF-9B6E-C72F2E15594E
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 16, 2026 (1,135 acres) to May 20, 2026 (1,713 acres). The largest one-day growth was 532 acres, mapped May 17, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1,135 | |
| May 17, 2026 | 1,666 | +531 |
| May 18, 2026 | 1,675 | +9 |
| May 19, 2026 | 1,689 | +14 |
| May 20, 2026 | 1,713 | +24 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Crosslake, MN 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 June 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-MN1FS-001698.