{"id":"us-nd","slug":"north-dakota","name":"North Dakota","license":"CC-BY-4.0","placeNode":"/places/us-nd.json","construction":{"reviewStatus":"none","applications":[],"localApplications":[],"requirements":[],"sources":[{"title":"North Dakota Building Codes","url":"https://www.commerce.nd.gov/community-services/building-codes","publisher":"North Dakota Department of Commerce, Community Services","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"}]},"localAuthorities":[],"claims":{"exact":[{"id":"guide:does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble:3","anchor":"local-us-nd-does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble-3","place":"USDA Forest Service / NDFS fact sheet (FY 2025 / 2026 sheet)","placeId":"us-nd","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"Acres of forest land: 823,407. Acres of private land under state fire protection: 31,878,661. Number of rural fire departments: 378. In 2025 NDFS assisted local fire departments with standardized fire reporting for 803 wildfire incidents, documenting impacts to 62,048 acres. Hazardous fuels reduction projects totaling 26 acres. NDFS reimbursed windbreak renovation on 36.5 acres of deteriorated windbreaks. These 2025 reporting figures are not the 2024 110,000-acre NDSU sentence.","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble","title":"Does anything burn here besides stubble","url":"/guides/does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble/"},"source":{"title":"State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet, North Dakota 2026","url":"https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/nd_std.pdf","publisher":"USDA Forest Service / North Dakota Forest Service","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble:1","anchor":"local-us-nd-does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble-1","place":"NDSU Extension, post-2024 wildfires (15 Nov 2024)","placeId":"us-nd","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"North Dakota experienced a higher number of wildfires in 2024, with more than 110,000 acres being impacted. The Ray/Tioga wildfires burned almost 89,000 acres impacting rangeland, cropland and hay land. The state has not experienced wildfires of this magnitude since 1999. The 1999 fire occurred on Halloween Day and started in Sidney, Montana, impacting more than 70,000 acres of western North Dakota, primarily range and grazing lands. North Dakota is a cool-season, grass-dominated state. Native grasses and forbs do not experience long-term negative impacts due to fire. Introduced invasive grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and smooth brome can be severely injured. Most coniferous trees, such as cedar and Rocky Mountain juniper, are killed by fire. Conifer trees will die. This is a positive for rangelands as trees should not be found on our upland grasslands.","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble","title":"Does anything burn here besides stubble","url":"/guides/does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble/"},"source":{"title":"NDSU offers recommendations on post-wildfire grazing, rangeland management","url":"https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2024/november/ndsu-offers-recommendations-on-post-wildfire-grazing-rangeland-management","publisher":"North Dakota State University Extension","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2024-11-15T00:00:00.000Z"}},{"id":"guide:does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble:2","anchor":"local-us-nd-does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble-2","place":"NDSU R2077 prescribed burning (March 2023)","placeId":"us-nd","scopeKind":"place","scopeMode":"descendants","scopeRef":null,"claim":"The grasslands of North Dakota evolved with the episodic occurrence of fires. It is estimated that naturally ignited fires occurred every five to 10 years in mesic areas with higher fine fuel loads and about every 25 years in the drier portions of the state. Land use and land tenure have altered these naturally occurring fire regimes. Reintroduction of fire through prescribed burning may be one of the best ways to restore native grasslands. Chapter 18-08 of the North Dakota Century Code: a person may set any grass or stubble lands on fire at the time the person commences to break or plow such lands if, at the time the fire is set, there is a strip at least fifty feet wide of well-plowed or burned land completely encompassing the land where the fire is set (N.D. Cent. Code § 18-08-02).","asOf":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","object":{"kind":"guide","id":"does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble","title":"Does anything burn here besides stubble","url":"/guides/does-anything-burn-here-besides-stubble/"},"source":{"title":"North Dakota Prescribed Burning Rules and Regulations (R2077)","url":"https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/sites/default/files/2023-03/R2077%20ND%20Prescribed%20Burning%20Rules%20and%20Regulations.pdf","publisher":"NDSU Extension","sourceType":"official","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","documentDate":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"}}],"local":[]},"placeFocusedGuides":[],"findings":[],"plants":{"grain":"state","total":276,"nativeDocumented":0,"invasiveOrNoxiousFlagged":64,"fireResistant":176,"keepAway":19,"conflicts":3,"page":"/grow/north-dakota/"},"fireEvidencePublicationScope":{"answerGrain":"no-typed-local-source","sourceCount":0}}