Stewart Trail Fire
The Stewart Trail Fire was reported on May 15, 2026 in Lake County, Minnesota and burned 375 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 375 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 15, 2026
- Personnel
- 46
Map
Perimeter mapped May 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM CDT, 356 acres (gps-walked/driven). Point of origin 47.055, -91.635.
The incident
- Size
- 375 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles NE from Two Harbors, MN
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Minnesota
- Nearest city reported
- Two Harbors
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 46
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $770,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MN2QS-001628
- IRWIN identifier
- B9C35C07-6068-4346-9BA8-5DF5D1E398A6
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 16, 2026 (355 acres) to May 21, 2026 (356 acres). The largest one-day growth was 9 acres, mapped May 18, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 355 | |
| May 17, 2026 | 347 | -8 |
| May 18, 2026 | 356 | +9 |
| May 21, 2026 | 356 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Two Harbors, MN covers the area today.
Nearby
- Two Harbors, MN3 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver Bay, MN24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Arnold, MN25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Duluth, MN29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Superior, WI32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hermantown, MN33 miles southwest 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 May 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-MN2QS-001628.