Salix Fire
The Salix Fire was reported on April 23, 2026 in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota and burned 241 acres. It was declared out on April 25, 2026.
- Size
- 241 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- April 23, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped April 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM CDT, 260 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 48.683, -95.115.
The incident
- Size
- 241 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- April 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM CDT
- Contained
- April 23, 2026 at 12:37 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM CDT
- Declared out
- April 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles E from Roosevelt Norris Rd., MN
- County
- Lake of the Woods County
- State
- Minnesota
- Nearest city reported
- Roosevelt
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $30,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MN1ES-000723
- IRWIN identifier
- 84D17156-C280-49F3-8E82-3BB127F9CAD6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Warroad, 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 May 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-MN1ES-000723.